X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fpenrose.man;h=e4734bf82ff9be772959b5b7426b94e5a0548732;hp=7460e39e6130c271bf411e8cef87cd5a39d8172d;hb=551b3de3f619c04c2dd1971ee9b3f02e270c28c9;hpb=f3e0240915ed9f9b3a61781f5c7002d587563fe0 diff --git a/hacks/penrose.man b/hacks/penrose.man index 7460e39e..e4734bf8 100644 --- a/hacks/penrose.man +++ b/hacks/penrose.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ penrose - draws quasiperiodic tilings .SH SYNOPSIS .B penrose -[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP] [\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP] [\-size \fIinteger\fP] [\-ammann] [\-no\-ammann] +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP] [\-delay \fImicroseconds\fP] [\-redoDelay \fIseconds\fP] [\-size \fIinteger\fP] [\-ammann] [\-no\-ammann] .SH DESCRIPTION The \fIpenrose\fP program draws quasiperiodic tilings. @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ extended a window's length beyond the edge of the window horizontally or vertically or forced rule choice has failed 100 times due to areas about to become enclosed. +Although quasiperiodic tilings are produced, the tiles themselves are +not penrose tiles (darts and kites). In contrast to penrose tiles, +these tiles can be arranged to form a periodic tiling. + .SH OPTIONS .I penrose accepts the following options: @@ -59,6 +63,15 @@ The colors are chosen randomly. .B \-size \fIinteger\fP How big the tiles should be. Default 40 pixels. +.TP 8 +.B \-delay \fImilliseconds\fP +How long (in 1/1,000,000'ths of a second) to wait between drawing each +tile. Default 10,000 or .01 seconds. + +.TP 8 +.B \-redoDelay \fIseconds\fP +How long to wait between starting a completely new tiling. Default 3 seconds. + .TP 8 .B \-ammann \fIinteger\fP .TP 8 @@ -90,4 +103,4 @@ supporting documentation. Timo Korvola , 1996. Ability to run standalone or with \fIxscreensaver\fP added by -Jamie Zawinski , 10-May-97. +Jamie Zawinski , 10-May-97.