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.

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