providence(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 providence(6x) — XScreenSaver manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the providence page, part of the XScreenSaver manual, and honestly? it's giving divine. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

providence — eye in glory screenhack 👁️👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

providence [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root]
[--window-id number]
 [--install] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--wireframe]
[--fps]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. the providence code displays an eye, shrouded in glory, set upon the base of a pyramid. that's it. that's the whole vibe. iconic, no notes, fr fr. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

providence accepts the following options, and yes we're going through every single one, bestie:

  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, congrats, you already did this one. 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window instead.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specific window you name. you pick, it draws.
  • --install — install a private colormap for the window. fancy.
  • --eye — draw an eye/$. 👁️ (yes that's exactly what it says, i don't make the rules, i just relay them faithfully)
  • --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.
  • --wireframe — render in wireframe (with hidden line removal) instead of as textured solids. lowkey a whole different aesthetic. 🔥
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. it's giving stats girlie. 📊

🌈 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) xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6x)

Copyright © 2004 by Blair Tennessy. 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.

bestie this is the legal stuff and it is NOT optional, so read it and respect it. 🫡

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Blair Tennessy <tennessy@cs.ubc.ca>, 11-May-2004.

and that's the whole page, mwah 💋

this lil legend right here is from X Version 11, release 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. periodt. 💖✨

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