geodesic(6x) XScreenSaver manual geodesic(6x)
NAME
geodesic - animates a mesh geodesic sphere.
SYNOPSIS
geodesic [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
[-root] [-mode mode] [-no-wander] [-no-spin] [-fps] [-delay number]
[-speed number] [-count number]
DESCRIPTION
Animates a mesh geodesic sphere of increasing and decreasing complex-
ity. A geodesic sphere is an icosohedron whose equilateral faces are
sub-divided into non-equilateral triangles to more closely approximate
a sphere.
The animation shows the equilateral triangles subdivided into four
coplanar equilateral triangles; and then inflated outward, causing the
sub-triangles to no longer be equilateral, but to more closely approxi-
mate the surface of a sphere.
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.
-mode mesh | solid | stellated | stellated2 | wire
Face/edge display style. Default mesh.
-wander | -no-wander
Whether the object should wander around the screen.
-spin | -no-spin
Whether the object should spin.
-fps | -no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of
the screen.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 sec-
onds).
-speed number
Animation speed. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as
fast.
-count number
Depth (frequency) of the geodesic sphere. Default: 4.
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 © 2013 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.
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