NAME
solarwinds - mesmerizing particle effects saver.
SYNOPSIS
solarwinds [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x
number] [--nice/-n] [--preset/-R number] [--winds/-w
number] [--emitters/-e number] [--particles/-p
number] [--geometry/-g number] [--size/-s
number] [--windspeed/-W number] [--emitterspeed/-E
number] [--particlespeed/-P number] [--blur/-b
number]
DESCRIPTION
From Terry Walsh ():
"This is a very mesmerizing particle effects saver. Tweak the
settings a little and you'll find that you can achieve an amazing
number of different patterns. You can also connect the particles
with lines for a very different effect."
Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.
OPTIONS
- --root
- Draw on the root window.
- --maxfps number
- Set maximum frame rate.
- --nice
- Idle between frames using select(), or, if --maxfps is
specified, idle in the fps limiting delay loop.
- --preset number
-
1 - Regular (--regular)
2 - Cosmic Strings (--cosmicstrings)
3 - Cold Pricklies (--coldpricklies)
4 - Space Fur (--spacefur)
5 - Jiggly (--jiggy)
6 - Undertow (--undertow)
Presets that override all options that come before it on the
command line. 1 - 6. Default: 1
- --winds number
- Winds. 1 - 10. Default: 1
- --emitters number
- Emitters per wind. 1 - 1000. Default: 30
- --particles number
- Particles per wind. 0 - 10000. Default: 2000
- --geometry number
-
0 - Lights (--lights)
1 - Points (--points)
2 - Lines (--lines)
Type of geometry. 0 - 2. Default: 0
- --size number
- Particle Size. 1 - 100. Default: 50
- --windspeed number
- Wind Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 20
- --emitterspeed number
- Emitter Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 15
- --particlespeed number
- Particle Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
- --blur number
- Motion Blur. 0 - 100. Default: 40
ENVIRONMENT
- DISPLAY
- to get the default host and display number.
SEE ALSO
X(1),
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul
Galatali.
Solarwinds is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Solarwinds is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
AUTHOR
Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>