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NAME
       grav - draws a simple orbital simulation

SYNOPSIS
       grav  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-foreground color] [-background
       color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]  [-ncolors
       integer]  [-delay  microseconds]  [-count integer] [-decay] [-no-decay]
       [-trail] [-no-trail]

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       The grav program draws a simple orbital simulation

OPTIONS
       grav 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.

       -count integer
               Default 12.

       -decay

       -no-decay
               Whether orbits should decay.

       -trail

       -no-trail
               Whether  the  objects should leave trails behind them (makes it
               look vaguely like a cloud-chamber.

       -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), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1993 by Greg Bowering.

       Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
       documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby  granted,  pro-
       vided  that  the  above  copyright notice appear in all copies and that
       both that copyright notice and this permission notice  appear  in  sup-
       porting documentation.

AUTHOR
       Greg Bowering <gb@pobox.com>, 1993.

       Ability  to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

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