sballs
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6x)
Updated: 6.00-1.fc34 (02-Apr-2021)
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NAME
sballs - draws balls spinning like crazy in GL
SYNOPSIS
sballs
[-display
host:display.screen] [-window] [-root]
[-visual
visual] [-delay
microseconds]
[-object
object_number]
[-cycles
sphere_speed]
[-size
viewport_size]
[-texture] [-no-texture]
[-wireframe] [-no-wireframe]
[-trackmouse] [-no-trackmouse]
[-fps]
DESCRIPTION
The
sballs program draws an animation of balls spinning like crazy in GL.
OPTIONS
sballs
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.
- -fps
-
Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
- -object object_number
-
Specify how the spheres are grouped (forming an object).
Objects are:
- 1
-
tetrahedron
- 2
-
cube. This is the default.
- 3
-
octahedron
- 4
-
dodecahedron
- 5
-
icosahedron
- 6
-
plane
- 7
-
pyramid
- 8
-
star
- -size viewport_size
-
Viewport of GL scene is specified size if greater than 32 and less than screensize. Default value is 0, meaning full screensize.
- -texture
-
Show a textured background and spheres. This is the default.
- -no-texture
-
Disables texturing the animation.
- -trackmouse
-
Let the mouse be a joystick to change the view of the animation.
This implies
-no-wander.
- -no-trackmouse
-
Disables mouse tracking. This is the default.
- -wire
-
Draw a wireframe rendition of the spheres.
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)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001 by Eric Lassauge.
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.
The original code for this mode was written by
Mustata Bogdan (LoneRunner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com>
and can be found at http://www.cfxweb.net/lonerunner/
AUTHOR
Mustata Bogdan (LoneRunner) <
lonerunner@planetquake.com>
Eric Lassauge <
lassauge@users.sourceforge.net>