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Really Slick ScreenSavers(1) General Commands Manual Really Slick ScreenSavers(1)

NAME

cyclone - tornado screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

cyclone [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--cyclones/-c number] [--particles/-p number] [--size/-i number] [--complexity/-C number] [--speed/-e number] [--stretch/-s] [--no-stretch/-S] [--showcurves/-v] [--no-showcurves/-V]

DESCRIPTION

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com): "This screen saver makes tornadoes on your screen. I wrote it for my storm chasing partner, but you can have it too."

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

Draw on the root window.
Set maximum frame rate.
Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1
Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1
Number of cyclones. 1 - 10. Default: 1
Particles per cyclone. 1 - 10000. Default: 200
Particle size. 1 - 100. Default: 7
Cyclone complexity. 1 - 10. Default: 3
Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
Stretch. Default: True
Show Curves. Default: False

ENVIRONMENT

to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Cyclone is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Cyclone is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHOR

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>

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