glcells(6x) XScreenSaver manual glcells(6x)
NAME
glcells - growing cells graphics hack
SYNOPSIS
glcells [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
[-visual visual] [-delay num] [-pause num] [-maxcells num] [-radius
num] [-seeds num] [-quality num] [-minfood num] [-maxfood num] [-di-
videage num] [-mindist num] [-keepold] [-wireframe] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The glcells program draws cells that divide exponentially, eat and
eventually die.
OPTIONS
glcells 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.
-pause num
Specifies the pause at the end of the animation (all cells dead
or maximum amount of cells reached). Unit is in frames, default
20.
-maxcells num
Specifies the maximum number of cells on screen (dead cells
also count, even if invisible). Default is 800.
-radius num
Specifies the radius of the cells. Default is 40.
-seeds num
Specifies the number of cells when animation starts. Default is
1.
-quality num
Specifies subdivision quality of the spheres used to draw the
cells [0...5]. Default is 3.
-minfood num
Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
to eat). This parameter specifies the minimum amount of food
per pixel. Default is 5.
-maxfood num
Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
to eat). This parameter specifies the maximum amount of food
per pixel. Default is 20.
-divideage num
Specifies the minimum age in frames a cell needs to have before
being able to divide. Default is 20
-mindist num
Specifies the minimum distance between cells. Default 1.4
-delay num
How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02
second.
-fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
-wireframe
Draw wireframe only.
-keepold
Dead cells stay on screen.
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) xscreensaver-demo(1),
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007 by Matthias Toussaint. Permission to use, copy, mod-
ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy-
right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep-
resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
AUTHOR
Matthias Toussaint <glcells@mtoussaint.de>, 17-Jun-2007,
http://www.mtoussaint.de/bits.html.
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