XScreenSaver(1)XScreenSaver(1)NAMEsballs - draws balls spinning like crazy in GL
SYNOPSISsballs [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root]
[-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-object
object_number] [-count number_of_spheres] [-cycles
sphere_speed] [-size viewport_size] [-texture] [-no-tex
ture] [-wireframe] [-no-wireframe] [-trackmouse] [-no-
trackmouse] [-fps] [-no-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The sballs program draws an animation of balls spinning
like crazy in GL.
OPTIONSsballs accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-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.
-fps Display a running tally of how many frames per
second are being rendered. In conjunction with
-delay 0, this can be a useful benchmark of your
GL performance.
-object object_number
Specify how the spheres are grouped (forming an
object). Objects are:
1 tetrahedron
2 cube. This is the default.
3 octahedron
4 dodecahedron
5 icosahedron
6 plane
7 pyramid
8 star
-count number_of_spheres
Specify how much spheres are drawn in the selected
object.
-size viewport_size
Viewport of GL scene is specified size if greater
than 32 and less than screensize. Default value is
0, meaning full screensize.
-count number_of_particles
Specify how much fire particles are drawn. A very
special case is 0 wich means that you get rain !
-texture
Show a textured background and spheres. This is
the default.
-no-texture
Disables texturing the animation.
-trackmouse
Let the mouse be a joystick to change the view of
the animation. This implies -no-wander.
-no-trackmouse
Disables mouse tracking. This is the default.
-wire Draw a wireframe rendition of the spheres.
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_MAN
AGER property.
SEE ALSOX(1), xscreensaver(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 by Eric Lassauge. Permission to use,
copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without
fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
all copies and that both that copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No
representations are made about the suitability of this
software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
express or implied warranty.
The original code for this mode was written by Mustata
Bogdan (LoneRunner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com> and can
be found at http://www.cfxweb.net/lonerunner/
AUTHOR
Mustata Bogdan (LoneRunner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com>
Eric Lassauge <lassauge@mail.dotcom.fr>
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