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NAME

       cloudlife - a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life

SYNOPSIS

       cloudlife  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-foreground  color]  [-background  color]  [-window] [-root]
       [-mono]  [-install]  [-visual  visual]  [-ncolors  integer]  [-cycle-delay  microseconds]  [-cycle-colors
       integer][-cell-size integer] [-initial-density integer] [-max-age integer]

       [-fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The cloudlife program draws a cellular automaton based on Conway's Life, except that cells have a maximum
       age, and only one pixel per cell is drawn every tick.

OPTIONS

       cloudlife 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.

       -cycle-delay integer
               Time in microseconds to sleep between ticks.  Default 25000.

       -cycle-colors integer
               How many ticks should elapse between cycling colors.  0 to disable color cycling.  Default 2.

       -ncolors integer
               How many colors should be used (if possible).  Default 64.  The colors are chosen randomly.

       -cell-size integer
               Size of each cell, in powers of 2.  Default 3 (8-pixel cells).

       -initial-density integer
               Percentage of cells that are alive at start and when the field is repopulated.  Default 30.

       -max-age integer
               Maximum age for a cell.  Default 64.

       -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.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

       Copyright © 2003 by Don Marti.  Based on examples from the hacks directory of xscreensaver, Copyright (c)
       1997, 1998, 2002 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>

       This man page based on the man page of sierpinski, Copyright © 1996 by Desmond Daignault.

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

AUTHOR

       Don Marti <dmarti@zgp.org> 20 May 2003.