NAME

cyclone - tornado screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

cyclone [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--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.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.

--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

--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>