goldenapollian(6x)

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version 6.17 · 3 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ goldenapollian ✨

okay bestie, come sit with me, we're talking about goldenapollian(6x) — a lil screen saver from the XScreenSaver manual. yes, that 6x means it's a demo/screensaver type thing, and yes it's gorgeous, we'll get there 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

goldenapollian — it's a screen saver. that's it. that's the whole job description. she saves screens. she's booked and busy. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, here's how you actually summon her:

goldenapollian [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number]
[--fps]

no cap, that's the whole invocation. every flag explained below, promise 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Enter the golden fractal doorways.

that's it. that's the description. golden fractal doorways. walk in. it's giving math but make it mystical. it's giving the-answer-is-on-the-inside. it's giving ✨infinite✨. i'm obsessed, honestly. 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's every single knob and dial, no notes, all facts, all slay:

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. so you can name-drop the class or just doxx the numeric id, both work 💅
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is what she does. lowkey girlboss of her.
  • --root — draw on the root window. going full desktop takeover. main character energy fr fr.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. default: 20000 (which is 0.02 seconds, for those of us who don't speak µs). tiny number, big consequences 😌
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. so basically: crank it to go zoomies, drop it to go cutesy slow-mo 🌸
  • --scale number — resolution. range is 0.1 - 1.0. default: 1.0. tiny scale = cozy blurry baby version, 1.0 = full crisp queen 👑
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. the little counter, bestie. the little numbers. you either want them or you don't 🍓

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

env vars, the behind-the-scenes besties that keep things working:

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. she dips into this to figure out where to actually, y'know, appear.
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. yeah that's a lot of capital letters, but it just means: this env var names a file that can override your global resources. 💜
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. that's the whole job.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next if you're in your research era:

Copyright © 2021 by mrange. 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.

(rough translation: free to use, free to share, but keep the receipts and don't come for her if it breaks. 🤝)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

mrange. that's the author. icon behavior. periodt.

okay and the very last lil bit of the page, the footer energy, the vibe check at the bottom: this whole thing is X Version 11, specifically 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026, and it's the goldenapollian(6x) page. that's the sign-off — thanks for coming to my ted talk, go stare at some golden fractal doorways 💅✨🎀🦋🌸

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