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6 starfish - radially-symmetric throbbing colormap-hacking graphics demo
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9 starfish [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-back‐
10 ground color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]
11 [-delay usecs] [-delay2 secs] [-thickness pixels] [-rotation degrees]
12 [-duration seconds] [-colors int] [-blob] [-no-blob] [-fps]
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15 The starfish program draws radially symmetric objects, which expand,
16 contract, rotate, and turn inside out. It uses these shapes to lay
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20 starfish accepts the following options:
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22 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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24 -root Draw on the root window.
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26 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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28 -install
29 Install a private colormap for the window.
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31 -visual visual
32 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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36 -delay microseconds
37 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
38 animation. Default 10000, or about 1/100th second.
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40 -thickness pixels
41 How wide each color band should be. Default 0, meaning random
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44 -rotation degrees
45 How quickly the objects should rotate at each step. Default 0,
46 meaning random (the chosen value will be between 0 and 12
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50 How many colors to use. Default 200. The more colors, the
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55 How long to run before choosing a new shape. Default 30 sec‐
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59 When duration expires, how long to wait before starting a new
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65 If blob option is specified, then the raw shapes will be shown,
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68 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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71 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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74 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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81 Copyright © 1997 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify,
82 distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur‐
83 pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
84 notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and
85 this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No repre‐
86 sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
87 pose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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90 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Jun-97.
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