anemone(6) XScreenSaver manual anemone(6)

anemone - wiggling tentacles.

anemone [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--arms number] [--finpoints number] [--width number] [--fps]

Wiggling tentacles.

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.
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
Draw on the root window.
--window-id number
Draw on the specified window.
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 40000 (0.04 seconds.).
Arms. 2 - 500. Default: 128.
Tentacles. 3 - 200. Default: 64.
Frequency that the arms withdraw. Arms withdraw on randomly generated values between 1 and 11; this value determines the maximum value of that range. So 100 spends a lot of time withdrawn, while 1000,000 tends not to withdraw at all. Default: 1200.
How fast it turns. At zero, not at all, all they way up to thousands which are very fast indeed. Default: 50.
Thickness. 1 - 10. Default: 2.
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

to get the default host and display number.
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
The window ID to use with --root.

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Gabriel Finch.

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