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.TH XScreenSaver 1 "" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
cynosure - gentle overlapping squares screen saver.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cynosure
[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP]
[\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
[\-window]
[\-root]
[\-delay \fInumber\fP]
[\-ncolors \fInumber\fP]
[\-iterations \fInumber\fP]
[\-fps]
.SH 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. 
.SH OPTIONS
.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 \-window
Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
.TP 8
.B \-root
Draw on the root window.
.TP 8
.B \-delay \fInumber\fP
Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 500000 (0.50 seconds.).
.TP 8
.B \-ncolors \fInumber\fP
Number of Colors.  Default: 128.
.TP 8
.B \-iterations \fInumber\fP
Duration.  2 - 200.  Default: 100.
.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)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 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.
.SH AUTHOR
Stephen Linhart, Ozymandias G. Desiderata, and Jamie Zawinski.