pipes - fill the screen with a plumbing system.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Marcelo Vianna. 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.
Description
If you've ever been in the same room as a Windows NT machine, you've probably seen this GL hack. It
fills the screen with a plumbing system.
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
pipes - fill the screen with a plumbing system.
Options
--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.
--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
--root Draw on the root window.
--window-idnumber
Draw on the specified window.
--count0
Curved Pipes.
--count1
Ball Joints.
--cyclesnumber
Number of pipe systems to draw at once. Default: 5.
--sizenumber
Length of each pipe system. Default: 500.
--factorynumber
How much gadgetry to create; Useful range is 0-10. Default: 2.
--delaynumber
How long (in microseconds) to sleep between frames. Default: 10000.
--fisheye|--no-fisheye
Whether to use a fisheye lens.
--tightturns|--no-tightturns
Whether to allow tight turns.
--db|--no-db
Whether to double-buffer.
--fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
Synopsis
pipes [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [-count
0] [-count 1] [-cycles number] [-size number] [-factory number] [-delay number] [-no-fisheye]
[-tightturns] [-db] [-fps]
