xfishtank(1)

XFISHTANK(1) General Commands Manual XFISHTANK(1)

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
-window-id window
Use this window to draw in
-h
Show usage information
-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)

October 2023 3.2.1~pre1