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cloudlife(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		  cloudlife(6)

NAME
       cloudlife - a cellular automaton	based on Conway's Life

SYNOPSIS
       cloudlife [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back-
       ground  color]  [--window] [--root] [--window-id	number][--mono]	[--in-
       stall] [--visual	visual]	[--ncolors integer]  [--cycle-delay  microsec-
       onds]  [--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.

       --window-id number
	       Draw on the specified 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 dis-
	       able 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.

       XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
	       The window ID to	use with --root.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1), xlock(1)

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

       This  man  page based on	the man	page of	sierpinski, Copyright (C) 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, pro-
       vided that the above copyright notice appear in	all  copies  and  that
       both  that  copyright  notice and this permission notice	appear in sup-
       porting documentation.

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

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