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NAME

biof - rotating stack of quads.

SYNOPSIS

biof [−-root/-r] [−-maxfps/-x number] [−-nice/-n] [−-preset/-P number] [−-lines/-l number] [−-points/-p number] [−-offangle]

DESCRIPTION

This is an attempt to recreate some of the work of William Latham. Take a look at the program ’organic art’ at this site (http://www.artworks.co.uk).

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

−-root

Draw on the root window.

−-maxfps number

Set maximum frame rate.

−-nice

Idle between frames using select(), or, if --maxfps is specified, idle in the fps limiting delay loop.

−-preset number

1 - Triangles (--triangles)
2 - Spheres (--spheres)
3 - Big Spheres (--bigspheres)
4 - Points (--points)
5 - Lightmap (--lightmap)

Sets geometry type and resets --lines and --points to the defaults from the original program. 1 - 5. Default: 1

−-lines number

Set number of lines ("arms"). 1 - 1024.

−-points number

Set number of points per line. 1 - 4096.

−-offangle

Interesting 45 degree view instead of default head on view.

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by <hk AT dgmr DOT nl> and Tugrul Galatali.

BioF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

BioF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHOR

<hk AT dgmr DOT nl> and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul AT galatali DOT com>

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