glknots(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 glknots 💖

okay bestie, this is the glknots manual page, part of the XScreenSaver manual, and it's literally about making twisting 3d knots spin around on your screen. no cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

glknots — generates some twisting 3d knot patterns

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

glknots [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed float]
[--segments int] [--thickness float] [--duration seconds] [--no-wander]
[--spin XYZ] [--wireframe] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Generates some twisting 3d knot patterns. Spins 'em around. that's it, that's the whole bit, and honestly? it ate. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — specify which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. pick your fave, bestie.
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is what you get. main character energy. 👑
  • --root — draw on the root window.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you gotta tell it which one tho.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 30000 (that's 0.03 seconds, iykyk).
  • --speed number — larger numbers mean run faster. default: 1.0. go zoom. 🔥
  • --segments number — number of segments in each path. default 800. larger numbers make the curves smoother, at the expense of a higher polygon count. so like, prettier curves but your GPU is gonna feel it. 😭
  • --thickness float — how thick the tubes should be. default 0.3. chonk setting, basically.
  • --duration seconds — how long to leave each knot up. default 8 seconds. then it's onto the next one, periodt.
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the cubes should wander around the screen.
  • --spin [XYZ] | --no-spin — which axes, if any, to spin around on.
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. lil skeleton look, lowkey iconic. 🪩
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. the stats girlies stay winning. 📊

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number.
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Jamie Zawinski.

okay so that's the whole page, bestie. go forth and make some knots spin. 🧚

X Version 11 · 6.17-1.fc44 · 13-Oct-2026 — mwah, that's a wrap, stan glknots 💖✨🎀

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