NAME

biof - rotating stack of quads.

SYNOPSIS

biof [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--preset/-P number] [--lines/-l number] [--points/-p number] [--offangle]

DESCRIPTION

This is an attempt to recreate some of the work of William Latham. Take a look at the program 'organic art' at this site (http://www.artworks.co.uk).

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

--root

Draw on the root window.

--maxfps number

Set maximum frame rate.

--vsync number

Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1

--dpms number

Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1

--preset number

1 - Triangles (--triangles)
2 - Spheres (--spheres)
3 - Big Spheres (--bigspheres)
4 - Points (--points)
5 - Lightmap (--lightmap)

Sets geometry type and resets --lines and --points to the defaults from the original program. 1 - 5. Default: 1

--lines number

Set number of lines ("arms"). 1 - 1024.

--points number

Set number of points per line. 1 - 4096.

--offangle

Interesting 45 degree view instead of default head on view.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by <hk@dgmr.nl> and Tugrul Galatali.

BioF 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.

BioF 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

<hk@dgmr.nl> and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>