engine — draws a 3D four-stroke engine.

Synopsis

engine [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-engine name] [-delay number] [-no-move] [-no-spin] [-no-title] [-fps]

Description

Draws a simple four-stroke engine that floats around the screen.

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.
-engine name
What kind of engine to draw. Default: random. Known models are: "Honda Insight" (3), "BMW M3" (4), "VW Beetle" (flat 4), "Audi Quattro" (5), "BMW M5" (6), "Subaru XT" (V6), "Porsche 911" (flat 6), "Corvette Z06" (V8), "Dodge Viper" (V10), and "Jaguar XKE" (V12).
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 10000 (0.01 seconds.).
-move | -no-move
Whether the object should wander around the screen.
-spin | -no-spin
Whether the object should spin.
-fps
Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.
-title | -no-title
Whether to display the name of the engine being rendered.

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

Ben Buxton.