nakagin(6x)

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version 6.17 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ nakagin 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual for nakagin(6x) — and yes the (6x) is just the manual section, it's giving "I live in the XScreenSaver section of the man pages" and we stan 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

nakagin — the Nakagin Capsule Tower screen saver. that's her. that's the whole name. iconic behavior fr fr 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

like, here's how you actually call her:

nakagin [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--no-
spin] [--wander] [--no-tilt] [--wireframe] [--fps]

no cap, that's the whole vibe check right there 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so real talk: the actual Nakagin Capsule Tower got demolished in 2022 😭 but this version? this version will keep growing forever. periodt. she's immortal, she's thriving, she's literally never leaving 🌱✨

so back in 1972 this building went up, right? and it was made of these little prefabricated rooms — capsules, hence the name — all attached to the two central towers 🏢🏢

and the whole point, the entire concept, the main character energy of it: the capsules were intended to be mass produced and replaceable. like lego bricks but for living in 🧱💖

and before the capsules even got shipped to the site, the utilities and fittings were already installed. built, packed, shipped, slotted in. efficiency queen 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --visual visual — pick which visual you want, bestie. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of one specific visual. choose wisely ✨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window. going straight to the desktop's face 💅
  • --window-id number — draw on the specific window you point at. targeted. precise. slay 🎯
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 30000, which is 0.03 seconds. tiny little pauses, cute 🌸
  • --speed number — animation speed, gorl. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. math but make it fashion 🏃♀️
  • --spin | --no-spin — whether the building should slowly rotate or not. spinning = main character energy, no spinning = chill 🌪️
  • --wander | --no-wander — whether the building should wander around the screen. she's exploring, she's got places to be 🦋
  • --tilt | --no-tilt — whether the observer should look up and down. yes, someone's watching. yes, they're tilting 👀
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode vs. full outfit 💀✨
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. performance stats, but make it visible 📊

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. she needs to know where to show up, bestie 📍
  • XENVIRONMENT — used to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. override szn 🫶
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. yep, they team up 🔗

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read, go learn, go be obsessed 📚💜

Copyright © 2022 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.

(translation: use it, share it, sell it, whatever — just keep the copyright notice, and don't come for anybody if it breaks. it's "as is", no promises, no cap 😌)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jamie Zawinski. the legend. the icon. the moment 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this came to you from X Version 11, specifically 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 — so like, write that down, remember who raised you 💖✨🎀 mwah, go screensave responsibly 🦋🌸

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