lament(6x) XScreenSaver manual lament(6x)
NAME
lament - animates the Lament Configuration
SYNOPSIS
lament [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
[-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-fps] [-texture] [-no-texture]
[-wireframe]
DESCRIPTION
The lament program draws an animation of a particular puzzle box re-
peatedly solving itself.
OPTIONS
lament accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-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.
-texture
Use texture maps. This is the default.
-no-texture
Do not use texture maps. This is boring and wrong.
-wireframe
Only draw outlines.
-delay microseconds
How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02
second.
-fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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.
BUGS
This hack is glacially slow on machines lacking hardware texture sup-
port.
Occasionally opens doors, admitting theologians of the Order of the
Gash.
SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur-
pose 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 repre-
sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur-
pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 25-Jul-98.
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