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

6       glplanet - rotating 3d texture-mapped planet.
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SYNOPSIS

9       glplanet  [--display  host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
10       [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--image file] [--image2
11       file] [--mode string] [--resolution number] [--wireframe] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Draws  a  planet bouncing around in space.  The built-in images are day
15       and night maps of the Earth, but you can wrap any  Equirectangular-pro‐
16       jected  map onto the sphere, e.g., the planetary textures included with
17       ssystem.
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OPTIONS

20       --visual visual
21               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
22               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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25       --window
26               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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28       --root  Draw on the root window.
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30       --window-id number
31               Draw on the specified window.
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33       --delay number
34               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default:  20000  (0.02  sec‐
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37       --image file
38               The day texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.
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40       --image2 file
41               The night texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.  The
42               two will be blended together at the dusk terminator.
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44       --mode globe
45               All is right with the world.
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47       --mode equirectangular
48               Wat.
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50       --mode mercator
51               Good day, Sir. I said GOOD DAY.
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53       --resolution
54               The resolution of the planetary mesh. Default: 128.
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56       --wireframe
57               Render in wireframe instead of solid.
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59       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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ENVIRONMENT

62       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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65               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
66               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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68       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
69               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

72       X(1), xscreensaver(1) dymaxionmap(6x) ssystem(1)
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75       Copyright  ©  2002-2018 by David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.  Permis‐
76       sion to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software  and  its
77       documentation  for  any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
78       that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
79       copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu‐
80       mentation.  No representations are made about the suitability  of  this
81       software  for  any  purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or
82       implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

85       David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.
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