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XScreenSaver(1)					  XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
       xmatrix - simulates the computer displays from the movie

SYNOPSIS
       xmatrix	[-display  host:display.screen] [-window] [-root]
       [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay usecs] [-density  per_
       centage]	 [-top	|  -bottom  |  -both]  [-small	| -large]
       [-trace] [-phone number]

DESCRIPTION
       The xmatrix program draws dropping characters  similar  to
       the   displays  in  the	Wachowski  brothers'  film,  "The
       Matrix".

OPTIONS
       xmatrix accepts the following options:

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

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -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.

       -delay usecs
	       The  delay  between  steps  of  the  animation, in
	       microseconds: default 10000.

       -density percentage
	       The approximate	percentage  of	the  screen  that
	       should  be  filled  with	 characters  at any given
	       time.  Default 75%.

       -top | -bottom | -both
	       If -top is specified,  the  characters  will  only
	       drop  in	 from  the  top	 of the screen as sliding
	       columns of characters.  If -bottom  is  specified,
	       then  instead  of  sliding columns, the characters
	       will appear as columns that grow downwards and are
	       erased  from above.  If -both is specified, then a
	       mixture of both styles will be used.  The  default
	       is -both.

       -small | -large
	       These options specify the sizes of the characters.
	       The default is -large.

       -trace  Start off with a representation of a phone  number
	       being  traced.	When the number is finally found,
	       display The Matrix as usual.

       -phone number
	       The phone number to trace, if -trace is specified.

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_MAN
	       AGER property.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright    1999  by Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to use,
       copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software	 and  its
       documentation  for  any	purpose is hereby granted without
       fee, provided that the above copyright  notice  appear  in
       all  copies  and	 that both that copyright notice and this
       permission notice appear in supporting documentation.   No
       representations	are  made  about  the suitability of this
       software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"  without
       express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 25-Apr-99.

X Version 11		    30-Oct-99		  XScreenSaver(1)

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