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XScreenSaver(1)						       XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
       whirlygig -- zooming chains of sinusoidal spots

SYNOPSIS
       whirlygig  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-window]  [-root]  [-back‐
       ground] [-foreground] [-xspeed] [-yspeed] [-whirlies] [-nlines]

DESCRIPTION
       The whirlygig program draws a series of circles on your	screen.	  They
       then move about in a cyclic pattern

OPTIONS
       whirlygig accepts the following options:

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

       -root   Draw on the root 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.

       -xspeed speed
	       Specify	how  fast the dots should cycle horizontally.  Try out
	       values from .01 to 4000

       -yspeed speed
	       Specify how fast the dots should	 cycle	vertically.   Try  out
	       values from .01 to 4000

       -whirlies a number
	       Specify how many whilrlies you want

       -nlines number of lines
	       Specify how many lines of whirlies you want

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)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2001 by Ashton Trey Belew.  Permission to use,  copy,  mod‐
       ify,  distribute,  and sell this software and its documentation for any
       purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that  the  above	 copy‐
       right  notice  appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
       and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No rep‐
       resentations  are  made	about the suitability of this software for any
       purpose.	 It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Ashton Trey Belew <trey@veggie.wesleyan.edu>, 31-Mar-01

X Version 11			   31-Mar-01		       XScreenSaver(1)

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