trainmandala(6x)

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version 6.17 · 3 versions
, in fedora 44

✨ trainmandala ✨

okay bestie, you found a screensaver manpage in the XScreenSaver manual and it's giving cosmic. it's trainmandala(6x) — a screensaver module — and honestly it's short and sweet and we're gonna go through it together, every last crumb, no skipping, periodt. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

trainmandala — screen saver. that's it. that's the whole job description. iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's how you actually invoke it, copy this exactly bestie:

trainmandala [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--delay number] [--speed number] [--scale number]
[--fps]

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

Enter the flowing ring.

no like literally, that's the whole description and it ate. the ring flows. you enter it. main character energy fr fr. 🌈

✨ OPTIONS ✨

every flag, one by one, zero skips, we love a complete list 💅

  • --visual visual — pick which visual to use. legal values are either the name of a visual class, or the id number of a specific visual (and yes, that number can be decimal or hex, so go off).
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this is the default, so if you just run it and don't say anything, this is what you get. 🫶
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. different vibe, same ring.
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default is 20000, which is 0.02 seconds. tiny little pauses, we love a slow reveal.
  • --speed number — animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. go zoom or go cozy, your call.
  • --scale number — resolution. range is 0.1 - 1.0. default: 1.0.
  • --fps | --no-fps — whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. numbers on screen = lowkey satisfying, ngl.

💜 ENVIRONMENT 💜

the environment variables it peeks at, as always, in full:

  • 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.
  • XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW — the window ID to use with --root.

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these too bestie, the lore goes deep:

Copyright © 2023 by mrange.

and here's the legal tea, word for word in spirit: 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 shows up in all copies, and that both this copyright notice and this permission notice appear in the supporting documentation. no representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose, and it's provided "as is", with no express or implied warranty. 🫡

fr fr do not skip the license part, it's giving legally binding and it's not the vibe to ignore it 💀

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

mrange. shoutout to the legend, we stan. 💖

and that's a wrap on trainmandala(6x), bestie! this page ships from X Version 11, version 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026 — so if you're reading this, hi from the future, slay. 🎀✨🌸

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