XScreenSaver

NAME

glsnake - OpenGL enhanced Rubik's Snake cyclewaster.

SYNOPSIS

glsnake [-display host:display.screen] [-window] [-root] [-visual visual] [-delay microseconds] [-fps] [-wireframe] [-scarycolour] [-velocity angular] [-explode distance] [-statictime milliseconds] [-yspin angle] [-zspin angle]

DESCRIPTION

glsnake is an imitation of Rubiks' Snake, using OpenGL.

OPTIONS

glsnake 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.
-fps: Display a running tally of how many frames per second are being rendered. In conjunction with -delay 0, this can be a useful benchmark of your GL performance.
-wireframe: Display the snake in wireframe mode, rather than the default solid mode.
-scarycolour: Use the alternate colour scheme for the snake. Shape identification using colour will be disabled.
-velocity angular: Change the speed at which the snake morphs to a new shape.
-explode distance: Change the distance between the nodes of a snake.
-statictime milliseconds: Change the time between morphs.
-yspin angle: Change the angle of rotation around the Y axis per frame.
-zspin angle: Change the angle of rotation around the Z axis per frame.

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.

FILES

/usr/share/glsnake/*.glsnake: This XScreenSaver will attempt to read model files installed with the interactive glsnake.

BUGS

The snake will happily intersect itself while morphing (this is not a bug).

The rotation/camera position sucks.

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program 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

Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@spacepants.org>, Andrew Bennetts <andrew@puzzling.org>, and Peter Aylett <peter@ylett.com>. Ported to XScreenSaver by Jamie Wilkinson.