shadebobs — oscillating vapor trails.

Synopsis

shadebobs [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-ncolors number] [-count number] [-delay number] [-cycles number] [-fps]

Description

This draws smoothly-shaded oscillating oval patterns, that look something like vapor trails or neon tubes.

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.
-ncolors number
Number of Colors. Default: 64.
-count number
Count. 0 - 20. Default: 4.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.005 seconds.).
-cycles number
Duration. 0 - 100. Default: 10.
-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

Shane Smit.