NAME

       cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

       cynosure   [--display   host:display.screen]   [--visual   visual]   [--window]   [--root]
       [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--ncolors number] [--iterations number] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       A hack similar to `greynetic', but less frenetic. The first implementation was by  Stephen
       Linhart;  then  Ozymandias  G.  Desiderata  wrote  a  Java  applet  clone.  That clone was
       discovered by Jamie Zawinski, and ported to C for inclusion here.

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.

       --window-id number
               Draw on the specified window.

       --delay number
               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 500000 (0.50 seconds.).

       --ncolors number
               Number of Colors.  Default: 128.

       --iterations number
               Duration.  2 - 200.  Default: 100.

       --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.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2002 by  Stephen  Linhart,  Ozymandias  G.  Desiderata,  and  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

       Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski.