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NAME

glknots - generates some twisting 3d knot patterns

SYNOPSIS

glknots  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-visual visual]
[-window] [-root] [-delay number]  [-speed  float]  [-seg
ments  int]  [-thickness  float] [-duration seconds] [-nowander] [-spin XYZ] [-wireframe] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

Generates some twisting 3d knot patterns. Spins 'em
around.

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.

-delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000
(0.03 seconds.).

-speed number

Larger numbers mean run faster. Default: 1.0.

-segments number

Number of segments in each path. Default 800.
Larger numbers make the curves smoother, at the
expense of a higher polygon count.

-thickness float

How thick the tubes should be. Default 0.3.

-duration seconds

How long to leave each knot up. Default 5 sec
onds.

-wander | -no-wander

Whether the cubes should wander around the screen.

-spin [XYZ] | -no-spin

Which axes, if any, to spin around on.

-wireframe | -no-wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

-fps | -no-fps

Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the
bottom of the screen.

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 © 2003 by Jamie Zawinski. 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

Jamie Zawinski.

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