strange(6x) XScreenSaver manual strange(6x)
NAME
strange - draws strange attractors
SYNOPSIS
strange [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors
integer] [-delay microseconds]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The strange program draws strange attractors
OPTIONS
strange accepts the following options:
-window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root Draw on the root window.
-mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-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.
-ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 100.
The colors are chosen randomly.
-points integer
Change the number of points/iterations each frame. Default
5500. More than 6000 activates the accumulator, which makes
parts of the image brighter or darker depending on how often
the attractor hits each pixel.
-point-size integer
Changes the size of individual points. Default 1.
-zoom float
Zooms in or out. Default 0.9.
-brightness float
Adjusts the brightness for accumulator mode. Default 1.0.
-motion-blur float
Adds motion blur. Default 3.0, no motion blur is 1.0.
-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), xlock(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1997 by Massimino Pascal.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
vided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup-
porting documentation.
AUTHOR
Massimino Pascal <Pascal.Massimon@ens.fr>, 1997.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
<jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.
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