truchet

XScreenSaver(1)                                                XScreenSaver(1)

NAME

       truchet - draws curved or angular Truchet patterns

SYNOPSIS

       truchet  [-display  host:display.screen]   [-foreground  color] [-back-
       ground color] [-window] [-root]  [-mono]  [-install]  [-visual  visual]
       [-delay microseconds] [-min-width integer] [-min-height integer] [-max-
       width integer] [-max-height integer]  [-max-linewidth  integer]  [-min-
       linewidth   integer]   [-erase]   [-no-erase]   [-erase-count  integer]
       [-square] [-not-square] [-curves]  [-no-curves]  [-angle]  [-no-angles]
       [-scroll]     [-scroll-overlap     integer]    [-anim-delay    integer]
       [-anim-step-size integer]

DESCRIPTION

       The truchet program draws arc and line based Truchet patterns.

OPTIONS

       accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -mono   If on a color display, pretend we’re on a monochrome display.

       -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.


       -delay microseconds
               How long to wait between drawing each screenful. Default  is  3
               seconds.


       -min-width integer
               The minimum width in pixels of each square. Default is 40.


       -min-height integer
               The minimum height in pixels of each square. Default is 40.


       -max-width integer
               The maximum width in pixels of each square. Default is 150.


       -max-height integer
               The maximum height in pixels of each square. Default is 150.


       -max-linewidth integer
               The maximum width of the lines used to draw. Default is 25.


       -min-linewidth integer
               The minimum width of the lines used to draw. Default is 2.


       -erase

       -no-erase
               Whether  to  clear  the  screen  after each screenful is drawn.
               Default is True (erase).


       -erase-count integer
               The number of screenfuls to draw before erasing. Default is 25.


       -square

       -not-square
               Whether to force the tiles to be square. Defualt is False (not-
               square).


       -curves

       -no-curves
               Whether to draw the arc based Truchet pattern. Default is  True
               (curves).


       -angles

       -no-angles
               Whether  or not to draw the line based Truchet pattern. Default
               is True (angles)


       -scroll Use the scroll mode. Default is False.


       -scroll-overlap
               The amount to scroll from one side to another. Default is  400.


       -anim-delay
               The  time to pause between each animation step. Default is 100.


       -anim-step-size
               The amount of  steps  to  skip  between  each  animation  step.
               Default is 3.

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.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1998 by Adrian Likins.

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software  and  its
       documentation  for  any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, pro-
       vided that the above copyright notice appear in  all  copies  and  that
       both  that  copyright  notice  and  this  permission  notice  appear in
       supporting documentation.

AUTHOR

       Adrian Likins, 1998.




X Version 11                       27-May-97                   XScreenSaver(1)