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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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