squirtorus(6x)

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version 6.17 · 9 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 squirtorus — how rainbows are made 💖

okay bestie, gather round, this is squirtorus(6x) from the XScreenSaver manual and it's literally the prettiest thing you'll ever run at 3am while avoiding your responsibilities. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

squirtorus [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
           [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--speed number]
           [--count number] [--fps]

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so picture this: a scrolling landscape that just vents toroidal rainbows into the sky. toroidal. as in, rainbow donuts. donut rainbows, bestie. it's giving ✨cosmic pastry✨. and up above, the stars are slowly going out. yeah. that's the whole vibe. no notes. 🥹

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of one specific visual. you don't have to know what a visual is, you just have to believe in yourself. 💅
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you do nothing, you get this. lowkey the laziest possible win.
  • --root — draw on the root window. it's giving "desktop wallpaper but make it a machine" 🦋
  • --window-id number — draw on the specified window. very "i know exactly which window i want" of you, highkey iconic.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (that's 0.03 seconds, bestie. do the math, i believe in you).
  • --speed number — scrolling speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. so basically you control the vibe check of the scroll. zoom zoom or slow-mo cinema, your call. 🔥
  • --count number — count. 1 - 50. Default: 12. that's the rainbow-per-page quota, fr fr.
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. flex those frames, babe. 📊

🌱 ENVIRONMENT 🌱

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. it's how we find where to put the rainbows.
  • XENVIRONMENT — to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. fancy little override file, we love her. 🧚
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

(go read those too, bestie, it's called being literate about your screen saver 📚)

Copyright © 2022 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.

and that's the whole thing!! 🫶 X Version 11, page version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 — go forth and serve looks with your toroidal rainbows, bestie. slay 💅✨🌈

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