Kaleidescpe(1)						      General Commands Manual						    Kaleidescpe(1)

NAME

       Kaleidescope - rotating line segments

SYNOPSIS

       kaleidescope  [-display	host:display.screen]  [-foreground  color]  [-background  color]  [-window]  [-root]  [-install]  [-visual visual]
       [-color_mode mono | nice | greedy] [-nsegments int] [-ntrails int] [-local_rotation int] [-global_rotation  int]  [-delay  usecs]  [-redmin
       int] [-greenmin int] [-bluemin int] [-redrange int] [-greenrange int] [-bluerange int]

DESCRIPTION

       The kaleidescope program draws line segments in a symmetric pattern that evolves over time.

OPTIONS

       kaleidescope accepts the following options:

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -color_mode mono | nice | greedy
	       Specify	how  kaleidescope  uses  colors. Mono uses just the default foreground and background colors. Nice uses one color for each
	       segment (specified by nsegments). Greedy uses (ntrails * nsegments) + 1	colors.

       -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.

       -nsegments integer
	       The number of segments to draw. Default is 7.

       -ntrails integer
	       The number of trails to draw. Default is 100.

       -local_rotation integer
	       The rate at which segments rotate around their center. Default is -59.

       -global_rotation integer
	       The rate at which segments rotate around the center of the window.  Default is 1.

       -redmin, -greenmin, -bluemin, -redrange, -greenrange, -bluerange
	       All take an integer argument. When colors are randomly chosen, they are chosen from the interval min to min plus range.	The  mini-
	       mums default to 30000. The ranges default to 20000.

       -delay microseconds
	       How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation.  Default is 20000, or about 5 frames a second.

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), kaleidescope(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1997 by Ron Tapia.  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

       Ron Tapia <tapia@nmia.com>, 20-Mar-97.

X Version 11							     14-Dec-95							    Kaleidescpe(1)