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NAME

fieldlines - simulation of the electric field lines between charged particles.

SYNOPSIS

fieldlines [−-root/-r] [−-maxfps/-x number] [−-nice/-n] [−-ions/-i number] [−-stepsize/-s number] [−-maxsteps/-m number] [−-width/-w number] [−-speed/-S number] [−-constwidth/-c] [−-no-constwidth/-C] [−-electric/-e] [−-no-electric/-E]

DESCRIPTION

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.demonews.com): "This is a simulation of the electric field lines between charged particles. Physics never looked so good."

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.

−-ions number

Number of ions. 1 - 100. Default: 4

−-stepsize number

Step length along lines. 1 - 100. Default: 15

−-maxsteps number

Max number of steps. 1 - 1000. Default: 100

−-width number

Line width. 1 - 100. Default: 30

−-speed number

Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10

−-constwidth

Constant line width. Default: False

−-electric

Electric. Default: False

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Fieldlines 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.

Fieldlines 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

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul AT galatali DOT com>

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