XScreenSaver(1)XScreenSaver(1)NAMExmatrix - simulates the computer displays from the movie
SYNOPSISxmatrix [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root]
[-install] [-visual visual] [-delay usecs] [-density per_
centage] [-top | -bottom | -both] [-small | -large]
[-trace] [-phone number]
DESCRIPTION
The xmatrix program draws dropping characters similar to
the displays in the Wachowski brothers' film, "The
Matrix".
OPTIONSxmatrix accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-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 usecs
The delay between steps of the animation, in
microseconds: default 10000.
-density percentage
The approximate percentage of the screen that
should be filled with characters at any given
time. Default 75%.
-top | -bottom | -both
If -top is specified, the characters will only
drop in from the top of the screen as sliding
columns of characters. If -bottom is specified,
then instead of sliding columns, the characters
will appear as columns that grow downwards and are
erased from above. If -both is specified, then a
mixture of both styles will be used. The default
is -both.
-small | -large
These options specify the sizes of the characters.
The default is -large.
-trace Start off with a representation of a phone number
being traced. When the number is finally found,
display The Matrix as usual.
-phone number
The phone number to trace, if -trace is specified.
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_MAN
AGER property.
SEE ALSOX(1), xscreensaver(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1999 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>, 25-Apr-99.
X Version 11 30-Oct-99 XScreenSaver(1)