pulsar(6) XScreenSaver manual pulsar(6)

NAME

pulsar - intersecting planes, alpha blending, fog, and textures.

SYNOPSIS

pulsar [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
[--root] [--window-id number] [--no-light] [--wire] [--delay number]
[--quads number] [--image file] [--light] [--fog] [--texture]
[--mipmap] [--no-blend] [--antialias] [--texture_quality]
[--do_depth] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

Draws some intersecting planes, making use of alpha blending, fog,
textures, and mipmaps, plus a ``frames per second'' meter so that you
can tell how fast your graphics card is... Requires OpenGL.

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.

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

--light | --no-light
Use Flat Coloring.

--wire Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01
seconds.).

--image file
The texture map to use.

--quads number
Quad Count. 1 - 50. Default: 5.

--light | --no-light
Whether to enable lighting.

--fog | --no-fog
Whether to enable fog.

--texture | --no-texture
Whether to enable texturing.

--mipmap | --no-mipmap
Whether to enable texture mipmaps.

--blend | --no-blend
Whether to enable blending.

--antialias | --no-antialias
Whether to anti-alias lines.

--texture_quality | --no-texture_quality
Whether to enable texture filtering.

--do_depth | --no-do_depth
Whether to enable depth buffer.

--fps Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2002 by David Konerding. 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

David Konerding.

X Version 11 6.09 (07-Jun-2024) pulsar(6)