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+.TH XScreenSaver 1 "24-Nov-97" "X Version 11"
+.SH NAME
+slip - sucks your screen into a jet engine
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B slip
+[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP]
+[\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install]
+[\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP]
+[\-iterations \fIinteger\fP] [\-points \fIinteger\fP]
+[\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP] [\-delay2 \fImicroseconds\fP]
+[\-fps]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fIslip\fP program does lots of blits and chews up an image.
+
+The image that it manipulates will be grabbed from the portion of
+the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input,
+or from a random file on disk, as indicated by
+the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP,
+and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
+file; see
+.BR xscreensaver-demo (1)
+for more details.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.I slip
+accepts the following options:
+.TP 8
+.B \-window
+Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
+.TP 8
+.B \-root
+Draw on the root window.
+.TP 8
+.B \-mono
+If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
+.TP 8
+.B \-install
+Install a private colormap for the window.
+.TP 8
+.B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
+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.
+.TP 8
+.B \-ncolors \fIinteger\fP
+How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 200.
+The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around
+the color wheel.
+.TP 8
+.B \-count \fIinteger\fP
+How many whooziwhatsis to generate. Default 35.
+.TP 8
+.B \-cycles \fIinteger\fP
+How long to frobnicate. Default 50.
+.TP 8
+.B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP
+How long we should wait between drawing each step. Default 50000,
+or about 1/20th second.
+.TP 8
+.B \-fps
+Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.PP
+.TP 8
+.B DISPLAY
+to get the default host and display number.
+.TP 8
+.B XENVIRONMENT
+to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
+stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR X (1),
+.BR xscreensaver (1),
+.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
+.BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 1992 by Scott Draves.
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software 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.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Scott Graves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>.
+
+Ability to run standalone or with \fIxscreensaver\fP added by
+Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 18-Oct-93.