skytentacles(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ skytentacles(6x) — the XScreenSaver manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the skytentacles page from the XScreenSaver manual 💖 yes this is the real one. yes there are tentacles. let's go 🦋

🌈 NAME 🌈

skytentacles — 3D tentacles from the sky! 🐙☁️

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

skytentacles [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay int] [--speed ratio]
[--count int] [--slices int] [--length float] [--wiggliness ratio]
[--flexibility ratio] [--color color] [--stripe-color color]
[--sucker-color color] [--segments int] [--thickness ratio]
[--no-smooth] [--fps]

😭 DESCRIPTION 😭

There is a tentacled abomination in the sky. From above you it devours.

that's it. that's the description. genuinely iconic of them to just say that and move on 💀 no further notes your honor.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use, bestie. 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 you get this 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window. yes. the whole screen. main character energy 🌸
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window instead. you bring the window, it brings the tentacles 🎀
  • --delay int — delay between frames, measured in microseconds. Default 30000. tiny little pause, no rush ⏳
  • --speed ratio — less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster. Default 1. it's giving speed dial 🏎️
  • --count int — how many tentacles. Default 8. octopus-coded, fr fr 🐙
  • --thickness ratio — less than 1 for thinner tentacles, greater than 1 for thicker. Default 1. chonk levels are adjustable 💖
  • --length ratio — length of the tentacles. Default 9. long. long-long. 🌈
  • --wiggliness ratio — a measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in smoother flexing; larger numbers make it "crinkly". Default 0.35. yes, crinkly is in quotes in the original and honestly that's poetry 😭
  • --flexibility ratio — another measure of how bendy the tentacles are. Smaller numbers result in straighter tentacles; larger numbers result in more extreme curves. Default 0.35. two whole bendy dials, we're spoiled ✨
  • --stripe-color color — (see the color note right below, bestie 🫶)
  • --color color
  • --sucker-color color — these three (--color, --stripe-color, --sucker-color) are the colors of the various parts of the tentacle. Default is green with a redish stripe. 💚❤️
  • --segments int — (shares its little note with --slices directly below 👇)
  • --slices int — larger numbers increase the number of polygons in the object mesh. Default 32. 🔥
  • --no-smooth — make the tentacles appear faceted instead of smooth. crunchy little polygons, on purpose 🍓
  • --fps — display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count. numbers on the screen, we love a stat readout 👑
psst — the original lists the options in this order: --visual, --window, --root, --window-id, --delay, --speed, --count, --slices, --length, --wiggliness, --flexibility, --color, --stripe-color, --sucker-color, --segments, --thickness, --no-smooth, --fps. i grouped the color trio and the slices/segments pair together so your brain doesn't melt 💖 every single flag is still here, no cap.

🧚 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)

go read those too, iykyk 📚

Copyright © 2008 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.

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Jamie Zawinski. 👑

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