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NAME
       starfish - radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics demo

SYNOPSIS
       starfish [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
       [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual
       visual] [-delay usecs] [-delay2 secs] [-thickness pixels] [-rotation
       degrees] [-duration seconds] [-colors int] [-blob] [-no-blob] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The starfish program draws radially symmetric objects, which expand,
       contract, rotate, and turn inside out.  It uses these shapes to lay
       down a field of smooth colors, and then rotates the colormap.

OPTIONS
       starfish 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 microseconds
               How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
               animation.  Default 10000, or about 1/100th second.

       -thickness pixels
               How wide each color band should be.  Default 0, meaning random
               (the chosen value will be between 0 and 15.)

       -rotation degrees
               How quickly the objects should rotate at each step.  Default 0,
               meaning random (the chosen value will be between 0 and 12
               degrees.)

       -colors int
               How many colors to use.  Default 200.  The more colors, the
               smoother the transitions will be, and the nicer the resultant
               images.

       -duration seconds
               How long to run before choosing a new shape.  Default 30
               seconds.

       -delay2 seconds
               When duration expires, how long to wait before starting a new
               run.  Default 5 seconds.

       -blob

       -no-blob
               If blob option is specified, then the raw shapes will be shown,
               instead of a field of colors generated from them.

       -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.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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>, 14-Jun-97.

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