glcells - growing cells graphics hack
glcells [-display host:display.screen] [-window]
[-root] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay num] [-pause
num] [-maxcells num] [-radius num] [-seeds num]
[-quality num] [-minfood num] [-maxfood num]
[-divideage num] [-mindist num] [-keepold] [-wireframe]
[-fps]
The glcells program draws cells that divide exponentially,
eat and eventually die.
glcells accepts the following options:
- -window
- Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
- -root
- Draw on the root window.
- -install
- Install a private colormap for the window.
- -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.
- -pause
num
- Specifies the pause at the end of the animation (all cells dead or maximum
amount of cells reached). Unit is in frames, default 20.
- -maxcells
num
- Specifies the maximum number of cells on screen (dead cells also count,
even if invisible). Default is 800.
- -radius
num
- Specifies the radius of the cells. Default is 40.
- -seeds
num
- Specifies the number of cells when animation starts. Default is 1.
- -quality
num
- Specifies subdivision quality of the spheres used to draw the cells
[0...5]. Default is 3.
- -minfood
num
- Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need to eat).
This parameter specifies the minimum amount of food per pixel. Default is
5.
- -maxfood
num
- Food is ditributed randomly on the screen (Yes, the cells need to eat).
This parameter specifies the maximum amount of food per pixel. Default is
20.
- -divideage
num
- Specifies the minimum age in frames a cell needs to have before being able
to divide. Default is 20
- -mindist
num
- Specifies the minimum distance between cells. Default 1.4
- -delay
num
- How long to pause between frames. Default is 20000, or 0.02 second.
- -fps
- Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
- -wireframe
- Draw wireframe only.
- -keepold
- Dead cells stay on screen.
- 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.
Copyright © 2007 by Matthias Toussaint. 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.
Matthias Toussaint <glcells@mtoussaint.de>, 17-Jun-2007,
http://www.mtoussaint.de/bits.html.