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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting REad Command Post 302077085 by bourne on Monday 19th of June 2006 10:02:28 AM
Old 06-19-2006
thanks a lot Jean-Pierre... It worked.. thanks again 4 the timely help! Smilie
 

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fireworkx(6x)							XScreenSaver manual						     fireworkx(6x)

NAME
fireworkx - pyrotechnics simulation eye-candy. SYNOPSIS
fireworkx [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-verbose] [-no-flash] [-no-glow] [-shoot] [-delay number] [-maxlife number] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
Simulates fireworks (pyrotechnics); explodes better on faster machines. OPTIONS
-visual visual 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. -no-flash Turn off light effect (runs faster) -no-glow Turn off self glow (dull blasts..!) -shoot Shoot the shells. -delay number Delay between frames. In microseconds. (Default: 1000) -maxlife number Maximum decay period for an explosion. (Default: 2000) -verbose for scientific purposes..! -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load. 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. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1999-2005 by Rony B Chandran. 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. AUTHOR
Written by Rony B Chandran <ronybc@asia.com> Additional programming: ------------------------ Renuka S <renuka@local.net> Jean-Pierre Demailly <Jean-Pierre.Demailly@ujf-grenoble.fr> Nicholas Miell <nmiell@gmail.com> URL
http://www.ronybc.8k.com X Version 11 5.10 (07-Sep-2009) fireworkx(6x)
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