NAME

       xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim

SYNOPSIS

       xspirograph [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--install] [--visual
       visual] [--delay seconds] [--subdelay useconds] [--layers  integer]  [--alwaysfinish]  [--noalwaysfinish]
       [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       xspirograph  draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a
       circular disk rotating on the inside of a hollow circular rim.

OPTIONS

       xspirograph accepts the following options:

       --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.

       --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 secs
               The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default: 5 seconds.

       --subdelay usec
               The time to delay between each hundred line draws.  Use this if you want to see the pattern form.
               Default: 0.

       --alwaysfinish --noalwaysfinish
               If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first.  Otherwise, they will  stop
               after a set number of iterations.  Default: no.

       --layers integer
               Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase.

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 © 2000 by Rohit Singh <rohit_singh@hotmail.com> 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.

       Modified by Matthew Strait <straitm@mathcs.carleton.edu> Dec 2001.