flame - draw weird cosmic fractals
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Copyright
Copyright © 1991 by Patrick J. Naughton
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and
without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
Description
The flame program generates colorful fractal displays.
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.
Name
flame - draw weird cosmic fractals
Options
flame accepts the following options:
--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
--root Draw on the root window.
--window-idnumber
Draw on the specified window.
--mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
--install
Install a private colormap for the window.
--visualvisual
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.
--colorsinteger
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
--iterationsinteger
How many fractals to generate. Default 25.
--pointsinteger
How many pixels to draw for each fractal. Default 10000.
--delaymicroseconds
How long we should wait between drawing each fractal. Default 50000, or about 1/20th second.
--delay2microseconds
How long we should wait before clearing the screen when each run ends. Default 2000000, or two
seconds.
--fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)
Synopsis
flame [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--background color] [--window] [--root]
[--window-id number][--mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--colors integer] [--iterations integer]
[--points integer] [--delay microseconds] [--delay2 microseconds] [--fps]
