14 .TH Kaleidescpe 1 "14-Dec-95" "X Version 11"
16 Kaleidescope - rotating line segments
19 [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-color_mode \fImono | nice | greedy\fP] [-nsegments \fIint\fP] [\-ntrails \fIint\fP] [\-local_rotation \fIint\fP] [\-global_rotation \fIint\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-redmin \fIint\fP] [\-greenmin \fIint\fP] [\-bluemin \fIint\fP] [\-redrange \fIint\fP] [\-greenrange \fIint\fP] [\-bluerange \fIint\fP]
21 The \fIkaleidescope\fP program draws line segments in a symmetric pattern
22 that evolves over time.
25 accepts the following options:
28 Draw on the root window.
30 .B \-color_mode "mono | nice | greedy"
31 Specify how kaleidescope uses colors. Mono uses
32 just the default foreground and background colors. Nice uses one
33 color for each segment (specified by nsegments). Greedy uses (ntrails * nsegments) + 1 colors.
36 Install a private colormap for the window.
38 .B \-visual \fIvisual\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 \-nsegments integer
43 The number of segments to draw. Default is 7.
46 The number of trails to draw. Default is 100.
48 .B \-local_rotation integer
49 The rate at which segments rotate around their center. Default is -59.
51 .B \-global_rotation integer
52 The rate at which segments rotate around the center of the window.
55 .B \-redmin, \-greenmin, \-bluemin, \-redrange, \-greenrange, \-bluerange
56 All take an integer argument. When colors are randomly chosen, they
57 are chosen from the interval min to min plus range. The minimums default
58 to 30000. The ranges default to 20000.
60 .B \-delay microseconds
61 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.
62 Default is 20000, or about 5 frames a second.
67 to get the default host and display number.
70 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
71 stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
76 Copyright \(co 1997 by Ron Tapia. Permission to use, copy, modify,
77 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is
78 hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear
79 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice
80 appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
81 suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without
82 express or implied warranty.
84 Ron Tapia <tapia@nmia.com>, 20-Mar-97.