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grav(6) 		       XScreenSaver manual			 grav(6)

NAME
     grav - draws a simple orbital simulation

SYNOPSIS
     grav  [--display  host:display.screen]  [--foreground  color] [--background
     color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--mono] [--install]  [--vi-
     sual  visual]  [--ncolors integer] [--delay microseconds] [--count integer]
     [--decay] [--no-decay] [--trail] [--no-trail]

     [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
     The grav program draws a simple orbital simulation

OPTIONS
     grav 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.

     --ncolors integer
	     How many colors should be used (if  possible).   Default  64.   The
	     colors are chosen randomly.

     --count integer
	     Default 12.

     --decay

     --no-decay
	     Whether orbits should decay.

     --trail

     --no-trail
	     Whether  the objects should leave trails behind them (makes it look
	     vaguely like a cloud-chamber.

     --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  re-
	     sources 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) 1993 by Greg Bowering.

     Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its docu-
     mentation	for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that
     the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that  both  that  copy-
     right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

AUTHOR
     Greg Bowering <gb@pobox.com>, 1993.

     Ability  to  run  standalone  or  with xscreensaver added by Jamie Zawinski
     <jwz@jwz.org>, 10-May-97.

X Version 11		       6.15 (30-Mar-2026)			 grav(6)

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