NAME¶

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

SYNOPSIS¶

pulsar [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-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.

-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.

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.