X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fglx%2Fquasicrystal.man;fp=hacks%2Fglx%2Fquasicrystal.man;h=cbf90400d9d02f18282cb5f9fbe8cd39e9f091d2;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=ffcd2e7e3da122dbba5c4188e05d3a63d0ede26e;hpb=019de959b265701cd0c3fccbb61f2b69f06bf9ee diff --git a/hacks/glx/quasicrystal.man b/hacks/glx/quasicrystal.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cbf90400 --- /dev/null +++ b/hacks/glx/quasicrystal.man @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +quasicrystal - aperiodic plane tilings. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B quasicrystal +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] +[\-visual \fIvisual\fP] +[\-window] +[\-root] +[\-delay \fInumber\fP] +[\-speed \fInumber\fP] +[\-count \fInumber\fP] +[\-contrast \fIpercent\fP] +[\-no-wander] +[\-no-spin] +[\-asymmetric] +[\-fps] +.SH DESCRIPTION +A quasicrystal is a structure that is ordered but aperiodic. +Two-dimensional quasicrystals can be generated by adding a set of planes +where x is the sine of y. Different complex aperiodic plane tilings are +produced depending on the period, position, and rotation of the component +planes, and whether the rotation of the planes is evenly distributed around +the circle (the "symmetric" option, above) or random. See also the +"RD-Bomb", "CWaves" and "Penrose" screen savers. +http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasicrystal +.SH OPTIONS +.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 \-window +Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. +.TP 8 +.B \-root +Draw on the root window. +.TP 8 +.B \-delay \fInumber\fP +Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds.). +.TP 8 +.B \-speed \fInumber\fP +Animation speed. 2 for twice as fast, 0.5 for half as fast. +.TP 8 +.B \-contrast \fIcontrast\fP +Contrast. Sort of. Default 30%. +.TP 8 +.B \-count \fInumber\fP +How many planes to use. Default 17. +.TP 8 +.B \-wander | \-no-wander +Whether the planes should displace horizontally and vertically. +.TP 8 +.B \-spin | \-no-spin +Whether the planes should rotate. +.TP 8 +.B \-asymmetric +Allow each plane to rotate freely instead of being constrained to an +even distribution around the circle. +.TP 8 +.B \-fps | \-no-fps +Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen. +.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 2013 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.