1glcells(6x) XScreenSaver manual glcells(6x)
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6 glcells - growing cells graphics hack
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9 glcells [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install]
10 [-visual visual] [-delay num] [-pause num] [-maxcells num] [-radius
11 num] [-seeds num] [-quality num] [-minfood num] [-maxfood num] [-di‐
12 videage num] [-mindist num] [-keepold] [-wireframe] [-fps]
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15 The glcells program draws cells that divide exponentially, eat and
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19 glcells accepts the following options:
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21 -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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23 -root Draw on the root window.
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25 -install
26 Install a private colormap for the window.
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29 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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33 -pause num
34 Specifies the pause at the end of the animation (all cells dead
35 or maximum amount of cells reached). Unit is in frames, default
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39 Specifies the maximum number of cells on screen (dead cells
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43 Specifies the radius of the cells. Default is 40.
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46 Specifies the number of cells when animation starts. Default is
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50 Specifies subdivision quality of the spheres used to draw the
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54 Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
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59 Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
60 to eat). This parameter specifies the maximum amount of food
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64 Specifies the minimum age in frames a cell needs to have before
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68 Specifies the minimum distance between cells. Default 1.4
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71 How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02
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74 -fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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86 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
87 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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90 X(1), xscreensaver(1) xscreensaver-settings(1),
91 http://www.mtoussaint.de/bits.html
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94 Copyright © 2007 by Matthias Toussaint. Permission to use, copy, mod‐
95 ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
96 purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy‐
97 right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
98 and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep‐
99 resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
100 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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103 Matthias Toussaint <glcells@mtoussaint.de>, 17-Jun-2007
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