NAME

       slip - sucks your screen into a jet engine

SYNOPSIS

       slip  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--foreground  color]  [--background  color]  [--window] [--root]
       [--window-id number][--mono] [--install] [--visual visual]  [--ncolors  integer]  [--iterations  integer]
       [--points integer] [--delay microseconds] [--delay2 microseconds] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The slip 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  grabDesktopImages,
       grabVideoFrames, and chooseRandomImages options in the ~/.xscreensaver file; see xscreensaver-settings(1)
       for more details.

OPTIONS

       slip 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.

       --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.  The colors used  cycle  through  the
               hue, making N stops around the color wheel.

       --count integer
               How many whooziwhatsis to generate.  Default 35.

       --cycles integer
               How long to frobnicate.  Default 50.

       --delay microseconds
               How long we should wait between drawing each step.  Default 50000, or about 1/20th second.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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), xscreensaver-settings(1), xscreensaver-getimage(6x)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 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.

AUTHOR

       Scott Graves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>.

       Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 18-Oct-93.

X Version 11                                   6.08 (10-Oct-2023)                                       slip(6x)