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Keyboard User Input in awk language ?
Post 302997631 by Zabo on Wednesday 17th of May 2017 02:47:07 PM
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xspirograph - simulates the rotation of a disk inside a circular rim SYNOPSIS
xspirograph [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-subdelay useconds] [-layers integer] [-alwaysfinish] [-noalwaysfinish] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
xspirograph draws patterns such as those made by a spirograph, that is, the curve traced by a point on a circular disk rotating on the inside of a hollow circular rim. OPTIONS
xspirograph accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -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. -delay secs The delay between finishing one draw and starting the next. Default: 5 seconds. -subdelay usec The time to delay between each hundred line draws. Use this if you want to see the pattern form. Default: 0. -alwaysfinish -noalwaysfinish If you want each pattern to draw until it is done, specify the first. Otherwise, they will stop after a set number of iterations. Default: no. -layers integer Number of pairs of patterns to draw between each erase. 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
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