1spin(6) Svgalib User Manual spin(6)
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6 spin - test a 6-dimension mouse or pointer device with svgalib
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9 spin
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13 Another mouse test program. This is the first svgalib program to use
14 the 6-dimensional mouse routines. It draws a wireframe spheroid on the
15 screen which can be moved left/right, up/down, in/out, or rotated along
16 the x, y, or z axes.
17 Button bindings are:
19 A - Decrease Sensitivity (Right Mouse Button)
20 B - Change color (Middle Mouse Button)
21 C - Increase Sensitivity (Left Mouse Button)
22 D - Increase Number of Sides
23 E - Decrease Number of Sides
24 F - Quit (<Ctrl>-C)
25 If you only have a two dimensional mouse with three or fewer buttons
27 you will only be able to move the mouse in two dimensions (left/right
28 and in/out) and will not be able to move up/down or spin the spheroid.
29 Note: the initial mouse sensitivity is optimised for the Spacetec
30 series of controllers, which are much more sensitive than the usual
31 mouse. Increasing the sensitivity is advised for users of other types
32 of devices.
33 The demo works always in mode 320x200x256. It prompts your for an inte‐
35 ger, the number of sides the sphere has (the higher the smoother looks
36 the spere).
37 This demo is part of svgalib and can be found in the demos/ subdirec‐
39 tory of the original svgalib distribution. However, it is not installed
40 in the system by default, s.t. it is unclear where you can find it if
41 your svgalib was installed by some linux distribution. Even then, when
42 you have the demo on your system, you probably won't have the sources
43 s.t. it is only of limited use for you.
44 In case of any such problem, simply get an svgalib distribution from
46 the net. You even don't need to install it. Just make in the demos/
47 subdirecty. As of this writing, svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest
48 version and can be retrieved by ftp from sunsite.unc.edu at
49 /pub/Linux/libs/graphics and tsx-11.mit.edu at /pub/linux/sources/libs
50 which will most probably be mirrored by a site close to you.
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54 svgalib(7), vgagl(7), libvga.config(5), mouse_setposition_6d(3),
55 threed(6), accel(6), bg_test(6), eventtest(6), forktest(6), fun(6),
56 keytest(6), mousetest(6), scrolltest(6), speedtest(6), testaccel(6),
57 testgl(6), testlinear(6), vgatest(6), plane(6), wrapdemo(6)
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61 This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-
62 essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced demo as well as of the
63 original documentation is unknown.
64 It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to Harm
66 Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.
67 Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the
69 original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to
70 this first version of the svgalib manual.
71Svgalib (>= 1.2.11) 29 July 1997 spin(6)