NAME
Kaleidescope - rotating line segments
SYNOPSIS
kaleidescope [-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual]
[-color_mode mono | nice | greedy] [-nsegments int]
[-ntrails int] [-local_rotation int]
[-global_rotation int] [-delay usecs] [-redmin
int] [-greenmin int] [-bluemin int] [-redrange
int] [-greenrange int] [-bluerange int]
DESCRIPTION
The kaleidescope program draws line
segments in a symmetric pattern that evolves over time.
OPTIONS
kaleidescope accepts the following options:
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -color_mode mono | nice | greedy
- Specify how kaleidescope uses colors. Mono uses just the
default foreground and background colors. Nice uses one color for
each segment (specified by nsegments). Greedy uses (ntrails *
nsegments) + 1 colors.
- -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.
- -nsegments integer
- The number of segments to draw. Default is 7.
- -ntrails integer
- The number of trails to draw. Default is 100.
- -local_rotation integer
- The rate at which segments rotate around their center. Default
is -59.
- -global_rotation integer
- The rate at which segments rotate around the center of the
window. Default is 1.
- -redmin, -greenmin, -bluemin, -redrange, -greenrange,
-bluerange
- All take an integer argument. When colors are randomly chosen,
they are chosen from the interval min to min plus range. The
minimums default to 30000. The ranges default to 20000.
- -delay microseconds
- How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
animation. Default is 20000, or about 5 frames a
second.
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_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1),
kaleidescope(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1997 by Ron Tapia. 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.
AUTHOR
Ron Tapia <tapia@nmia.com>, 20-Mar-97.