gflux
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6)
Updated: 5.40 (12-Aug-2018)
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NAME
gflux - rippling surface graphics hack
 
SYNOPSIS
gflux
[-display 
host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
[-visual 
visual] [-delay 
microseconds]
[-squares 
num] [-resolution 
num] [-mode 
mode]
[-flat 
num] [-speed 
num]
[-rotationx 
num] [-rotationy 
num] [-rotationz 
num]
[-waves 
num] [-waveChange 
num] [-waveHeight 
num]
[-waveFreq 
num] [-zoom 
num]
[-wireframe]
[-fps]
 
DESCRIPTION
The 
gflux program draws a colourfull animated rippling square rotating in 3D space.
 
OPTIONS
gflux
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.
 - -squares num
 - 
Specifies the size of the grid in squares. default 19
 - -resolution num
 - 
Specifies the wireframe detail of the squares. default 4
 - -mode mode
 - 
Specifies the draw method: wireframe; solid (meaning a solid colored
surface); light (same as solid, but with lighting effects);
checker (a texture-mapped checkerboard pattern); or grab (meaning
grab an image to manipulate.)
When grabbing images, the image will be grabbed from the portion of
the screen underlying the window, or from the system's video input,
or from a random file on disk, as indicated by
the grabDesktopImages, grabVideoFrames,
and chooseRandomImages options in the ~/.xscreensaver
file; see
xscreensaver-demo(1)
for more details.
 - -wireframe
 - 
Same as "-mode wire".
 - -flat num
 - 
0 for smooth shading 1 for flat. default 0
 - -speed num
 - 
Specifies speed of ripples flowing over the surface. default 0.05
 - -rotationx num -rotationy num -rotationz num
 - 
Specifies the speed of rotation of the surface in these axis 
 - -waves num
 - 
Specifies the number of ripple centres at any one time.  Values should be greater than 1.  default 3
 - -waveChange num
 - 
Specifies the duration of a ripple centre.  after this they fade away to be reborn elsewhere with a different frequency. default 50
 - -waveHeight num
 - 
Specifies the height of ripples on the surface. default 1.0
 - -waveFreq num
 - 
Specifies the maximum frequency of ripples. default 3.0
 - -zoom num
 - 
Specifies the size of the viewport. Smaller values fill the screen with rippling surface. default 1.0
 - -delay microseconds
 - 
How long to pause between frames.  Default is 20000, or 0.02 second.
 - -fps
 - 
Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
 
 
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),
xscreensaver-getimage(1)
 
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2000 by Josiah Pease.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
distribute, 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 permission 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
Josiah Pease <
gflux@jpease.force9.co.uk>, 10-Jun-2000.