1superquadrics(6x) XScreenSaver manual superquadrics(6x)
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6 superquadrics - morphing 3d shapes.
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9 superquadrics [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window]
10 [-root] [-delay number] [-spinspeed number] [-count number] [-cycles
11 number] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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14 Ed Mackey reports that he wrote the first version of this program in
15 BASIC on a Commodore 64 in 1987, as a 320x200 black and white wire‐
16 frame. Now it is GL and has specular reflections.
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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 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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26 -root Draw on the root window.
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29 Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 40000 (0.04 sec‐
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33 0.1 - 15.0. Default: 5.0.
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42 Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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44 -fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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57 Copyright © 2002 by Ed Mackey. Permission to use, copy, modify, dis‐
58 tribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
59 is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice
60 appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per‐
61 mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations
62 are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
63 provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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66 Ed Mackey.
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