oracular (6) glmatrix.6x.gz

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NAME

       glmatrix - simulates the title sequence effect of the movie

SYNOPSIS

       glmatrix  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--install] [--visual
       visual] [--delay usecs] [--speed ratio] [--density pct] [--no-fog] [--no-waves] [--no-rotate]  [--binary]
       [--hexadecimal] [--dna] [--clock] [--timefmt fmt] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION

       The  glmatrix  program draws the 3D "digital rain" effect, as seen in the title sequence of the Wachowski
       brothers' film, "The Matrix".

       Also see xmatrix(6x) for a 2D rendering of the similar effect that  appeared  on  the  computer  monitors
       actually in the movie.

OPTIONS

       glmatrix accepts the following options:

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

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --window-id number
               Draw on the specified 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 usecs
               The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds: default 30000.

       --speed ratio
               How fast the glyphs should move; default 1.0.  2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.

       --density percentage
               The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled with characters at any given time.
               Default 20%.

       --no-fog
               By default, glyphs are dimmer the farther away they are.  This argument disables that.

       --no-waves
               By default, waves of color roll down the columns of glyphs.  This argument disables that.

       --no-rotate
               By default, the scene slowly tilts and rotates.  This argument disables that.

       --binary
               Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, only display ones and zeros.

       --hexadecimal
               Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display hexadecimal digits.

       --dna   Instead  of  displaying  Matrix  glyphs,  display  genetic  code  (guanine, adenine, thymine, and
               cytosine.)

       --clock Hide a clock displaying the current time somewhere in the glyphs.

       --timefmt strftime-string
               How to format the clock when --clock is specified.  Default " %l%M%p ".

       --speed ratio
               Less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster.  Default 1.

       --wireframe
               Just draw boxes instead of textured characters.

       --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.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
               The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO

       xmatrix(6x), X(1), xscreensaver(1)

       Copyright  ©  1999-2003  by  Jamie  Zawinski.  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

       Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 8-Jun-2003.