apollonian — Descartes Circle Theorem.

Synopsis

apollonian [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-no-label] [-no-altgeom] [-cycles number] [-ncolors number] [-delay number] [-fps]

Description

Packs a large circle with smaller circles, demonstrating the Descartes Circle Theorem.

Options

-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.
-window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root
Draw on the root window.
-label | -no-label
Draw Labels. Boolean.
-altgeom | -no-altgeom
Include Alternate Geometries. Boolean.
-cycles number
Depth. 1 - 20. Default: 20.
-ncolors number
Number of Colors. Default: 64.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 1000000 (1.00 seconds.).
-fps
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

Environment

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.

Author

Allan R. Wilks and David Bagley.