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spiral(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		     spiral(6)

NAME
       spiral - draws moving circular spiral patterns

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

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The spiral program draws moving circular spiral patterns

OPTIONS
       spiral 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 are chosen randomly.

       -count integer
	       Default 40.

       -cycles integer
	       Default 350.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1994 by Darrick Brown.

       Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
       documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby	granted,  pro‐
       vided  that  the	 above	copyright notice appear in all copies and that
       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup‐
       porting documentation.

AUTHOR
       Darrick Brown, 1994.

       Improved by Peter Schmitzberger <schmitz@coma.sbg.ac.at>, 24-Jul-95.

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

X Version 11		      5.07 (10-Aug-2008)		     spiral(6)

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