glplanet
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6)
Updated: 5.40 (12-Aug-2018)
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NAME
glplanet - rotating 3d texture-mapped planet.
SYNOPSIS
glplanet
[-display
host:display.screen]
[-visual
visual]
[-window]
[-root]
[-delay
number]
[-image
file]
[-image2
file]
[-resolution
number]
[-wireframe]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
Draws a planet bouncing around in space. The built-in images are day and
night maps of the Earth, but you can wrap any Equirectangular-projected
map onto the sphere, e.g., the planetary textures included
with
ssystem.
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.
- -delay number
-
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 20000 (0.02 seconds.).
- -image file
-
The day texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.
- -image2 file
-
The night texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.
The two will be blended together at the dusk terminator.
- -resolution
-
The resolution of the planetary mesh. Default: 128.
- -wireframe
-
Render in wireframe instead of solid.
- -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)
dymaxionmap(1)
ssystem(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002-2018 by David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.
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
David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.