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glplanet(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		   glplanet(6)

NAME
       glplanet	- rotating 3d texture-mapped planet.

SYNOPSIS
       glplanet	 [--display  host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window]
       [--root]	[--window-id number] [--delay number] [--image file] [--image2
       file] [--mode string] [--resolution number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
       Draws a planet bouncing around in space.	 The built-in images  are  day
       and  night maps of the Earth, but you can wrap any Equirectangular-pro-
       jected map onto the sphere, e.g., the planetary textures	included  with
       ssystem.

OPTIONS
       --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.

       --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.

       --delay number
	       Per-frame  delay,  in  microseconds.  Default: 20000 (0.02 sec-
	       onds.).

       --image file
	       The day texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.

       --image2	file
	       The night texture map to	wrap around the	planet's surface.  The
	       two will	be blended together at the dusk	terminator.

       --mode globe
	       All is right with the world.

       --mode equirectangular
	       Wat.

       --mode mercator
	       Good day, Sir. I	said GOOD DAY.

       --resolution
	       The resolution of the planetary mesh. Default: 128.

       --wireframe
	       Render in wireframe instead of solid.

       --fps   Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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) dymaxionmap(6) ssystem(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2002-2018 by David	Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.  Permis-
       sion  to	 use, copy, modify, distribute,	and sell this software and its
       documentation for any purpose is	hereby granted without	fee,  provided
       that the	above copyright	notice appear in all copies and	that both that
       copyright  notice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu-
       mentation.  No representations are made about the suitability  of  this
       software	 for  any  purpose.  It	is provided "as	is" without express or
       implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.

X Version 11		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		   glplanet(6)

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