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.TH xmoire SIPB "August 1988" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
xmoire \- blanks display with a changeable vector pattern
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xmoire
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I xmoire
is a client application running under the X windowing system that blanks
the display when activated. It is activated by sliding the mouse into
the upper right corner of the screen, and deactivated by sliding it
out of that corner.
.PP
Control of the display is as follows:
.nf
key	function (picture drawn)
r	rectangle
o	circle (oval)
p	pentagram
/	left slant
\\	right slant
h	hourglass
+	plus
x	cross
v	vee
t	triangle
Q	quit the screensaver completely
]	make the set of patterns larger
[	make the set of patterns slower
{	speed up the display (it usually starts out display bound, though)
}	slow down the display
.fi
.PP
If the system seems to react slowly to keystrokes, try using } to slow
down the display.
.SH HISTORY
The idea for this program comes from a public domain `screensaver'
for the Mac labeled:
.B
.nf
	"Moire V1.1 by John Lim"
	"Algorithm by Anonymous"
	"Portions (c) John Lim and THINK Tech." 
.fi
After watching it for a short time, it was obvious how to implement a
similar (if not identical) program; however, all the code here is my
original work, its purpose only being to provide the same look and
feel under X11. Due to the eminent simplicity of the concept, I feel I
am not stepping on any toes by creating this. In any case, it is a
different window system, and the user interface differs in certain
ways (unlabeled keys do NOT produce rectangles; space bar does NOT
produce an instructional message (yet); curly braces are used to
control operation speed, not 0-9) and that this alone may be
sufficient to call the look and feel different. The people here who
have found it most similar included at least one person who despised
the original, and wanted me to port Pyro instead...

.SH FILES
None yet.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Mark W. Eichin for the Student Information Processing Board
of MIT (SIPB).
.PP
Inspiration from "Moire V1.1 by John Lim"