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pulsar

pulsar(6x)							XScreenSaver manual							pulsar(6x)

NAME

       pulsar - intersecting planes, alpha blending, fog, and textures.

SYNOPSIS

       pulsar  [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-no-light] [-wire] [-delay number] [-quads number] [-image file]
       [-light] [-fog] [-texture] [-mipmap] [-no-blend] [-antialias] [-texture_quality] [-do_depth] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       Draws some intersecting planes, making use of alpha blending, fog, textures, and mipmaps, plus a ``frames per second'' meter  so  that  you
       can tell how fast your graphics card is... Requires OpenGL.

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.

       -light | -no-light
	       Use Flat Coloring.

       -wire   Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       -delay number
	       Per-frame delay, in microseconds.  Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).

       -image file
	       The texture map to use.

       -quads number
	       Quad Count.  1 - 50.  Default: 5.

       -light | -no-light
	       Whether to enable lighting.

       -fog | -no-fog
	       Whether to enable fog.

       -texture | -no-texture
	       Whether to enable texturing.

       -mipmap | -no-mipmap
	       Whether to enable texture mipmaps.

       -blend | -no-blend
	       Whether to enable blending.

       -antialias | -no-antialias
	       Whether to anti-alias lines.

       -texture_quality | -no-texture_quality
	       Whether to enable texture filtering.

       -do_depth | -no-do_depth
	       Whether to enable depth buffer.

       -fps    Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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)  2002 by David Konerding.  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

       David Konerding.

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