solarwinds - mesmerizing particle effects saver.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.
Solarwinds is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
Solarwinds is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
Description
From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com): "This is a very mesmerizing particle effects saver. Tweak the
settings a little and you'll find that you can achieve an amazing number of different patterns. You can
also connect the particles with lines for a very different effect."
Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.
Environment
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
Name
solarwinds - mesmerizing particle effects saver.
Options
--root Draw on the root window.
--maxfpsnumber
Set maximum frame rate.
--vsyncnumber
Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1
--dpmsnumber
Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1
--presetnumber
1 - Regular (--regular)
2 - Cosmic Strings (--cosmicstrings)
3 - Cold Pricklies (--coldpricklies)
4 - Space Fur (--spacefur)
5 - Jiggly (--jiggy)
6 - Undertow (--undertow)
Presets that override all options that come before it on the command line. 1 - 6. Default: 1
--windsnumber
Winds. 1 - 10. Default: 1
--emittersnumber
Emitters per wind. 1 - 1000. Default: 30
--particlesnumber
Particles per wind. 0 - 10000. Default: 2000
--geometrynumber
0 - Lights (--lights)
1 - Points (--points)
2 - Lines (--lines)
Type of geometry. 0 - 2. Default: 0
--sizenumber
Particle Size. 1 - 100. Default: 50
--windspeednumber
Wind Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 20
--emitterspeednumber
Emitter Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 15
--particlespeednumber
Particle Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
--blurnumber
Motion Blur. 0 - 100. Default: 40
See Also
X(1),
Synopsis
solarwinds [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--preset/-R number]
[--winds/-w number] [--emitters/-e number] [--particles/-p number] [--geometry/-g number] [--size/-s
number] [--windspeed/-W number] [--emitterspeed/-E number] [--particlespeed/-P number] [--blur/-b number]
