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

6       intermomentary  -  Visualize  the momentary and aggregate intersections
7       between slowly moving circles.
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SYNOPSIS

10       intermomentary  [--display   host:display.screen]   [--visual   visual]
11       [--window]  [--root] [--window-id number] [--foreground color] [--back‐
12       ground  color]  [--num-discs   disc   count]   [--draw-delay   delayms]
13       [--max-riders maxr] [--max-radius maxradius] [--fps]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The  Intersection  Momentary  is a fun visualization defining the rela‐
17       tionships between objects with Casey Reas,  William  Ngan,  and  Robert
18       Hodgin. Commissioned for display at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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20       A  surface  filled  with 100 medium to small sized circles. Each circle
21       has a different size and direction, but moves at the  same  slow  rate.
22       Display:
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24           A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles.
25           B. The aggregate intersections of the circles.
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27       The  circles begin with a radius of 1 pixel and slowly increase to some
28       arbitrary size.  Circles are drawn with small moving points  along  the
29       perimeter.  The  intersections  are  rendered as glowing orbs.  Glowing
30       orbs are rendered only when a perimeter point moves past the  intersec‐
31       tion point.
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OPTIONS

34       Intermomentary accepts the following options:
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36       --num-discs disc count (Default: 85)
37               Number  of  slowly  moving  and growing discs to use.  The more
38               discs, the more CPU power.
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40       --draw-delay delayms (Default: 30000)
41               Delay in ms between drawing cycles.  More  delay,  slower  (but
42               smoother and less CPU intensive.)  art.
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44       --max-riders maxrider (Default: 40)
45               Maximum  number of 'riders', single dots moving around the edge
46               of the discs.
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48       --max-radius maxradius (Default: 100)
49               Maximum possible radius of a disc.
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51       --fps   Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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53       --visual visual
54               Specify which visual to use.  Legal values are the  name  of  a
55               visual  class,  or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific
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58       --window
59               Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.
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61       --root  Draw on the root window.
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63       --window-id number
64               Draw on the specified window.
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BUGS

67       Setting the background to anything besides black confuses the intensity
68       algorithm and will look terrible.
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ENVIRONMENT

71       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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73       XENVIRONMENT
74               to  get  the  name of a resource file that overrides the global
75               resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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77       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
78               The window ID to use with --root.
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SEE ALSO

81       X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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84       Copyright © 2003 by J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>.
85       XScreenSaver port: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
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AUTHOR

88       J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun 2003.
89       Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>, Oct 2004.
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