X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fglx%2Funknownpleasures.man;fp=hacks%2Fglx%2Funknownpleasures.man;h=422c81fd9ce7ba3f86121aca3560e44b9dc3fb7b;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=4ade52359b6eba3621566dac79793a33aa4c915f;hpb=ff35d056d723c9a5ffe728dbba5f1c25e141be04 diff --git a/hacks/glx/unknownpleasures.man b/hacks/glx/unknownpleasures.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000..422c81fd --- /dev/null +++ b/hacks/glx/unknownpleasures.man @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +unknownpleasures - an animation of the signal from the pulsar PSR B1919+21. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B unknownpleasures +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] +[\-visual \fIvisual\fP] +[\-window] +[\-root] +[\-delay \fInumber\fP] +[\-speed \fIpercent\fP] +[\-count \fIinteger\fP] +[\-resolution \fIpercent\fP] +[\-no-ortho] +[\-fps] +.SH DESCRIPTION +PSR B1919+21 (AKA CP 1919) was the first pulsar ever discovered: a spinning +neutron star emitting a periodic lighthouse-like beacon. An illustration of +the signal received from it was published in Scientific American in 1971, +and later in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy in 1977, where it was +seen by Stephen Morris, the drummer of Joy Division, and was consequently +appropriated by Peter Saville for the cover of the band's album "Unknown +Pleasures". +.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 \-count \fInumber\fP +Scanlines (vertical resolution). Default: 80. +.TP 8 +.B \-count \fInumber\fP +Horizontal Resolution, Default: 100%. +.TP 8 +.B \-ortho | \-no-ortho +Whether to use an orthographic projection. +.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.