---
name: "cacaplas"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "caca-utils"
version: "0.9-4"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cacademo"
---

# cacaplas(1)

libcaca's demonstration applications

Part of [cacademo(1)](/cacademo/1.md).

## NAME

cacademo, cacaball, cacafire, cacamoir, cacaplas - libcaca's demonstration applications

## SYNOPSIS

cacademo

cacaball

cacafire

cacamoir

cacaplas

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the cacademo, cacaball, cacafire, cacamoir and cacaplas programs.

**cacademo** is a simple demo which demonstrates some features of the libcaca library. The main menu lists available keys and their actions. To exit a particular demo, press any key.

**cacaball** displays ASCII art metaballs.

**cacafire** displays burning ASCII art flames.

**cacamoir** displays a coloured ASCII art moire pattern of concentric circles.

**cacaplas** displays an old school ASCII art plasma effect.

## BUGS

Please report any bugs you find to \<libcaca@lists.zoy.org\>.

## LICENSE

cacademo, cacaball, cacafire, cacamoir and cacaplas are covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

## AUTHORS

**cacademo, cacamoir** and this manual page were written by Sam Hocevar \<sam@zoy.org\>.

**cacaball** was written by Jean-Yves Lamoureux \<jylam@lnxscene.org\>, **cacafire** is a port of AAlib's **aafire** written by Jan Hubicka \<hubicka@freesoft.cz\> and **cacaplas** is a port of an SDL plasma effect written and put in the public domain by Michele Bini \<mibin@tin.it\>.

## SEE ALSO

[cacaview(1)](/cacaview/1.md), [aafire(1)](/aafire/1.md)