NAME

flocks - floating wisps.

SYNOPSIS

flocks [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--preset/-p number] [--leaders/-l number] [--followers/-f number] [--geometry/-g] [--no-geometry/-G] [--size/-i number] [--complexity/-o number] [--speed/-s number] [--stretch/-S number] [--colorfadespeed/-O number] [--chromatek/-k] [--no-chromatek/-K] [--connections/-c] [--no-connections/-C] [--traillength/-t number] [--blur/-b number]

DESCRIPTION

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com): "Here's a 3D variation on a favorite old theme. Try it out with Chromatek's ChromaDepth glasses for a cool 3D effect."

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 - Regular (--regular)
2 - Trails (--trails)
3 - Blurred Trails (--blurt)
4 - Blurred Connections (--blurc)

Presets that override all options that come before it on the command line. 1 - 4. Default: 1

--leaders number

Number of leaders. 1 - 100. Default: 4

--followers number

Number of followers. 0 - 10000. Default: 400

--geometry

Draw blobs instead of dots. Default: True

--size number

Bug size. 1 - 100. Default: 10

--complexity number

Blob complexity. 1 - 10. Default: 1

--speed number

Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 15

--stretch number

Stretch. 0 - 100. Default: 20

--colorfadespeed number

Color fade speed. 0 - 100. Default: 15

--chromatek

ChromaDepth glasses. Default: False

--connections

Show connections. Default: False

--traillength number

Trail length. 0 - 250. Default: 0

--blur number

Motion Blur. 0 - 100. Default: 0

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Flocks 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.

Flocks 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>