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1 perry 1 Kaleidescpe
2 !!!Kaleidescpe
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 SEE ALSO
9 COPYRIGHT
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
13
14
15 Kaleidescope - rotating line segments
16 !!SYNOPSIS
17
18
19 __kaleidescope__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
22 [[-color_mode ''mono | nice | greedy''] [[-nsegments
23 ''int''] [[-ntrails ''int''] [[-local_rotation
24 ''int''] [[-global_rotation ''int''] [[-delay
25 ''usecs''] [[-redmin ''int''] [[-greenmin ''int'']
26 [[-bluemin ''int''] [[-redrange ''int''] [[-greenrange
27 ''int''] [[-bluerange ''int'']
28 !!DESCRIPTION
29
30
31 The ''kaleidescope'' program draws line segments in a
32 symmetric pattern that evolves over time.
33 !!OPTIONS
34
35
36 ''kaleidescope'' accepts the following
37 options:
38
39
40 __-root__
41
42
43 Draw on the root window.
44
45
46 __-color_mode mono | nice | greedy__
47
48
49 Specify how kaleidescope uses colors. Mono uses just the
50 default foreground and background colors. Nice uses one
51 color for each segment (specified by nsegments). Greedy uses
52 (ntrails * nsegments) + 1 colors.
53
54
55 __-install__
56
57
58 Install a private colormap for the window.
59
60
61 __-visual__ ''visual''
62
63
64 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
65 visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a
66 specific visual.
67
68
69 __-nsegments integer__
70
71
72 The number of segments to draw. Default is 7.
73
74
75 __-ntrails integer__
76
77
78 The number of trails to draw. Default is 100.
79
80
81 __-local_rotation integer__
82
83
84 The rate at which segments rotate around their center.
85 Default is -59.
86
87
88 __-global_rotation integer__
89
90
91 The rate at which segments rotate around the center of the
92 window. Default is 1.
93
94
95 __-redmin, -greenmin, -bluemin, -redrange, -greenrange,
96 -bluerange__
97
98
99 All take an integer argument. When colors are randomly
100 chosen, they are chosen from the interval min to min plus
101 range. The minimums default to 30000. The ranges default to
102 20000.
103
104
105 __-delay microseconds__
106
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108 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of
109 the animation. Default is 20000, or about 5 frames a
110 second.
111 !!ENVIRONMENT
112
113
114 __DISPLAY__
115
116
117 to get the default host and display number.
118
119
120 __XENVIRONMENT__
121
122
123 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
124 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
125 property.
126 !!SEE ALSO
127
128
4 perry 129 X(1), kaleidescope(1)
1 perry 130 !!COPYRIGHT
131
132
133 Copyright 1997 by Ron Tapia. Permission to use, copy,
134 modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
135 documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
136 provided that the above copyright notice appear in all
137 copies and that both that copyright notice and this
138 permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No
139 representations are made about the suitability of this
140 software for any purpose. It is provided
141 !!AUTHOR
142
143
144 Ron Tapia
145 ----
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