pulsar(6)

NAME
pulsar - intersecting planes, alpha blending, fog, and textures.

SYNOPSIS
pulsar [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--no-light] [--wire] [--delay number] [--quads number] [--image file] [--light] [--fog] [--texture] [--mipmap] [--no-blend] [--antialias] [--texture_quality] [--do_depth] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
Draws some intersecting planes, making use of alpha blending, fog, textures, and mipmaps, plus a ``frames per second'' meter so that you can tell how fast your graphics card is... Requires OpenGL.

OPTIONS

--visual visual
    Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual.

--window
    Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root
    Draw on the root window.

--window-id number
    Draw on the specified window.

--light | --no-light
    Use Flat Coloring.

--wire
    Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--delay number
    Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).

--image file
    The texture map to use.

--quads number
    Quad Count. 1 - 50. Default: 5.

--light | --no-light
    Whether to enable lighting.

--fog | --no-fog
    Whether to enable fog.

--texture | --no-texture
    Whether to enable texturing.

--mipmap | --no-mipmap
    Whether to enable texture mipmaps.

--blend | --no-blend
    Whether to enable blending.

--antialias | --no-antialias
    Whether to anti-alias lines.

--texture_quality | --no-texture_quality
    Whether to enable texture filtering.

--do_depth | --no-do_depth
    Whether to enable depth buffer.

--fps
    Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY
    to get the default host and display number.

XENVIRONMENT
    to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
    The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2002 by David Konerding. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
David Konerding.