vigilance(6x)

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version 6.17 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

👀 vigilance — from the XScreenSaver manual, bestie

okay so picture this: it's vigilance, a screen saver. yes, a screen saver. and it's lowkey iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

vigilance — screen saver. that's it. that's the whole name. short, sweet, surveilling. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

A set of security cameras keep very careful track of their surroundings.

You can trust them. Everything is completely under control. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • --visual visual — tells it 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 id can be decimal or hex, dealer's choice. 🎨
  • --window — draw on a newly-created window. this one is the default, so if you don't say anything, this is the vibe you're getting. 🪟
  • --root — draw on the root window instead. going full wallpaper mode. 🌌
  • --window-id number — draw on the exact window you specify. you're the main character, you pick the window. 👑
  • --delay number — per-frame delay, measured in microseconds. default: 20000 (which is 0.02 seconds, for the girlies keeping score). ⏱️
  • --speed number — animation speed, fr fr. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • --count number — how many cameras you want. range is 1 - 50. default: 5. 📹

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • DISPLAY — used to get the default host and display number. iykyk. 🖥️
  • 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 🔥

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Copyright © 2017 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, note the "as is" part — no warranty, no promises, we said what we said. 💀

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Jamie Zawinski.

okay so that's the whole page! this absolutely ate, no cap. 💖✨

and for the cute sign-off: this page is from X Version 11, built as 6.17-1.fc44, dated 13-Oct-2026. watch those cameras, bestie — remember, everything is completely under control. 🎥🌸🫶

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