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NAME
       engine - draws a 3D four-stroke engine.

SYNOPSIS
       engine   [-display   host:display.screen]  [-visual  visual]  [-window]
       [-root] [-engine name] [-delay number] [-no-move]  [-no-spin]  [-no-ti-
       tle] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION
       Draws a simple four-stroke engine that floats around the screen.

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.

       -engine name
               What  kind  of  engine to draw.  Default: random.  Known models
               are: "Honda Insight" (3), "BMW M3" (4), "VW Beetle"  (flat  4),
               "Audi  Quattro"  (5),  "BMW M5" (6), "Subaru XT" (V6), "Porsche
               911" (flat 6), "Corvette Z06" (V8), "Dodge  Viper"  (V10),  and
               "Jaguar XKE" (V12).

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

       -move | -no-move
               Whether the object should wander around the screen.

       -spin | -no-spin
               Whether the object should spin.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

       -title | -no-title
               Whether to display the name of the engine being rendered.

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 Ben Buxton.  Permission to use, copy, modify, dis-
       tribute, 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 notice and this  per-
       mission  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
       Ben Buxton.

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