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diff --git a/hacks/rocks.man b/hacks/rocks.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5751d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/hacks/rocks.man @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "13-aug-92" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +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] [\-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. +.SH OPTIONS +.I rocks +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 +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 \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 \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 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 +.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 BUGS +There should be an option to display doppler shift (a gravity rainbow.) + +Speed of rotation should be settable. + +Default speed of rotation should be relative to forward velocity. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 1992 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 +Based on Lisp Machine code copyright 1988 John Nguyen <johnn@hx.lcs.mit.edu>. + +Ported to C and X by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92. + +Steering code by Jeremie Petit; 3D code by theiling@coli.uni-sb.de. |