hexadrop — shrinking hexagons.

Synopsis

hexadrop [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-delay number] [-speed number] [-size number] [-sides number] [-uniform-speed] [-no-uniform-speed] [-lockstep] [-no-lockstep] [-fps]

Description

Draws a grid of hexagons or other shapes and drops them out.

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.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 30000 (0.03 seconds.).
-speed number
Speed. 0.5 for half as fast; 2.0 for twice as fast.
-size number
How many tiles to fit horizontally on the screen. Default 15.
-sides number
Shape of the tiles. 3, 4, 6 or 8. Default: random.
-uniform-speed | -no-uniform-speed
Whether each tile should drop at the same speed. Default: random.
-lockstep | -no-lockstep
Whether each tile should drop at the same time. Default: random.
-fps | -no-fps
Whether to show a frames-per-second display at the bottom of the screen.

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

Jamie Zawinski.