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NAME
       fluidballs - the physics of bouncing balls.

SYNOPSIS
       fluidballs  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-visual visual] [-window]
       [-root] [-count number] [-size number] [-gravity number] [-wind number]
       [-elasticity number] [-delay number] [-nonrandom] [-no-shake] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       Models  the  physics  of  bouncing  balls,  or of particles in a gas or
       fluid, depending on the settings. If "Shake Box" is selected, then  ev-
       ery  now and then, the box will be rotated, changing which direction is
       down (in order to keep the settled balls in motion.)

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.

       -count number
               How many balls to display.  Default: 300.

       -size number
               Maximum size of each ball.  Default: 25.

       -gravity number
               Coefficient of gravity.  Useful values  are  <  0.1.   Default:
               0.01.

       -wind number
               Wind.  Useful values are < 0.1.  Default: 0.00.

       -elasticity number
               Coefficient  of elasticity.  Useful values are 0.2 to 1.0.  De-
               fault: 0.97.  Lower numbers make less bouncy balls.

       -delay number
               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default:  10000  (0.01  sec-
               onds.).

       -nonrandom
               Make all balls be the same size.

       -no-nonrandom
               Make the balls be random sizes.  Default.

       -shake | -no-shake
               Whether  to  shake  the box if the system seems to have settled
               down.  "Shake" means "change the direction of Down."

       -fps    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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  by Peter Birtles and Jamie Zawinski.  Permission to
       use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its  documen-
       tation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the
       above copyright notice appear in all copies and that  both  that  copy-
       right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documenta-
       tion.  No representations are made about the suitability of this  soft-
       ware  for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or im-
       plied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Peter Birtles, Jamie Zawinski, and Steven Barker.

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