substrate - Grow crystal-like lines on a computational substrate
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Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>.
XScreenSaver port: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
Description
Lines like crystals grow on a computational substrate. A simple perpendicular growth rule creates
intricate city-like structures. Optionally, cracks may also be circular, producing a cityscape more
familiar to places for which city planning is a distant, theoretical concern.
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
substrate - Grow crystal-like lines on a computational substrate
Options
substrate accepts the following options:
--wireframe(Default:False)
Don't draw sand-painting colored effects, only make a wireframe.
--max-cyclescyclecount(Default:10000)
Maximum number of growth cycles before restarting. The higher this is, the more complex the art.
--growth-delaydelayms(Default:18000)
Delay in ms between growth cycles. More delay, slower (but smoother and less CPU intensive) art.
--initial-cracksnuminitial(Default:3)
Initial number of cracks in the substrate
--max-cracksnummax(Default:100)
Maximum number of cracks in the substrate at a single time
--sand-grainsnumgrains(Default:64)
Number of sand grains dropped during coloring. More grains cause a denser colour but use more
cpu power.
--circle-percentcirclepercent(Default:0)
The percentage of the cracks will be circular.
--fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
--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.
See Also
X(1), xscreensaver(1)
Synopsis
substrate [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number]
[--foreground color] [--background color] [--wireframe] [--max-cycles cyclecount] [--growth-delay
delayms] [--initial-cracks numinitial] [--max-cracks nummax] [--sand-grains numgrains] [--circle-percent
circlepercent] [--fps]
