ripples(6)

NAME
ripples - interference patterns.

SYNOPSIS
ripples [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-duration secs] [-rate number] [-fluidity number] [-light number] [-water] [-stir] [-oily] [-grayscale] [-colors number] [-no-shm] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
This draws rippling interference patterns like splashing water. With the -water option, it manipulates your desktop image to look like something is dripping into it.

OPTIONS

-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.

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

-root
    Draw on the root window.

-delay number
    Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 50000 (0.05 seconds.).

-duration seconds
    How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120 seconds.

-rate number
    Drizzle. 1 - 100. Default: 5.

-fluidity number
    Small Drops. 0 - 16. Default: 6.

-light number
    Lighting Effect. 0 - 8. Default: 0.

-water | -no-water
    Grab Screen Image. Boolean.

-stir | -no-stir
    Moving Splashes. Boolean.

-oily | -no-oily
    Psychedelic Colors. Boolean.

-grayscale
    Convert the screen image to grayscale. Ignored if we don't grab the screen image or if our screen doesn't have enough color depth.

-colors number
    Colors Two. Default: 200.

-shm | -no-shm
    Use Shared Memory. Boolean.

-fps
    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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 © 2002 by Tom Hammersley. 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
Tom Hammersley.