1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "" "X Version 11" |
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2 | .SH NAME |
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3 | MetaBalls. |
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4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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5 | .B MetaBalls |
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6 | [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] |
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7 | [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] |
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8 | [\-window] |
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9 | [\-root] |
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10 | [\-ncolors \fInumber\fP] |
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11 | [\-count \fInumber\fP] |
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12 | [\-delay \fInumber\fP] |
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13 | [\-cycles \fInumber\fP] |
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14 | [\-radius \fInumber\fP] |
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15 | [\-delta \fInumber\fP] |
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16 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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17 | This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by calculating the sum of the colors of all metaballs covering a pixel. |
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18 | Ported from the demo effects collection (http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net) |
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19 | .SH OPTIONS |
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20 | .TP 8 |
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21 | .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP |
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22 | Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, |
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23 | or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. |
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24 | .TP 8 |
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25 | .B \-window |
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26 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
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27 | .TP 8 |
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28 | .B \-root |
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29 | Draw on the root window. |
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30 | .TP 8 |
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31 | .B \-ncolors \fInumber\fP |
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32 | Number of Colors. Default: 256. |
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33 | .TP 8 |
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34 | .B \-count \fInumber\fP |
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35 | Number of MetaBalls. 2 - 255. Default: 10. |
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36 | .TP 8 |
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37 | .B \-delay \fInumber\fP |
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38 | Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.01 seconds.). |
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39 | .TP 8 |
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40 | .B \-cycles \fInumber\fP |
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41 | Duration. 100 - 3000. Default: 1000. |
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42 | .TP 8 |
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43 | .B \-radius \fInumber\fP |
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44 | MetaBall Radius. 2 - 100. Default: 100. |
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45 | .TP 8 |
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46 | .B \-delta \fInumber\fP |
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47 | MetaBall Movement. 1 - 20. Default: 3. |
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48 | .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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49 | .PP |
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50 | .TP 8 |
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51 | .B DISPLAY |
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52 | to get the default host and display number. |
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53 | .TP 8 |
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54 | .B XENVIRONMENT |
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55 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources |
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56 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. |
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57 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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58 | .BR X (1), |
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59 | .BR xscreensaver (1) |
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60 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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61 | Copyright \(co 2002-2003 by W.P. van Paassen. Permission to use, copy, modify, |
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62 | distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is |
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63 | hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear |
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64 | in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice |
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65 | appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the |
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66 | suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without |
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67 | express or implied warranty. |
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68 | .SH AUTHOR |
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69 | W.P. van Paassen |
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