cloudlife(6) XScreenSaver manual cloudlife(6)

NAME

cloudlife - a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life

SYNOPSIS

cloudlife [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono]
[--install] [--visual visual] [--ncolors integer] [--cycle-delay
microseconds] [--cycle-colors integer][--cell-size integer]
[--initial-density integer] [--max-age integer]

[--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The cloudlife program draws a cellular automaton based on Conway's
Life, except that cells have a maximum age, and only one pixel per
cell is drawn every tick.

OPTIONS

cloudlife accepts the following options:

--window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.

--root Draw on the root window.

--window-id number
Draw on the specified window.

--mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.

--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.

--cycle-delay integer
Time in microseconds to sleep between ticks. Default 25000.

--cycle-colors integer
How many ticks should elapse between cycling colors. 0 to
disable color cycling. Default 2.

--ncolors integer
How many colors should be used (if possible). Default 64.
The colors are chosen randomly.

--cell-size integer
Size of each cell, in powers of 2. Default 3 (8-pixel
cells).

--initial-density integer
Percentage of cells that are alive at start and when the
field is repopulated. Default 30.

--max-age integer
Maximum age for a cell. Default 64.

--fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003 by Don Marti. Based on examples from the hacks
directory of xscreensaver, Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 2002 Jamie
Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>

This man page based on the man page of sierpinski, Copyright (C) 1996
by Desmond Daignault.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and
that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.

AUTHOR

Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> 20 May 2003.


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