XScreenSaver(1)

NAME
       swirl - draws swirly color-cycling patterns

SYNOPSIS
       swirl  [-display  host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
       [-background color] [-window] [-root]  [-mono]  [-install]
       [-visual  visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds]
       [-cycles integer] [-count integer]

DESCRIPTION
       The swirl program draws swirly color-cycling patterns.

OPTIONS
       swirl accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on  a  newly-created  window.   This  is  the
               default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   If   on  a  color  display,  pretend  we're  on  a
               monochrome display.

       -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.

       -ncolors integer
               How many colors  should  be  used  (if  possible).
               Default 200.

       -cycles integer

       -count integer

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_MAN-
               AGER property.

SEE ALSO
       X(1) xscreensaver(1) xlock(1) 

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994 M. Dobie.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this soft-
       ware and its documentation for any purpose and without fee
       is  hereby  granted,  provided  that  the  above copyright
       notice appear in all copies and that both  that  copyright
       notice  and  this  permission  notice appear in supporting
       documentation.

AUTHOR
       M.Dobie lt;mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk, 1994.

       Ability to run standalone or with  xscreensaver  added  by
       Jamie Zawinski lt;jwz@netscape.com, 13-May-97.