NAME

       gears - draw interlocking gears, for xscreensaver.

SYNOPSIS

       gears [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay
       usecs] [-speed float] [-no-spin] [-no-wander] [-count integer] [-wireframe] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       This draws a set of rotating gears.

OPTIONS

       gears 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 frames of the animation, in microseconds.  Default: 30000 (0.03
               seconds.)

       -speed float
               Larger numbers mean run faster.  Default: 1.0.

       -no-spin
               Don't rotate the object.

       -no-wander
               Don't wander the object around the screen.

       -count integer
               How many gears to draw.  Default: 0 for random.

       -wireframe
               Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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 © 2007 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.

       An earlier version of this program by Brian Paul was written in  1997;  this  version  was
       rewritten from scratch by jwz in 2007.