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sierpinski(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		 sierpinski(6)

NAME
       sierpinski - draws Sierpinski triangle fractals

SYNOPSIS
       sierpinski  [-display  host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-back‐
       ground color] [-window] [-root]	[-mono]	 [-install]  [-visual  visual]
       [-ncolors  integer]  [-delay  microseconds]  [-cycles  integer] [-count
       integer]

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The sierpinski program draws Sierpinski triangle fractals.

OPTIONS
       sierpinski 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.

       -ncolors integer
	       How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The
	       colors are chosen randomly.

       -cycles integer

       -count integer

       -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), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1996 by Desmond Daignault.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
       documentation  for  any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro‐
       vided that the above copyright notice appear in	all  copies  and  that
       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in sup‐
       porting documentation.

AUTHOR
       Desmond	Daignault  <tekdd@dtol.datatimes.com>,	05-Sep-96.   (Original
       xlock version was called tri.c.)

       Ability	to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.  (Renamed to sierpinski.)

X Version 11		      5.07 (10-Aug-2008)		 sierpinski(6)

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