.TH slip 6 "6.09 (07-Jun-2024)" "X Version 11" "XScreenSaver manual"
.SH NAME
slip \- sucks your screen into a jet engine
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B slip
[\-\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
[\-\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-\-window] [\-\-root]
[\-\-window\-id \fInumber\fP][\-\-mono] [\-\-install]
[\-\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP]
[\-\-iterations \fIinteger\fP] [\-\-points \fIinteger\fP]
[\-\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP] [\-\-delay2 \fImicroseconds\fP]
[\-\-fps]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fIslip\fP program does lots of blits and chews up an image.

The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of
the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input,
or from a random file on disk, as indicated by
the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP,
and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
file; see
.BR xscreensaver\-settings (1)
for more details.
.SH OPTIONS
.I slip
accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B \-\-window
Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
.TP 8
.B \-\-root
Draw on the root window.
.TP 8
.B \-\-window\-id \fInumber\fP
Draw on the specified window.
.TP 8
.B \-\-mono 
If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
.TP 8
.B \-\-install
Install a private colormap for the window.
.TP 8
.B \-\-visual \fIvisual\fP
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.
.TP 8
.B \-\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP
How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 200.
The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around 
the color wheel.
.TP 8
.B \-\-count \fIinteger\fP
How many whooziwhatsis to generate.  Default 35.
.TP 8
.B \-\-cycles \fIinteger\fP
How long to frobnicate.  Default 50.
.TP 8
.B \-\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP
How long we should wait between drawing each step.  Default 50000,
or about 1/20th second.
.TP 8
.B \-\-fps
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
.TP 8
.B DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
.TP 8
.B XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
.TP 8
.B XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
The window ID to use with \fI\-\-root\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR X (1),
.BR xscreensaver (1),
.BR xscreensaver\-settings (1),
.BR xscreensaver\-getimage (6)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1992 by Scott Draves.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software 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. 
.SH AUTHOR
Scott Graves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>.

Ability to run standalone or with \fIxscreensaver\fP added by 
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 18-Oct-93.