grav
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6)
Updated: 5.40 (12-Aug-2018)
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NAME
grav - draws a simple orbital simulation
SYNOPSIS
grav
[-display
host:display.screen] [-foreground
color] [-background
color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual
visual] [-ncolors
integer] [-delay
microseconds] [-count
integer] [-decay] [-no-decay] [-trail] [-no-trail]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The
grav program draws a simple orbital simulation
OPTIONS
grav
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 64.
The colors are chosen randomly.
- -count integer
-
Default 12.
- -decay
-
- -no-decay
-
Whether orbits should decay.
- -trail
-
- -no-trail
-
Whether the objects should leave trails behind them (makes it look vaguely
like a cloud-chamber.
- -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 © 1993 by Greg Bowering.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.
AUTHOR
Greg Bowering <
gb@pobox.com>, 1993.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.