Swirly is a neato SGI screen saver that uses color map animation to make
complex swirly patterns. It creates a number of nodes at random locations and then creates waves, spokes, and spirals coming from each node. The combinations
of the patterns from each node creates lava-lamp like effects.
To run swirly, use
swirly [-s] [-c n] [-a n] [-r n] [#]
options:
-s Makes swirly run screen saver mode, i.e. full screen, no window
border.
# Specifies the number of nodes to use. The default is 4.
-c n Make a color between n base colors (default 5)
-a t animation speed (0 = fastest, 10 = normal)
-r t Processing speed, slower means more time for other processes (0 = fastest <default>)
For Irix 4.x or 5.x systems, use the swirly.irix4 executable instead.
To use Swirly as a screen saver, type:
haven swirly -s &
Haven is the screen saver control program and will call swirly after 10 minutes
of keyboard and mouse inactivity. You can add a number after the '-s' option
to have more nodes than the default 4. Add this line to your .sgisession or
.login to always use it as a screen saver.
Or you can add Swirly to the list of screen saver control panel on the desktop
tool chest (Desktop->Customize->Screen Savers) by creating a file called swirly
in /usr/lib/X11/savers/defaults/ (you must be root) with the following