metaballs(6x) XScreenSaver manual metaballs(6x)
NAME
MetaBalls - draws 2D metaballs
SYNOPSIS
MetaBalls [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
[-root] [-ncolors number] [-count number] [-delay number] [-cycles num-
ber] [-radius number] [-delta number] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by calculating the sum of
the colors of all metaballs covering a pixel. Ported from the demo ef-
fects collection (http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net)
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.
-ncolors number
Number of Colors. Default: 256.
-count number
Number of MetaBalls. 2 - 255. Default: 10.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.005 sec-
onds.).
-cycles number
Duration. 100 - 3000. Default: 1000.
-radius number
MetaBall Radius. 2 - 100. Default: 100.
-delta number
MetaBall Movement. 1 - 20. Default: 3.
-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 © 2002-2003 by W.P. van Paassen. Permission to use, copy,
modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for
any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above
copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright no-
tice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No
representations are made about the suitability of this software
for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
warranty.
AUTHOR
W.P. van Paassen
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