skulloop(6x)

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version 6.09 · 7 versions
, in debian trixie, opensuse-leap 16.0

💀 skulloop — a page from the XScreenSaver manual, bestie edition 💀

okay so picture this: it's a skulloop(6x) page, right, straight out of the XScreenSaver manual, and it is literally the most unhinged little thing. buckle up. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

skulloop — recursive descent into a Platonic unit skull. yes bestie, that's the whole pitch. a Platonic unit skull. we're going in. 🌀💀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

skulloop [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Recursive descent into a Platonic unit skull.

that's it. that's the description. it's giving mysterious, it's giving "the author told us everything and nothing," and honestly? obsessed. 🙈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — tells it which visual to use, babe. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual (and that id can be decimal or hex, so go off). 🎨
  • --window — draws on a newly-created window. this is the default behavior, so if you do nothing, congrats, this is what you get. 🪟
  • --root — draws on the root window instead. main character energy: the whole desktop is your canvas. 👑
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 30000, which is 0.03 seconds. tiny little pauses, fr fr. ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. it's giving math but make it fashion. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • --wireframe | --no-wireframe — render in wireframe instead of solid. skeleton mode vs. full-send solid mode. 🕸️
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. flex those numbers, bestie. 📊

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. 👀
  • XENVIRONMENT — used to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. very "files within files within files" of it. 🗂️
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root. 🪟🔑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

X(1), xscreensaver(1) — go read those too, iykyk. 📚🫶

Copyright © 2023 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.

bestie, that last bit is the important one — no warranty, express or implied. it's free, it's generous, and it comes with zero promises. 💅

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Jamie Zawinski. 🫶✨

and that's the whole page, no cap. 🌈⭐

okay so the fine print at the bottom: this little number is X Version 11, version 6.09, dated 07-Jun-2024. write it down, screenshot it, tattoo it on your arm — whatever works for you, bestie. bye!! 💖🎀🦋

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