NAME

       cube21 - animates the Cube 21 puzzle

SYNOPSIS

       cube21  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-visual  visual]  [-window]  [-root]  [-install]
       [-delay microseconds] [-texture] [-no-texture]  [-mono]  [-wireframe]  [-spin]  [-no-spin]
       [-wander] [-no-wander] [-randomize] [-no-randomize] [-spinspeed number] [-rotspeed number]
       [-wanderspeed number] [-wait number] [-cubesize number] [-colormode arg] [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       This program animates a puzzle known as  Cube  21  or  Square-1.   Its  moves  are  chosen
       randomly.

       Cube  21 is a Rubik-like puzzle invented in 1992.  Its specialities are that it can change
       its shape and even the number of possible moves.  It can  have  more  than  200  different
       shapes  and  the  total  number  of  configurations  (assuming  colors) is several tens of
       billions.

OPTIONS

       cube21 accepts the following options:

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

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -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 pause between frames.  Default is 20000, or 0.02 second.

       -texture
               Use texture maps.  This is the default.

       -no-texture
               Use solid colors.

       -mono   Disable both texture maps and colors.

       -wireframe
               Only draw outlines.  Outlines of all pieces, not only the whole object, are drawn.

       -spin   Spin the whole object around X, Y and Z axes.  This is the default.

       -no-spin
               Do not spin, showing the same three faces all the time.

       -wander Move the object around the screen.  This is the default.

       -no-wander
               Keep the object centered on the screen.

       -randomize
               Shuffle the puzzle randomly at startup.  This is the default.

       -no-randomize
               Do not shuffle at startup, begin at the shape of cube.

       -spinspeed number
               The relative speed of spinning.  Default is 1.0.

       -rotspeed number
               The  relative  speed  of  the  moves.  Default is 3.0.  Setting to ≤ 0.0 makes the
               object stay at one configuration.

       -wanderspeed number
               The relative speed of wandering around the screen.  Default is 1.0.

       -wait number
               How long to stay at ending position after each move.  The meaning of the  argument
               is again relative.  Default is 40.0.

       -cubesize number
               Size  of  the  object.   Value  of  3.0 fills roughly all the screen (its height).
               Default is 0.7.

       -colormode argument
               How many and which colors should the object have.  The colors are put on the piece
               faces so that the puzzle is solvable.  The inner faces are not influenced.

               se or silver
                       Simulate the "Silver Edition" - white and one random color.

               2 or two
                       Two random colors.

               ce or classic
                       Simulate  the  "Classic  Edition"  - white, yellow, orange, red, green and
                       blue.

               6 or six
                       Six random colors.

               1 or random or rnd
                       One random color.

               Anything else
                       All faces white.

       -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.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2005 by Vaclav Potocek.  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

       Vaclav (Vasek) Potocek <vasek.potocek@post.cz>, 30-Aug-05.