interaggregate(6) XScreenSaver manual interaggregate(6)

NAME

interaggregate - Visualize the momentary and aggregate intersections
between slowly moving circles.

SYNOPSIS

interaggregate [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual]
[--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--foreground color]
[--background color] [--num-circles disc count] [--growth-delay
delayms] [--max-cycles maxr] [--percent-orbits percent]
[--base-orbits percent] [--base-on-center] [--draw-centers] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

The Intersection Aggregate is a fun visualization defining the
relationships between objects with Casey Reas, William Ngan, and
Robert Hodgin. Commissioned for display at the Whitney Museum of
American Art.

A surface filled with 100 medium to small sized circles. Each circle
has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate.
Display:

A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles.
B. The aggregate intersections of the circles.

OPTIONS

interaggregate accepts the following options:

--num-circles disc count (Default: 100)
Number of slowly moving and growing discs to use. The more
discs, the more CPU power.

--growth-delay delayms (Default: 18000)
Delay in ms between drawing cycles. More delay, slower (but
smoother and less CPU intensive.) art.

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

--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.

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

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.

BUGS

Setting the background to anything besides black confuses the
intensity
algorithm and will look terrible.

SEE ALSO

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003 by J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>.
XScreenSaver port: David Agraz, 2005.

AUTHOR

J. Tarbell <complex@complexification.net>, Jun 2003.
David Agraz <dagraz@mindspring.com>, Apr 2005.

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