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] [--win‐
10 dow-id number][--install] [--visual visual] [--delay num] [--pause num]
11 [--maxcells num] [--radius num] [--seeds num] [--quality num] [--min‐
12 food num] [--maxfood num] [--divideage num] [--mindist num] [--keepold]
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16 The glcells program draws cells that divide exponentially, eat and
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20 glcells accepts the following options:
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23 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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25 --root Draw on the root window.
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28 Draw on the specified window.
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30 --install
31 Install a private colormap for the window.
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34 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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39 Specifies the pause at the end of the animation (all cells dead
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44 Specifies the maximum number of cells on screen (dead cells
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48 Specifies the radius of the cells. Default is 40.
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51 Specifies the number of cells when animation starts. Default is
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55 Specifies subdivision quality of the spheres used to draw the
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59 Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
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64 Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need
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69 Specifies the minimum age in frames a cell needs to have before
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73 Specifies the minimum distance between cells. Default 1.4
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76 How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02
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79 --fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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91 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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95 The window ID to use with --root.
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99 http://www.mtoussaint.de/bits.html
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102 Copyright © 2007 by Matthias Toussaint. Permission to use, copy, mod‐
103 ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any
104 purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copy‐
105 right notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice
106 and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No rep‐
107 resentations are made about the suitability of this software for any
108 purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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111 Matthias Toussaint <glcells@mtoussaint.de>, 17-Jun-2007
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