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+.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.