unknownpleasures - a waterfall graph of the signal from pulsar PSR B1919+21.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2013-2018 by Jamie Zawinski. 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
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]
