jigsaw

XScreenSaver hack that animates a jigsaw puzzle solving itself

TLDR

Run as the screensaver on the root window

$ jigsaw -root

Run in a window for testing

$ jigsaw -window

Set the animation speed

$ jigsaw -root -speed [1.0]

Set the puzzle complexity

$ jigsaw -root -complexity [1.0]

SYNOPSIS

jigsaw [-root | -window] [options]

jigsaw is one of the OpenGL hacks shipped with xscreensaver (and xscreensaver-gl). It loads an image, slices it into jigsaw puzzle pieces, scatters them in 3D space, and then animates them flying back together to reform the picture before scrambling again.The image source is controlled by xscreensaver's standard image-grabbing settings, so the screensaver can use a random image from disk, a webcam frame, or a screenshot of the desktop.

PARAMETERS

-root

Draw on the root window (used by xscreensaver itself).

-window

Draw in a new top-level window.

-window-id id

Draw in an existing window with the given X11 ID.

-speed float

Animation speed multiplier.

-complexity float

Puzzle complexity (controls number of pieces).

-delay usecs

Delay between frames, in microseconds.

-fps

Display the frames-per-second counter.

CAVEATS

Requires OpenGL and a working X11 display. Older systems without 3D acceleration will see degraded performance. Image source is configured globally for xscreensaver via xscreensaver-settings, not per-hack.