X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Frocks.man;h=b5751d9982ce7467d212dc682ad7b9be74be43c6;hb=c1b9b55ad8d59dc05ef55e316aebf5863e7dfa56;hp=c36e5f330ce6561d4032f054ce69a2b2631a6fc1;hpb=65740e2a8dea3d6309ae6e8914a0fb79e993ada8;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/rocks.man b/hacks/rocks.man old mode 100755 new mode 100644 index c36e5f33..b5751d99 --- a/hacks/rocks.man +++ b/hacks/rocks.man @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ rocks - animation of flying through an asteroid field .SH SYNOPSIS .B rocks -[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-count \fIinteger\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-speed \fIinteger\fP] [\-norotate] +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-ncolors \fIn\fP] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-count \fIinteger\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-speed \fIinteger\fP] [\-norotate] [\-nomove] [\-3d] +[\-fps] .SH DESCRIPTION The \fIrocks\fP program draws an animation of an asteroid field moving past the observer (or vice versa). Sometimes the observer picks up spin on Z axis. @@ -17,21 +18,44 @@ Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. .B \-root Draw on the root window. .TP 8 -.B \-count integer +.B \-mono +Make all the rocks the same color. +.TP 8 +.B \-ncolors colors +How many different colors to use. Default 5. Colors are chosen randomly. +.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 \-count \fIinteger\fP Maximum number of rocks to draw on the screen at once. Default 100. .TP 8 -.B \-speed integer +.B \-speed \fIinteger\fP A measure of the speed with which the observer and the rocks pass each other, from 1 to 100. Default 100, meaning ``very fast.'' If you're on a slow display connection (the animation looks jerky) then try making this number smaller, and/or decreasing the number of rocks. .TP 8 -.B \-delay microseconds +.B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP Number of microseconds to delay between each frame. Default 50000, meaning about 1/20th second. Compare and contrast with \fI\-speed\fP, above. .TP 8 .B \-norotate -Don't rotate the observer; just fly straight through the field. +Don't rotate the observer; just fly through the field on the level. +.TP 8 +.B \-nomove +Don't turn the observer; just fly straight ahead through the field. +.TP 8 +.B \-3d +Do red/blue 3d separations: if you look at the screen with 3d glasses, +the rocks will be \fIjumping\fP right \fIout\fP at you. Oooooh, scaaary! +.TP 8 +.B \-fps +Display the current frame rate and CPU load. .SH ENVIRONMENT .PP .TP 8 @@ -61,4 +85,6 @@ express or implied warranty. .SH AUTHOR Based on Lisp Machine code copyright 1988 John Nguyen . -Ported to C and X by Jamie Zawinski , 13-aug-92. +Ported to C and X by Jamie Zawinski , 13-aug-92. + +Steering code by Jeremie Petit; 3D code by theiling@coli.uni-sb.de.