timetunnel(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ timetunnel ✨ (that's the 6x manual, bestie)

okay so picture this: you're running XScreenSaver, you open the timetunnel hack, and suddenly it's giving Dr. Who opening credits but make it your screen. 💙 no cap, it's exactly the vibe.

💫 NAME 💫

timetunnel — plasma tunnels that fade in and out 🌀✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

timetunnel [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--start number] [--end number] [--dilate
number] [--no-logo] [--reverse] [--no-fog] [--no-texture] [--wireframe]
[--fps] [--tardis texture] [--head texture] [--marquee texture] [--tun1
texture] [--tun2 texture] [--tun3 texture]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It draws an animation that's basically the opening and closing effects from the Dr. Who TV show. Iconic behavior, honestly. 🫶

💅 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 (decimal or hex both fine). 👀
  • --window — draw on a brand-new window. This is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. ✨
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. 🌸
  • --window-id number — draw on the window you specify. 🪟
  • --start number — start time of the loop, from 0.0 to 30.00. Default is 0.0. It may be identical to the end time, no drama. ⏰
  • --end number — end time of the loop, from 0.0 to 30.00. Default is 27.79. It may be identical to the start time. 🕰️
  • --dilate number — scale time to speed up or slow down the simulation. Numbers less than one slow it down. 🐌➡️🐇
  • --no-logo — show only the tunnels, no logos or anything. Just vibes. 💫
  • --reverse — play it in reverse, and yes, that includes the tunnels. ⏪
  • --no-fog — turn off the fog. 🌫️🚫
  • --no-texture — turn off the textures. 🚫🧵
  • --wireframe — show it as a wire frame. 🕸️
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. 📊
  • --tardis texture — give it an xpm file to override the default tardis texture. 🚙💙
  • --head texture — give it an xpm file to override the default Dr. Who head texture. 👤
  • --marquee texture — give it an xpm file to override the default show marquee texture. 🎪
  • --tun1 texture — give it an xpm file to override the default tardis tunnel texture. 🌀
  • --tun2 texture — give it an xpm file to override the default middle tunnel texture. 🌀
  • --tun3 texture — give it an xpm file to override the default final tunnel texture. 🌀

🌈 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)

Copyright © 2005 by Sean Brennan. 💖

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 💜

Sean Brennan <zettix@yahoo.com> — shoutout to the icon who made tunnels happen. 🙌

and that's the whole page, bestie. every flag, every texture, every default — nothing skipped, periodt. 💅

X Version 11 ✨ 6.17-1.fc44 ✨ (13-Oct-2026) — timetunnel(6x), signing off 🎀🦋💖

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