rorschach(6x)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, listen up: rorschach is literally a program that draws random patterns reminiscent of the psychological test of same name. like, it's giving ink-blot realness ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

rorschach [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--iterations integer] [--offset integer]
[--xsymmetry] [--ysymmetry] [--erase-speed usecs] [--delay secs] [--fps]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

rorschach draws random patterns reminiscent of the psychological test of same name. no cap, it's just out here making pretty symmetric blobs for your viewing pleasure 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

rorschach accepts the following options, bestie:

• --window — Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default, so it's basically the main character energy 🌟
• --root — Draw on the root window. like, all up on your desktop background, periodt.
• --window-id number — Draw on the specified window. you gotta give it the number of the window you want, iykyk.
• --mono — If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. delulu is the solulu sometimes 🫶
• --install — Install a private colormap for the window. fancy!
• --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. get specific, bestie 💅
• --iterations integer — How many dots should be drawn each time. Default 4000. that's a lot of dots fr fr.
• --offset integer — How far apart the dots should be. Default 4 pixels. personal space matters 🦋
• --xsymmetry — Whether the images should be horizontally symmetrical. Default true. slay symmetry ✨
• --ysymmetry — Whether the images should be vertically symmetrical. Default false. keep 'em guessing 💀
• --erase-speed usecs — This controls the speed at which the screen will be erased. (Delay between erasing of individual lines.) slow burn or quick clear, your call 🎀
• --delay seconds — This sets the number of seconds that the figure will be on the screen. how long you wanna stare at it, bestie? 🌸
• --fps — Display the current frame rate and CPU load. for the tech girlies who need the stats 📊

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🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

• DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. where you at, display? 👀
• XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. deep lore fr.
• XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — The window ID to use with --root. the plug, the hookup, the window id 🔑

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💀 BUGS 💀

May call your sanity into question. not me looking at ink blots and seeing my whole life flash before my eyes 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• X(1)
• xscreensaver(1)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 1992 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. like, legally iconic 💅

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92. the og, the legend, the author 👑

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so yeah, bestie, that's the whole rorschach(6x) vibe from the XScreenSaver manual. this page is from X Version 11, version 6.09, dated 07-Jun-2024, and it's for rorschach(6x). go make some pretty blots and stay sliving ✨💖