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6 Kaleidescope - rotating line segments
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9 kaleidescope [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
10 [--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--in‐
11 stall] [--visual visual] [--color_mode mono | nice | greedy] [-nseg‐
12 ments int] [--ntrails int] [--local_rotation int] [--global_rotation
13 int] [--delay usecs] [--redmin int] [--greenmin int] [--bluemin int]
14 [--redrange int] [--greenrange int] [--bluerange int] [--fps]
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17 The kaleidescope program draws line segments in a symmetric pattern
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21 kaleidescope accepts the following options:
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23 --root Draw on the root window.
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25 --window-id number
26 Draw on the specified window.
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28 --color_mode mono | nice | greedy
29 Specify how kaleidescope uses colors. Mono uses just the de‐
30 fault foreground and background colors. Nice uses one color for
31 each segment (specified by nsegments). Greedy uses (ntrails *
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34 --install
35 Install a private colormap for the window.
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37 --visual visual
38 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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42 --nsegments integer
43 The number of segments to draw. Default is 7.
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46 The number of trails to draw. Default is 100.
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49 The rate at which segments rotate around their center. Default
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53 The rate at which segments rotate around the center of the win‐
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56 --redmin, --greenmin, --bluemin, --redrange, --greenrange, --bluerange
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58 they are chosen from the interval min to min plus range. The
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61 --delay microseconds
62 How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the
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65 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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68 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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71 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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75 The window ID to use with --root.
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81 Copyright © 1997 by Ron Tapia. Permission to use, copy, modify, dis‐
82 tribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
83 is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice
84 appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per‐
85 mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations
86 are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
87 provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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90 Ron Tapia <tapia@nmia.com>, 20-Mar-97.
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