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] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install]
11 [--visual visual] [--clock float] [--noise] [--fps]
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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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21 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 --window-id number
26 Draw on the specified window.
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28 --mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
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30 --install
31 Install a private colormap for the window.
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33 --visual visual
34 Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a
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38 --clock The score of the game will be the current time.
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41 How noisy the video signal should be (between 0.0 and 4.0 or
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44 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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46 (-p1 | --p2) mode
47 Set a player to either ai, mouse, tablet, kbleft (for W and S),
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54 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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61 Notable X resources supported include the following which correspond to
62 standard TV controls: analogTVTint, analogTVColor, analogTVBrightness,
63 and analogTVContrast. They range from 0 to 100, except for tint which
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67 Pong may be a trademark.
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71 X(1), xscreensaver(1), xanalogtv(6x), apple2(6x)
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74 2003 by Jeremy English. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
75 and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
76 granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in
77 all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission no‐
78 tice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made
79 about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided
80 "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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83 Original Pong program by Jeremy English <jenglish@myself.com>. Scoring
84 and television emulation by Trevor Blackwell <tlb@tlb.org>.
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