kaleidescope(6x)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, this is kaleidescope(6x) — the XScreenSaver manual page — and the name is literally Kaleidescope - rotating line segments. that's the whole concept, and honestly? iconic. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kaleidescope [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--install]
[--visual visual] [--color_mode mono | nice | greedy] [-nsegments int]
[--ntrails int] [--local_rotation int] [--global_rotation int] [--delay
usecs] [--redmin int] [--greenmin int] [--bluemin int] [--redrange int]
[--greenrange int] [--bluerange int] [--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The kaleidescope program draws line segments in a symmetric pattern, and that pattern evolves over time. it's giving math-but-make-it-aesthetic. ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

kaleidescope accepts the following options — yes, every single one, no cap:

• --display host:display.screen — this one's in the synopsis; the page gives no extra prose for it, so I'm not inventing any. 💜
• --foreground color — also in the synopsis; no extra prose on the page for this one either. 🫶
• --background color — same situation: synopsis only, no extra description. 🌸
• --window — synopsis only, no extra description. 🎀
• --root — draw on the root window. 🪟
• --window-id number — draw on the specified window.
• --color_mode mono | nice | greedy — specify how kaleidescope uses colors. mono uses just the default foreground and background colors. nice uses one color for each segment (specified by nsegments). greedy uses (ntrails * nsegments) + 1 colors. 🎨
• --install — install a private colormap for the window.
• --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.
• --nsegments integer — the number of segments to draw. Default is 7.
• --ntrails integer — the number of trails to draw. Default is 100.
• --local_rotation integer — the rate at which segments rotate around their center. Default is -59.
• --global_rotation integer — the rate at which segments rotate around the center of the window. Default is 1.

the six color-bound options all take an integer argument. when colors are randomly chosen, they are chosen from the interval min to min plus range. the minimums default to 30000; the ranges default to 20000.

• --redmin int — red minimum. Default is 30000.
• --greenmin int — green minimum. Default is 30000.
• --bluemin int — blue minimum. Default is 30000.
• --redrange int — red range. Default is 20000.
• --greenrange int — green range. Default is 20000.
• --bluerange int — blue range. Default is 20000.
• --delay microseconds — how much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation. Default is 20000, or about 5 frames a second.
• --fps — display the current frame rate and CPU load.

🌈 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)
• kaleidescope(6x)

🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

Copyright © 1997 by Ron Tapia.

legal text stays legal text, bestie — word for word:

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 🧚

Ron Tapia <tapia@nmia.com>, 20-Mar-97.

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