1intermomentary(6x)            XScreenSaver manual           intermomentary(6x)
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NAME

6       intermomentary  -  Visualize  the momentary and aggregate intersections
7       between slowly moving circles.
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SYNOPSIS

10       intermomentary  [-display  host:display.screen]   [-foreground   color]
11       [-background  color]  [-num-discs  disc  count]  [-draw-delay  delayms]
12       [-max-riders maxr] [-max-radius maxradius] [-fps]
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DESCRIPTION

15       The Intersection Momentary is a fun visualization  defining  the  rela‐
16       tionships  between  objects  with  Casey Reas, William Ngan, and Robert
17       Hodgin. Commissioned for display at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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19       A surface filled with 100 medium to small sized  circles.  Each  circle
20       has  a  different  size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate.
21       Display:
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23           A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles.
24           B. The aggregate intersections of the circles.
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26       The circles begin with a radius of 1 pixel and slowly increase to  some
27       arbitrary  size.   Circles are drawn with small moving points along the
28       perimeter. The intersections are rendered  as  glowing  orbs.   Glowing
29       orbs  are rendered only when a perimeter point moves past the intersec‐
30       tion point.
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OPTIONS

33       Intermomentary accepts the following options:
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35       -num-discs disc count (Default: 85)
36               Number of slowly moving and growing discs  to  use.   The  more
37               discs, the more CPU power.
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39       -draw-delay delayms (Default: 30000)
40               Delay  in  ms  between drawing cycles.  More delay, slower (but
41               smoother and less CPU intensive.)  art.
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43       -max-riders maxrider (Default: 40)
44               Maximum number of 'riders', single dots moving around the  edge
45               of the discs.
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47       -max-radius maxradius (Default: 100)
48               Maximum possible radius of a disc.
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50       -fps    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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ENVIRONMENT

53       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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56               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
57               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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BUGS

60       Setting the background to anything besides black confuses the intensity
61       algorithm and will look terrible.
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SEE ALSO

64       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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67       Copyright © 2003 by J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>.
68       XScreenSaver port: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
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AUTHOR

71       J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun 2003.
72       Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>, Oct 2004.
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