SYNOPSIS

sproingies [-display host:display.screen] [-visual visual] [-window] [-root] [-count number] [-delay number] [-size number] [-no-fall] [-wireframe] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

Q-Bert meets Marble Madness!

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.

-count number

How many sproingies to draw at once. Default: 5.

-delay number

Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 25000 (0.03 seconds.).

-size number

How much to scale the image down. Default 0 (full screen.)

-no-fall

Make sproingies "smart", so they do not fall down the edge.

-wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

-fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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.

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Ed Mackey. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR

Ed Mackey. Some additional code by Sergio GutiƩrrez "Sergut".