Are screensavers underrated.?

[artytux]

Thanks for the quick reply @CharlesV will do a) and or b) then if no good, will start anew topic, Cheers.

[Jakob77]

I don't know what the splash is but don't let me disturb you. I am completely hypnotized by the track I am already on.
The question is also a confirmation of my theory that screensavers are underrated because they are too much to handle.
And who knows, maybe I am lucky and you can help me completing the first chapter in my screensaver master peace. :-)






If you also want to save the processor and not just the screen, then it can make good sense to play with the command options in Terminal.
It was in my opinion a dilemma in using gltext for a clock compared to gluqlo but with some hacking and twisting by the options I think it came out allright:

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gltext -program 'date +%b-%d-Kl-%R' -no-spin -wireframe -scale 0.010 -delay 7000000

fireworkx also needed a big twist:

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fireworkx -delay 200000 -maxlife 0 -no-flash -shoot

So now I have been optimizing 12 chosen screensavers and the commands for them are in a script so they will never be lost. And the screensavers are also in ~/bin so they will never be lost either. They will all just follow the normal backup and restore stream.

Wrooomm it feels good finally to have the screensavers out in freedom and back under my direct control.
Is it risky.?
Maybe if there are still coming security updates for the screensavers I have chosen. Is that likely.?
Maybe something else I haven't thought of.?
I guess I will find out because I have started the implementation, and I feel as happy as a fool. :-)



Most of the options seem to work okay except the most important one: "-root"
A whole pile of screensavers that can't be started in full screen. It is almost too good a joke to fix. No, I didn't write that.! ;-)
How to fix.?


Xfce forum works on a solution :-)
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=73436#p73436

[Jakob77]

Full screen can be made with this option in the end of syntax:

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-window & sleep 1; wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen

Some examples of terminal commands in my script therefore now looks like this:

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fireworkx -delay 200000 -maxlife 0 -no-flash -shoot -window & sleep 1; wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen

Have you by the way ever noticed that you can set of a peace of firework with a mouse click.? :-)

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flyingtoasters -speed 2 -ntoasters 5 -nslices 40 -delay 60000 -window & sleep 1; wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen

You can change view by scrolling with the mouse wheel.

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engine -engine 'Porsche 911' -delay 70000 -window & sleep 1; wmctrl -r :ACTIVE: -b add,fullscreen

"Space" puts up another engine.



What all those screensavers can do. They are SO underrated.!.. ;-)




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