cloudlife(6x)							XScreenSaver manual						     cloudlife(6x)

NAME

       cloudlife - a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life

SYNOPSIS

       cloudlife  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-foreground  color]  [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]
       [-ncolors integer] [-cycle-delay microseconds] [-cycle-colors integer][-cell-size integer] [-initial-density integer] [-max-age integer]

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The cloudlife program draws a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life, except that cells have a maximum age, and only one pixel per  cell
       is drawn every tick.

OPTIONS

       cloudlife accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.	This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

       -install
	       Install a private colormap for the window.

       -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.

       -cycle-delay integer
	       Time in microseconds to sleep between ticks.  Default 25000.

       -cycle-colors integer
	       How many ticks should elapse between cycling colors.  0 to disable color cycling.  Default 2.

       -ncolors integer
	       How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The colors are chosen randomly.

       -cell-size integer
	       Size of each cell, in powers of 2.  Default 3 (8-pixel cells).

       -initial-density integer
	       Percentage of cells that are alive at start and when the field is repopulated.  Default 30.

       -max-age integer
	       Maximum age for a cell.	Default 64.

       -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), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003 by Don Marti.  Based on examples from the hacks directory of xscreensaver, Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 2002 Jamie Zawinski
       <jwz@jwz.org>

       This man page based on the man page of sierpinski, Copyright (C) 1996 by Desmond Daignault.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
       vided  that  the  above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in sup-
       porting documentation.

AUTHOR

       Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> 20 May 2003.

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