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diff --git a/hacks/cloudlife.man b/hacks/cloudlife.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35eae12 --- /dev/null +++ b/hacks/cloudlife.man @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 6 "20-May-2003" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +cloudlife - a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B cloudlife +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-ncolors \fIinteger\fP] [\-cycle-delay \fImicroseconds\fP] [\-cycle-colors \fIinteger\fP][\-cell-size \fIinteger\fP] [\-initial-density \fIinteger\fP] [\-max-age \fIinteger\fP] + +[\-fps] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fIcloudlife\fP program draws a cellular +automaton based on Conway's Life, except that +cells have a maximum age, and only one pixel per +cell is drawn every tick. +.SH OPTIONS +.I cloudlife +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 \-cycle-delay \fIinteger\fP +Time in microseconds to sleep between ticks. Default 25000. +.TP 8 +.B \-cycle-colors \fIinteger\fP +How many ticks should elapse between cycling colors. 0 to disable +color cycling. Default 2. +.TP 8 +.B \-ncolors \fIinteger\fP +How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64. +The colors are chosen randomly. +.TP 8 +.B \-cell-size \fIinteger\fP +Size of each cell, in powers of 2. Default 3 (8-pixel cells). +.TP 8 +.B \-initial-density \fIinteger\fP +Percentage of cells that are alive at start and when the +field is repopulated. Default 30. +.TP 8 +.B \-max-age \fIinteger\fP +Maximum age for a cell. Default 64. +.TP 8 +.B \-fps +Display the current frame rate and CPU load. +.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), +.BR xlock (1) +.SH COPYRIGHT + +Copyright \(co 2003 by Don Marti. Based on +examples from the hacks directory of xscreensaver, +Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 2002 Jamie Zawinski +<jwz@jwz.org> + +This man page based on the man page of sierpinski, +Copyright \(co 1996 by Desmond Daignault. + +Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its +documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, +provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that +both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in +supporting documentation. +.SH AUTHOR +Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> 20 May 2003. + |