pipes(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 pipes(6x) — the XScreenSaver manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so picture this: it's pipes(6x), from the XScreenSaver manual, and it's here to fill your screen with a whole plumbing system. yeah. actual pipes. this is the moment. 🚰✨

✨ NAME ✨

pipes — fill the screen with a plumbing system. that's it, that's the job, and it does it gorgeously 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pipes [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [-count 0] [-count 1] [-cycles number]
[-size number] [-factory number] [-delay number] [-no-fisheye]
[-tightturns] [-db] [-fps]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ngl, if you've ever been in the same room as a Windows NT machine, you have probably seen this GL hack. it's giving legendary. it fills the screen with a plumbing system. no cap, that's the whole thing, and it ate. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — tell it which visual to use, bestie. the legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. 👀
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. iconic behaviour.
  • --root — draw on the root window. main character energy, screen-wide.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. you pick it, it draws there. periodt.
  • --count 0 — Curved Pipes. yes, the 0 is the flavor of pipe. 🌀
  • --count 1 — Ball Joints.
  • --cycles number — how many pipe systems to draw at once. Default: 5.
  • --size number — the length of each pipe system. Default: 500.
  • --factory number — how much gadgetry to create. useful range is 0-10. Default: 2.
  • --delay number — how long (in microseconds) to sleep between frames. Default: 10000.
  • --fisheye | --no-fisheye — whether to use a fisheye lens. 🐟👁️
  • --tightturns | --no-tightturns — whether to allow tight turns.
  • --db | --no-db — whether to double-buffer.
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. stats girlies rise 🙌

💜 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 © 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. 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.

fr fr, that's the legal bit and we keep it exactly as it is. 💖

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Marcelo Vianna.

and that's the whole page, bestie — this was X Version 11, 6.17-1.fc44 (13-Oct-2026), pipes(6x). go forth and fill your screen with plumbing. slay. 🚰✨💅

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