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+.TH XScreenSaver 1 "14-Jun-97" "X Version 11"
+.SH NAME
+attraction - interactions of opposing forces
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B attraction
+[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-points \fIint\fP] [\-threshold \fIint\fP] [\-mode balls | lines | polygons | splines | filled-splines | tails ] [\-size \fIint\fP] [\-segments \fIint\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-color-shift \fIint\fP] [\-radius \fIint\fP] [\-vx \fIint\fP] [\-vy \fIint\fP] [\-glow] [\-noglow] [\-orbit] [\-viscosity \fIfloat\fP] [\-mouse] [\-no-mouse] [\-mouse-size]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The \fIattraction\fP program has several visually different modes of
+operation, all of which are based on the interactions of a set of control
+points which attract each other up to a certain distance, and then begin
+to repel each other. The attraction/repulsion is proportional to the
+distance between any two particles.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.I attraction
+accepts the following options:
+.TP 8
+.B \-window
+Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
+.TP 8
+.B \-root
+Draw on the root window.
+.TP 8
+.B \-mono
+If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
+.TP 8
+.B \-install
+Install a private colormap for the window.
+.TP 8
+.B \-visual \fIvisual\fP
+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.
+.TP 8
+.B \-points integer
+How many control points should be used, or 0 to select the number randomly.
+Default 0. Between 3 and 15 works best.
+.TP 8
+.B \-threshold integer
+The distance (in pixels) from each particle at which the attractive force
+becomes repulsive. Default 100.
+.TP 8
+.B \-mode "balls | lines | polygons | tails | splines | filled-splines"
+In \fIballs\fP mode (the default) the control points are drawn as filled
+circles. The larger the circle, the more massive the particle.
+
+In \fIlines\fP mode, the control points are connected by straight lines;
+the effect is something like \fIqix\fP.
+
+In \fIpolygons\fP mode, the control points are connected by straight
+lines, and filled in. This is most interesting in color.
+
+In \fIsplines\fP mode, a closed spline is interpolated from the control
+points.
+
+In \fIfilled-splines\fP mode, the splines are filled in instead of being
+outlines. This is most interesting in color.
+
+In \fItails\fP mode, the path which each particle follows is indicated
+by a worm-like trail, whose length is controlled by the \fIsegments\fP
+parameter.
+.TP 8
+.B \-size integer
+The size of the balls in pixels, or 0, meaning to select the sizes
+randomly (the default.) If this is specified, then all balls will be
+the same size. This option has an effect in all modes, since the ``size''
+of the balls controls their mass.
+.TP 8
+.B \-segments integer
+If in \fIlines\fP or \fIpolygons\fP mode, how many sets of line segments
+or polygons should be drawn. Default 100. This has no effect in \fIballs\fP
+mode. If \fIsegments\fP is 0, then no segments will ever be erased (this
+is only useful in color.)
+.TP 8
+.B \-delay microseconds
+How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.
+Default 10000, or about 0.01 seconds.
+.TP 8
+.B \-color-shift int
+If on a color display, the color of the line segments or polygons will
+cycle through the color map. This specifies how many lines will be drawn
+before a new color is chosen. (When a small number of colors are available,
+increasing this value will yield smoother transitions.) Default 3.
+This has no effect in \fIballs\fP mode.
+.TP 8
+.B \-radius
+The size in pixels of the circle on which the points are initially positioned.
+The default is slightly smaller than the size of the window.
+.TP 8
+.B \-glow
+This is consulted only in \fIballs\fP mode. If this is specified, then
+the saturation of the colors of the points will vary according to their
+current acceleration. This has the effect that the balls flare brighter
+when they are reacting to each other most strongly.
+
+In \fIglow\fP mode, all of the balls will be drawn the same (random)
+color, modulo the saturation shifts. In non-glow mode, the balls will
+each be drawn in a random color that doesn't change.
+.TP 8
+.B \-noglow
+Don't do ``glowing.'' This is the default.
+.TP 8
+.B \-vx pixels
+.TP 8
+.B \-vy pixels
+Initial velocity of the balls. This has no effect in \fB\-orbit\fP mode.
+.TP 8
+.B \-orbit
+Make the initial force on each ball be tangential to the circle on which
+they are initially placed, with the right velocity to hold them in orbit
+about each other. After a while, roundoff errors will cause the orbit
+to decay.
+.TP 8
+.B \-vmult float
+In orbit mode, the initial velocity of the balls is multiplied by this;
+a number less than 1 will make the balls pull closer together, and a larger
+number will make them move apart. The default is 0.9, meaning a slight
+inward pull.
+.TP 8
+.B \-viscosity float
+This sets the viscosity of the hypothetical fluid through which the control
+points move; the default is 1, meaning no resistance. Values higher than 1
+aren't interesting; lower values cause less motion.
+
+One interesting thing to try is
+.EX
+attraction -viscosity 0.8 -points 75 \\
+ -mouse -geometry =500x500
+.EE
+Give it a few seconds to settle down into a stable clump, and then move
+the mouse through it to make "waves".
+.TP 8
+.B \-mouse
+This will cause the mouse to be considered a control point; it will not be
+drawn, but it will influence the other points, so you can wave the mouse
+and influence the images being created.
+.TP 8
+.B \-no-mouse
+Turns off \fB\-mouse\fP.
+.TP 8
+.B \-mouse-size integer
+In \fB\-mouse\fP mode, this sets the mass of the mouse (analagously to the
+\fB\-size\fP parameter.)
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.PP
+.TP 8
+.B DISPLAY
+to get the default host and display number.
+.TP 8
+.B XENVIRONMENT
+to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources
+stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR X (1),
+.BR xscreensaver (1)
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997 by Jamie Zawinski. 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.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.
+
+Viscosity and mouse support by Philip Edward Cutone, III.
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