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

6       sballs - draws balls spinning like crazy in GL
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SYNOPSIS

9       sballs [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id
10       number] [--visual visual] [--delay microseconds] [--object  object_num‐
11       ber]  [--cycles sphere_speed] [--size viewport_size] [--texture] [--no-
12       texture]  [--wireframe]  [--no-wireframe]  [--trackmouse]  [--no-track‐
13       mouse] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  sballs  program draws an animation of balls spinning like crazy in
17       GL.
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OPTIONS

20       sballs accepts the following options:
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22       --window
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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27       --window-id number
28               Draw on the specified window.
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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
35               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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38       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
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40       --object object_number
41               Specify how the spheres are grouped (forming an  object).   Ob‐
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44       1         tetrahedron
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46       2         cube. This is the default.
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48       3         octahedron
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50       4         dodecahedron
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54       6         plane
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56       7         pyramid
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60       --size viewport_size
61               Viewport  of  GL scene is specified size if greater than 32 and
62               less than screensize. Default value is 0, meaning full  screen‐
63               size.
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66               Show a textured background and spheres. This is the default.
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68       --no-texture
69               Disables texturing the animation.
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71       --trackmouse
72               Let  the  mouse  be a joystick to change the view of the anima‐
73               tion.  This implies --no-wander.
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75       --no-trackmouse
76               Disables mouse tracking. This is the default.
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78       --wire  Draw a wireframe rendition of the spheres.
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ENVIRONMENT

81       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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83       XENVIRONMENT
84               to get the name of a resource file that  overrides  the  global
85               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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87       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
88               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

91       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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94       Copyright  ©  2001  by Eric Lassauge.  Permission to use, copy, modify,
95       distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for  any  pur‐
96       pose  is  hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright
97       notice appear in all copies and that both  that  copyright  notice  and
98       this  permission  notice appear in supporting documentation.  No repre‐
99       sentations are made about the suitability of this software for any pur‐
100       pose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
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AUTHOR

103       Mustata Bogdan (LoneRunner) <lonerunner@planetquake.com>
104       Eric Lassauge <lassauge@users.sourceforge.net>
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