1 .TH XScreenSaver 1 "30-Oct-99" "X Version 11"
3 glmatrix - simulates the title sequence effect of the movie
6 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-install]
7 [\-visual \fIvisual\fP]
9 [\-density \fIpercentage\fP]
10 [\-top | \-bottom | \-both]
13 [\-phone \fInumber\fP]
17 The \fIglmatrix\fP program draws dropping characters similar to what
18 is seen in the title sequence of the Wachowski brothers' film,
22 .BR xmatrix (MANSUFFIX)
23 for a 2D rendering of the similar effect that appeared on the
24 computer monitors actually \fIin\fP the movie.
27 accepts the following options:
30 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
33 Draw on the root window.
36 Install a private colormap for the window.
38 .B \-visual \fIvisual\fP\fP
39 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class,
40 or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.
42 .B \-delay \fIusecs\fP
43 The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds: default 30000.
45 .B \-speed \fIratio\fP
46 How fast the glyphs should move; default 1.0. 2.0 means twice as fast,
47 0.5 means half as fast.
49 .B \-density \fIpercentage\fP
50 The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled with
51 characters at any given time. Default 20%.
54 By default, glyphs are dimmer the farther away they are. This
55 argument disables that.
58 By default, waves of color roll down the columns of glyphs. This
59 argument disables that.
62 Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, only display ones and zeros.
65 Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display hexadecimal digits.
68 Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display genetic code
69 (guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine.)
72 Just draw boxes instead of textured characters.
75 Display a running tally of how many frames per second are being rendered.
76 In conjunction with \fB\-delay 0\fP, this can be a useful benchmark of
82 to get the default host and display number.
85 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
86 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
88 .BR xmatrix (MANSUFFIX),
92 Copyright \(co 1999-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
93 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
94 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
95 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
96 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
97 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
98 express or implied warranty.
100 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 8-Jun-2003.