1metaballs(6x)                 XScreenSaver manual                metaballs(6x)
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NAME

6       MetaBalls - draws 2D metaballs
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SYNOPSIS

9       MetaBalls  [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
10       [--root]  [--window-id  number]  [--ncolors  number]  [--count  number]
11       [--delay  number]  [--cycles number] [--radius number] [--delta number]
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DESCRIPTION

15       This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by calculating  the  sum  of
16       the colors of all metaballs covering a pixel.
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OPTIONS

19       --visual visual
20               Specify  which  visual  to use.  Legal values are the name of a
21               visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of  a  specific
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24       --window
25               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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27       --root  Draw on the root window.
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29       --window-id number
30               Draw on the specified window.
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32       --ncolors number
33               Number of Colors.  Default: 256.
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36               Number of MetaBalls.     2 - 255.  Default: 10.
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38       --delay number
39               Per-frame  delay,  in  microseconds.  Default: 5000 (0.005 sec‐
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42       --cycles number
43               Duration.  100 - 3000.  Default: 1000.
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45       --radius number
46               MetaBall Radius.  2 - 100.  Default: 100.
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49               MetaBall Movement.  1 - 20.  Default: 3.
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51       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

54       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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57               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
58               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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60       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
61               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

64       X(1), xscreensaver(1),
65       http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net/
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68       Copyright  ©  2002-2003  by W.P. van Paassen.  Permission to use, copy,
69       modify, distribute, and sell this software and  its  documentation  for
70       any  purpose  is  hereby  granted  without fee, provided that the above
71       copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright  no‐
72       tice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No
73       representations are made about the suitability of this software for any
74       purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

77       W.P. van Paassen
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