NAME¶

xfishtank - Fish swimming across your desktop

SYNOPSIS¶

xfishtank [-c <color>] [-b <limit>] [-f <limit>] [-i <mult>] [-r <rate>] [-m <num>] [-C <num>] [-d] [-p <file>] [host:display]

DESCRIPTION¶

xfishtank is a animation program to simulate an Aquarium on your X desktop.

OPTIONS¶

-b number

Number of bubbles (Default: 32)

-f limit

Number of fishes (Default: 10)

-bc color

Color of bubbles (Default: lightblue)

-bgc color

Color background (Default: darkblue) (NOTE: works only when running under xscreensaver.

-double n

n=1: Use double buffering, n=0: do not use double buffering (Default: 1)

-speed number

Speed of fishes (Default: 100)

-defaults

Use default options

-nomenu

Minimize the interactive menu

-display DISPLAY

Use this display to draw in (Default:"")

-root

Use root-window or xscreensaver-provided window to draw in

--root

Same as -root

-window-id window

Use this window to draw in

--window-id window

Same as -window-id

-h

Show usage information

-v

Show version

-changelog

Show ChangeLog and exit

-selfrep

Output gzipped tar file of the source and exit

XSCREENSAVER¶

If you want to run xfishtank under xscreensaver, add a line like this to

$HOME/.xscreensaver:
xfishtank -root \n\

FILES¶

$HOME/.xfishtankrc

Settings are read from and written to this file.

SEE ALSO¶

X(1), xsetroot(1x), xsnow(6), xroach(1), xroachng(1), xpenguins(1)

AUTHORS¶

Eric Bina, <ebina@ncsa.uiuc.edu> (Original author)

Dave Black, <dlbb0@amdahl.com> (Linux port)

TJ Phan, <phan@aur.alcatel.com> (TrueColor Support)

Vincent Renardias <vincent@waw.com> (man page, Debian packaging)

Willem Vermin (adaption to modern desktops / double buffering)