1pong(6x) XScreenSaver manual pong(6x)
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6 pong - Pong Home Video Game Emulator
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9 pong [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background
10 color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-clock
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14 The pong program simulates an ancient Pong home video game, as well as
15 various artifacts from displaying it on a color TV set.
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18 pong accepts the following options:
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20 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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22 -root Draw on the root window.
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24 -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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26 -install
27 Install a private colormap for the window.
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30 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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34 -clock The score of the game will be the current time.
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37 How noisy the video signal should be (between 0.0 and 4.0 or
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40 -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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42 (-p1 | -p2) mode
43 Set a player to either ai, mouse, tablet, kbleft (for W and S),
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47 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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54 Notable X resources supported include the following which correspond to
55 standard TV controls: analogTVTint, analogTVColor, analogTVBrightness,
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60 Pong may be a trademark.
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64 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xanalogtv(6x), apple2(6x)
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67 2003 by Jeremy English. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
68 and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
69 granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
70 all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission no‐
71 tice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made
72 about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
73 "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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76 Original Pong program by Jeremy English <jenglish@myself.com>. Scoring
77 and television emulation by Trevor Blackwell <tlb@tlb.org>.
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