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NAME¶
solarwinds - mesmerizing particle effects saver.
SYNOPSIS¶
solarwinds [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--preset/-R number] [--winds/-w number] [--emitters/-e number] [--particles/-p number] [--geometry/-g number] [--size/-s number] [--windspeed/-W number] [--emitterspeed/-E number] [--particlespeed/-P number] [--blur/-b number]
DESCRIPTION¶
From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com): "This is a very mesmerizing particle effects saver. Tweak the settings a little and you'll find that you can achieve an amazing number of different patterns. You can also connect the particles with lines for a very different effect."
Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.
OPTIONS¶
- --root
- Draw on the root window.
- --maxfps number
- Set maximum frame rate.
- --vsync number
- Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1
- --dpms number
- Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1
- --preset number
-
1 - Regular (--regular) 2 - Cosmic Strings (--cosmicstrings) 3 - Cold Pricklies (--coldpricklies) 4 - Space Fur (--spacefur) 5 - Jiggly (--jiggy) 6 - Undertow (--undertow)
Presets that override all options that come before it on the command line. 1 - 6. Default: 1
- --winds number
- Winds. 1 - 10. Default: 1
- --emitters number
- Emitters per wind. 1 - 1000. Default: 30
- --particles number
- Particles per wind. 0 - 10000. Default: 2000
- --geometry number
-
0 - Lights (--lights) 1 - Points (--points) 2 - Lines (--lines)
Type of geometry. 0 - 2. Default: 0
- --size number
- Particle Size. 1 - 100. Default: 50
- --windspeed number
- Wind Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 20
- --emitterspeed number
- Emitter Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 15
- --particlespeed number
- Particle Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
- --blur number
- Motion Blur. 0 - 100. Default: 40
ENVIRONMENT¶
- DISPLAY
- to get the default host and display number.
SEE ALSO¶
X(1),
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.
Solarwinds is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Solarwinds is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
AUTHOR¶
Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>
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