cyclone

NAME

cyclone - tornado screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

cyclone [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--nice/-n] [--cyclones/-c number] [--particles/-p number] [--size/-i number] [--complexity/-C number] [--speed/-e number] [--stretch/-s] [--no-stretch/-S] [--showcurves/-v] [--no-showcurves/-V]

DESCRIPTION

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.demonews.com): "This screen saver makes tornadoes on your screen. I wrote it for my storm chasing partner, but you can have it too." Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

--root
Draw on the root window.
--maxfps number
Set maximum frame rate.
--nice
Idle between frames using select(), or, if --maxfps is specified, idle in the fps limiting delay loop.
--cyclones number
Number of cyclones. 1 - 10. Default: 1
--particles number
Particles per cyclone. 1 - 10000. Default: 200
--size number
Particle size. 1 - 100. Default: 7
--complexity number
Cyclone complexity. 1 - 10. Default: 3
--speed number
Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
--stretch
Stretch. Default: True
--showcurves
Show Curves. Default: False

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali. Cyclone is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. Cyclone is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHOR

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>