drift (6)

NAME

drift - draws drifting recursive fractal cosmic flames

SYNOPSIS

drift [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-ncolors integer] [-delay microseconds] [-count integer] [-grow] [-no-grow] [-liss] [-no-liss]
[-fps]

DESCRIPTION

The drift program draws drifting recursive fractal cosmic flames

OPTIONS

drift accepts the following options:

-window

Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

-root

Draw on the root window.

-mono

If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

-install

Install a private colormap for the window.

-visual visual

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.

-ncolors integer

How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 200. The colors used cycle through the hue, making N stops around the color wheel.

-count integer

-grow

-no-grow

Whether fractals should grow; otherwise, they are animated.

-liss

-no-liss

Whether we should use lissajous figures to get points.

-fps

Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT

to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

SEE ALSO

flame(6x), X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1991, 1995 by Scott Draves.
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.

AUTHOR

Scott Draves <spot@cs.cmu.edu>, 06-Jun-91, 01-Jun-95.
Ability to run standalone or with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.