helios(1)

helios1

Attraction/repulsion particle effects and some smooth surfaces.

Usage

helios [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M number] [--ions/-i number] [--size/-s number] [--emitters/-e number] [--attracters/-a number] [--speed/-S number] [--cameraspeed/-c number] [--surface/-u] [--no-surface/-U] [--blur/-b number] [--wireframe/-w] [--no-wireframe/-W]

Overview

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com): "Throw together some attraction/repulsion particle effects and some smooth surfaces and this is what you get. It's pretty insane >=)"

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

Options

--root

Draw on the root window.

--maxfps number

Set maximum frame rate.

--vsync number

Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. 0 - 100. Default: 1

--dpms number

Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. 0 - 1. Default: 1

--ions number

Number of ions. 0 - 30000. Default: 1500

--size number

Ion size. 1 - 100. Default: 10

--emitters number

Number of emitters. 1 - 10. Default: 3

--attracters number

Number of attracters. 1 - 10. Default: 3

--speed number

Animation speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10

--cameraspeed number

Camera speed. 0 - 100. Default: 10

--surface

Helios Surfaces. Default: True

--blur

Motion Blur. 0 - 100. Default: 10

--wireframe

Wireframe surfaces. Default: False

Environment

DISPLAY

to get the default host and display number.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–12

--dpms since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --vsync since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

--nice until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <[email protected]>

From rss-glx 0.9.1-6.4~deb12u1 in Debian 12 (Bookworm). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.