metaballs(6) XScreenSaver manual metaballs(6) NAME metaballs - draws 2D metaballs SYNOPSIS metaballs [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--ncolors number] [--count number] [--delay number] [--cycles number] [--radius number] [--delta number] [--fps] DESCRIPTION This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by calculating the sum of the colors of all metaballs covering a pixel. 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. --ncolors number Number of Colors. Default: 256. --count number Number of metaballs. 2 - 255. Default: 10. --delay number Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.005 seconds.). --cycles number Duration. 100 - 3000. Default: 1000. --radius number metaball Radius. 2 - 100. Default: 100. --delta number metaball Movement. 1 - 20. Default: 3. --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), http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net/ COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002-2003 by W.P. van Paassen. Permission to use, copy, mod- ify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any pur- pose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright no- tice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this per- mission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is pro- vided "as is" without express or implied warranty. AUTHOR W.P. van Paassen X Version 11 6.15 (30-Mar-2026) metaballs(6)
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