sballs(6x) XScreenSaver manual sballs(6x)
NAME
sballs - draws balls spinning like crazy in GL
SYNOPSIS
sballs [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-visual vis-
ual] [-delay microseconds] [-object object_number] [-cycles
sphere_speed] [-size viewport_size] [-texture] [-no-texture] [-wire-
frame] [-no-wireframe] [-trackmouse] [-no-trackmouse] [-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The sballs program draws an animation of balls spinning like crazy in
GL.
OPTIONS
sballs 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.
-fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
-object object_number
Specify how the spheres are grouped (forming an object). Ob-
jects are:
1 tetrahedron
2 cube. This is the default.
3 octahedron
4 dodecahedron
5 icosahedron
6 plane
7 pyramid
8 star
-size viewport_size
Viewport of GL scene is specified size if greater than 32 and
less than screensize. Default value is 0, meaning full screen-
size.
-texture
Show a textured background and spheres. This is the default.
-no-texture
Disables texturing the animation.
-trackmouse
Let the mouse be a joystick to change the view of the anima-
tion. This implies -no-wander.
-no-trackmouse
Disables mouse tracking. This is the default.
-wire Draw a wireframe rendition of the spheres.
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 © 2001 by Eric Lassauge. 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.
The original code for this mode was written by Mustata Bogdan (LoneRun-
ner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com> and can be found at
http://www.cfxweb.net/lonerunner/
AUTHOR
Mustata Bogdan (LoneRunner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com> Eric Lassauge
<lassauge@users.sourceforge.net>
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