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XScreenSaver(1)					  XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
       braid - draws random color-cycling braids around a circle

SYNOPSIS
       braid  [-display	 host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
       [-background color] [-window] [-root]  [-mono]  [-install]
       [-visual	 visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds]
       [-cycles integer] [-count integer]

DESCRIPTION
       The braid program draws random color-cycling braids around
       a circle.

OPTIONS
       braid accepts the following options:

       -window Draw  on	 a  newly-created  window.   This  is the
	       default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   If  on  a  color	 display,  pretend  we're  on	a
	       monochrome display.

       -install
	       Install a private colormap for the window.

       -visual visual
	       Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the
	       name of a visual class, or the id number	 (decimal
	       or hex) of a specific visual.

       -ncolors integer
	       How  many  colors  should  be  used (if possible).
	       Default 64.  The colors	used  cycle  through  the
	       hue, making N stops around the color wheel.

       -cycles integer

       -count integer

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_MAN
	       AGER property.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  1995 by John Neil.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this soft
       ware and its documentation for any purpose and without fee
       is  hereby  granted,  provided  that  the  above copyright
       notice appear in all copies and that both  that	copyright
       notice  and  this  permission  notice appear in supporting
       documentation.

AUTHOR
       John Neil <neil@math.idbsu.edu>, 29-Aug-95.

       Ability to run standalone or with  xscreensaver	added  by
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

X Version 11		    10-May-97		  XScreenSaver(1)

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