superquadrics - Man Page

morphing 3d shapes.

Synopsis

superquadrics [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--spinspeed number] [--count number] [--cycles number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Description

Ed Mackey reports that he wrote the first version of this program in BASIC on a Commodore 64 in 1987, as a 320x200 black and white wireframe. Now it is GL and has specular reflections.

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.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 40000 (0.04 seconds.).

--spinspeed number

0.1 - 15.0.  Default: 5.0.

--count number

0 - 100.  Default: 25.

--cycles number

0 - 100.  Default: 40.

--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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

See Also

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Author

Ed Mackey.

Info

6.08-2.fc40 (27-Jan-2024) X Version 11 XScreenSaver manual