NAME
MetaBalls.
SYNOPSIS
MetaBalls [-display
host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
[-root] [-ncolors number] [-count number] [-delay
number] [-cycles number] [-radius number]
[-delta number]
DESCRIPTION
This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by
calculating the sum of the colors of all metaballs covering a
pixel. Ported from the demo effects collection (http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net)
OPTIONS
- -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.
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -ncolors number
- Number of Colors. Default: 256.
- -count number
- Number of MetaBalls. 2 - 255.
Default: 10.
- -delay number
- Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.005
seconds.).
- -cycles number
- Duration. 100 - 3000. Default: 1000.
- -radius number
- MetaBall Radius. 2 - 100. Default: 100.
- -delta number
- MetaBall Movement. 1 - 20. Default: 3.
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),
xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002-2003 by W.P. van Paassen.
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
W.P. van Paassen