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unknownpleasures - a waterfall graph of the signal from pulsar PSR B1919+21.

Author

       Jamie Zawinski.

X Version 11                                   6.08 (10-Oct-2023)                           unknownpleasures(6x)

Description

       PSR  B1919+21  (AKA  CP  1919)  was  the first pulsar ever discovered: a spinning neutron star emitting a
       periodic lighthouse-like beacon. An illustration  of  the  signal  received  from  it  was  published  in
       Scientific  American  in 1971, and later in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy in 1977, where it was
       seen by Stephen Morris, the drummer of Joy Division, and was consequently appropriated by  Peter  Saville
       for the cover of the band's album "Unknown Pleasures".

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

       unknownpleasures - a waterfall graph of the signal from pulsar PSR B1919+21.

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.

       --delaynumber
               Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds).

       --speednumber
               Animation speed. 2 for twice as fast, 0.5 for half as fast.

       --countnumber
               Scanlines (vertical resolution).  Default: 80.

       --resolutionnumber
               Horizontal Resolution, Default: 100.

       --amplitudenumber
               Height of the waves, 0 - 1.0.  Default: 0.13.

       --noisenumber
               How noisy the signal is. 2 for twice as noisy, 0.5 for half as noisy.

       --maskfile
               Use the given image file as a clipping mask against the data.  A high contrast  image  of  around
               256x256 works best.  Signal peaks appear in the dark areas.

       --ortho|--no-ortho
               Whether to use an orthographic projection.

       --buzz|--no-buzz
               Whether each line should seethe with noise.

       --wireframe|--no-wireframe
               Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       --fps|--no-fps
               Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

See Also

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

Synopsis

unknownpleasures  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--visual  visual]  [--window]  [--root] [--window-id
       number] [--delay number] [--count number] [--speed number]  [--resolution  number]  [--amplitude  number]
       [--noise number] [--mask file] [--no-ortho] [--buzz] [--wireframe] [--fps]

See Also