wmmand(6)
NAME
wmMand - Dockable Mandelbrot browser
SYNOPSIS
wmMand [-h, --help] [-z, --zoom <factor>] [-i, --iterations <number>] [-l, --largesize <number>] [-d, --delayzoom <number>]
DESCRIPTION
- wmMand is a dockable Mandelbrot fractal browser or explor
- er. The window initially comes up with the whole Mandelbrot set
- in view. The mouse buttons can be used to zoom into or out of the
- set. Use the left mouse button to zoom in, and the right button
- to zoom out. The view window is recentered to a point roughly
- half way from the center to the point clicked.
- Pressing the middle mouse button or 'b' on the keyboard
- brings up a button bar that allows the user to change color ta
- bles (button 'C' on the bar), change the maximum number of itera
- tions (the button with numbers in it), reset to initial view
- (button 'R'), and show a larger version of the image with im
- agemagick's "display" (button 'V'). The 'M' button is currently
- unused. When clicking on buttons that iterate through a range of
- values (namely 'C' and the "iterations" button), the left button
- moves in one direction and the right moves in the other.
- When the mouse is over the window, pressing certain keys
- on the keyboard will also have some effects, as follows:
- arrow and NumberPad keys
- Move the window based on the zoom factor
- z, +, NumberPad 5
- Zoom in
- o, -, NumberPad 0
- Zoom out
- c Change colour table
- v View large image with ImageMagic
- r Reset to initial view
- i Change max iterations
- b Show/hide buttons
- A higher number of iterations will allow you to look deep
- er in the fractal. However, if you feel yourself limited by wm
- Mand, check out the 'XaoS' program by Jan Hubicka.
OPTIONS
- -h, --help
- Display list of command-line options.
- -z, --zoom <factor>
- Set zoom factor. Default is 1.2.
- -i, --iterations <number>
- Set initial maximum iterations (default 64). Possi
- ble values are 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048.
- -l, --largesize <number>
- Set the size of the large image displayed. The
- large image is always square, so only one number is required. De
- fault is 540.
- -d, --delayzoom <number>
- Set the amount of delay when autozooming. The high
- er the number, the greater the delay between updates. Default is
- 10.
BUGS
- The mouse pointer should hide when the keyboard is being
- used, this does not happen reliably. When hidden, it does not un
- hide unless a button is pressed or the pointer leaves the wmMand
- window.
TODO
- Enable 'M' button to change fractal type. Launch the cur
- rent view in XaoS.
AUTHORS
- Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>, 15 February
- 1999
- Updated by Pieter-Paul Spiertz <pspiertz@sci.kun.nl>, 14
- April 2002
- Last updated by Chris Craig <wmmand@ciotog.net>, 12 April
- 2006
12 April 2006