pipes

Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME

pipes - fill the screen with a plumbing system.

SYNOPSIS

pipes [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-count 0] [-count 1] [-cycles number] [-size number] [-factory number] [-delay number] [-no-fisheye] [-tightturns] [-db] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

If you've ever been in the same room as a Windows NT machine, you've probably seen this GL hack. It fills the screen with a plumbing system.

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.
-count 0: Curved Pipes.
-count 1: Ball Joints.
-cycles number: Number of pipe systems to draw at once. Default: 5.
-size number: Length of each pipe system. Default: 500.
-factory number: How much gadgetry to create; Useful range is 0-10. Default: 2.
-delay number: How long (in microseconds) to sleep between frames. Default: 10000.
-fisheye | -no-fisheye: Whether to use a fisheye lens.
-tightturns | -no-tightturns: Whether to allow tight turns.
-db | -no-db: Whether to double-buffer.
-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.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. 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

Marcelo Vianna.