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