man deco () - draw tacky 70s basement wall panelling

NAME

deco - draw tacky 70s basement wall panelling

SYNOPSIS

deco [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-max-depth int] [-min-width int] [-min-height int] [-cycle] [-no-cycle] [-cycle-delay]

DESCRIPTION

The deco program subdivides and colors rectangles randomly. It looks kind of like Brady-Bunch-era rec-room wall paneling. (Raven says: "this screensaver is ugly enough to peel paint.")

OPTIONS

deco 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.
-delay seconds
How long to wait before starting over. Default 5 seconds.
-max-depth integer
How deep to subdivide. Default 12. Default 8.
-min-width integer
-min-height integer The size of the smallest rectangle to draw. Default 20x20.
-cycle
-no-cycle
Whether to do color cycling. Default False.
-cycle-delay usecs
If color cycling, how often to change the colors. Default 1000000, or 1 second.

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.

SEE ALSO

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997 by 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

Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 26-Apr-97, based on code by Michael D. Bayne <mdb@go2net.com>.