Provided by: xsnow_2.0.9-1.1_amd64 
NAME
xsnow - Snow and Santa on your Gnome desktop
SYNOPSIS
xsnow [OPTION]...
DESCRIPTION
Xsnow shows an animation of Santa and snow on your desktop. Xsnow can also run in one or more windows,
see options -xwininfo, -id.
General options:
Below: <n> denotes an unsigned decimal (e.g 123) or octal (e.g. 017) or hex (e.g. 0x50009) number. <c>
denotes a color name like "red" or "#123456".
-h, -help
print this text
-H, -manpage
print man page
-v, -version
prints xsnow version
-display name
Drop the snowflakes on the given display. Make sure the display is nearby, so you can hear them
enjoy...
-vintage
Run xsnow in vintage settings
-defaults
Do not read config file (see FILES).
-noconfig
Do not read or write config file (see FILES).
-nomenu
Do not how interactive menu.
-id <n>
Snow in window with id (for example from xwininfo).
-desktop
Act as if window is a desktop.
-fullscreen
Snow on fullscreen window: panels, taskbars etc. will be not accessible.
-above Snow above your windows. Default is to snow below your windows.
-xwininfo
Use a cursor to point at the window you want the snow to be fallen in.
-bg <c>
Use color <c> to erase obsolete drawings (snow, santa, ...). Useful in for example KDE: create
mono colored background, and specify the same color here, eg: -bg "#123456" (default: "#000000".)
-kdebg sets the KDE desktop background color to the value given at '-bg'
-exposures
Force XClearArea(...,exposures=True) when erasing.
-noexposures
Force XClearArea(...,exposures=False) when erasing. Exposures have effect with '-alpha 0' or
'-xwininfo'
-alpha <n>
0: do not use alpha channel; 1: use alpha channel
-kde prepare for KDE: use background (see -bg), -alpha 1, -noexposures
-fvwm prepare for FVWM: no background, -alpha 0, -exposures
-gnome prepare for GNOME: no background, -alpha 1, -noexposures
-stopafter <n>
Stop Xsnow after so many seconds.
-showstats
Print some statistics about the various things that happen in Xsnow.
-noquiet
Print during running info about disappeared windows, blown fuses etc.
Snow options:
-snowflakes <n>
The higher, the more snowflakes are generated per second. Default: 100.
-noblowsnow
Do not animate blowing snow from trees or windows.
-sc <c>
Use the given string as color for the flakes (default: 100).
-snowspeedfactor <n>
Multiply the speed of snow with this number/100 (default:100).
-nosnowflakes
Do not show falling snowflakes. (Weird!)
-flakecountmax <n>
Maximum number of active flakes (default 10000).
-blowofffactor <n>
The higher, the more snow is generated in blow-off scenarios (default: 100).
Tree options:
-treetype <n>[,<n> ...]
Choose tree types: minimum 0, maximum 6 (default "1,2,3,4,5,6,"). Thanks to Carla Vermin for
numbers >=3! Credits: Image by b0red on Pixabay
-treetype all
Use all available treetypes
-tc <c>
Use the given string as the color for the default trees (default: "chartreuse"). Works only for
treetype 0.
-notrees
Do not display the trees.
-trees <n>
Desired number of trees. Default 10.
-treefill <n>
Region in percents of the height of the window where trees grow (default: 30).
Santa options:
-nosanta
Do not display Santa running all over the screen.
-norudolf
No Rudolf.
-santa <n>
The minimum size of Santa is 0, the maximum size is 4. Default is 3. Thanks to Thomas Linder for
the (big) Santa 2! Santa 3 is derived from Santa 2, and shows the required eight reindeers. The
appearance of Santa 4 may be a surprise, thanks to Carla Vermin for this one.
-santaspeedfactor <n>
The speed Santa should not be excessive if he doesn't want to get fined. The appropriate speed for
the Santa chosen will be multiplied by santaspeedfactor/100 (default: 100).
Wind options:
-nowind
By default it gets windy now and then. If you prefer quiet weather specify -nowind.
-whirlfactor <n>
This sets the whirl factor, i.e. the maximum adjustment of the horizontal speed. The default value
is 100.
-windtimer <n>
With -windtimer you can specify how often it gets windy. It's sort of a period in seconds,
default value is 30.
Fallen snow options:
-wsnowdepth <n>
Maximum thickness of snow on top of windows (default: 30).
-ssnowdepth <n>
Maximum thickness of snow at the bottom of the screen (default: 50).
-maxontrees <n>
Maximum number of flakes on trees. Default 200.
-nokeepsnowonwindows
Do not keep snow on top of the windows.
-nokeepsnowonscreen
Do not keep snow at the bottom of the screen.
-nokeepsnowontrees
Do not keep snow on trees.
-nokeepsnow
Do not have snow sticking anywhere.
-nofluffy
Do not create fluff on fallen snow.
-offsetx <n>
Correction for window-manager provided of x-coordinate of window. Default 4.
-offsety <n>
Correction for window-managr provided of y-coordinate of window. Default 0.
-offsetw <n>
Correction for window-manager provided of width of window. Default -8.
-offsets <n>
Correction for bottom coordinate of your screen. A negative value lifts the xsnow screen up.
Default 0.
Other options:
-stars <n>
The number of stars (default: 20).
-nometeorites
Do not show meteorites.
-cpuload <n>
How busy is your system with xsnow: the higher, the more load on the system (default: 100).
FILES
$HOME/.xsnowrc
Settings are read from and written to this file. See flags -noconfig and -defaults how to
influence this behaviour.
$HOME/xsnow/pixmaps/tree.xpm
If present, xsnow will try this file for displaying the trees. The format must be xpm (X PixMap)
format, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_PixMap
$HOME/xsnow/pixmaps/santa<n>.xpm
where <n> = 1,2,3,4. If present, xsnow will try this files (4 of them) for displaying Santa. The
format must be xpm (X PixMap) format, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_PixMap
EXAMPLES
$ xsnow -defaults # run with defaults.
$ xsnow # run using values from the config file.
$ xsnow -treetype 1,2 # use treetype 1 and 2.
$ xsnow -kde -kdebg -bg blue4 # for the KDE environment.
BUGS
Xsnow needs a complete rewrite: the code is a mess. Xsnow stresses the Xserver too much. Xsnow
generates race conditions, e.g.: sometimes fallen snow is not removed when it should be. Xsnow does not
run in Wayland. Remnants of fluffy snow can persist after removing the fallen snow. These will gradually
disappear, so no big deal.
SEE ALSO
man xcolors(1)
COPYRIGHT
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Thank you for using xsnow
xsnow-2.0.9 2019 XSNOW(6)