pulsar(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ pulsar(6x) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the XScreenSaver manual entry for pulsar(6x) — and pookie, this one is a vibe. it's giving intersecting planes, alpha blending, fog, textures, mipmaps, and honestly? it's art.

🎀 NAME 🎀

pulsar — intersecting planes, alpha blending, fog, and textures. that's the whole job description, and she does it flawlessly. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pulsar [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--no-light] [--wire] [--delay number]
[--quads number] [--image file] [--light] [--fog] [--texture] [--mipmap]
[--no-blend] [--antialias] [--texture_quality] [--do_depth] [--fps]

like yes, that's a lot of flags, but she's worth it. glance at the SYNOPSIS when you just need the shape of her, and dip into OPTIONS when you need the details. 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she actually DO? she draws some intersecting planes, and she does it with the full glow-up kit: alpha blending, fog, textures, and mipmaps. 🫶

and because she's a little bit extra in the best way, she also pops a lil ``frames per second'' meter on screen, so you can literally see how fast your graphics card is. main character diagnostic energy, no cap. 😭🔥

⚠️ Requires OpenGL. no OpenGL, no pulsar. that's the rule, bestie.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, OR the id number of a specific visual — and that number can be decimal or hex, whichever you vibe with.
  • --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 instead. different canvas, same slay.
  • --window-id number — draw on the specific window you name. you point, she paints. 🎀
  • --light | --no-light — use Flat Coloring. yes, she lists this one twice in the manual (look down a bit, you'll see her again) — duplicate flags are a whole mood, and we respect the consistency. 💖
  • --wire — render in wireframe instead of solid. so if you want skeleton-chic instead of full-glam, this is your girl. 🕸️
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. Default: 10000 (that's 0.01 seconds, for the non math girlies — literally one hundredth of a second).
  • --image file — the texture map to use. give her a file, she'll wear it. 🖼️
  • --quads number — Quad Count. legal range is 1 - 50. Default: 5. yes, five. she's restrained. she's tasteful. she's iconic. 👑
  • --light | --no-light — and here she is again (told you 💀): whether to enable lighting.
  • --fog | --no-fog — whether to enable fog. mysterious. moody. atmospheric. 🌫️
  • --texture | --no-texture — whether to enable texturing.
  • --mipmap | --no-mipmap — whether to enable texture mipmaps.
  • --blend | --no-blend — whether to enable blending. (the synopsis shows you --no-blend, and the pair is right here — iykyk.)
  • --antialias | --no-antialias — whether to anti-alias lines. smooth edges, soft life. 🧚
  • --texture_quality | --no-texture_quality — whether to enable texture filtering.
  • --do_depth | --no-do_depth — whether to enable the depth buffer.
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. the trio. the flex. the receipts. 🔥

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

the environment variables she reads, and what each one is for:

  • 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 David Konerding. 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 🍓

David Konerding.

and that's the whole page, bestie — X Version 11, page version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. that footer info is your lil timestamped proof that you read the whole thing, and honestly? you ate. 💖✨ 🎀 🦋 🌸 💅 🫶

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