NAME
sphere - draws shaded spheres
SYNOPSIS
sphere [-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual
visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay
microseconds]
DESCRIPTION
The sphere program draws shaded spheres.
OPTIONS
sphere accepts the following options:
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -mono
- If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
- -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.
- -ncolors integer
- How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. The
colors are chosen randomly.
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),
xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1988 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software
and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in supporting documentation.
AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc, 1988.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 27-May-97.