superquadrics(6)

superquadrics6

Morphing 3d shapes.

Usage

superquadrics [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--spinspeed number] [--count number] [--cycles number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Overview

Ed Mackey reports that he wrote the first version of this program in BASIC on a Commodore 64 in 1987, as a 320x200 black and white wireframe. Now it is GL and has specular reflections.

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: 40000 (0.04 seconds.).

--spinspeed number

0.1 - 15.0. Default: 5.0.

--count number

0 - 100. Default: 25.

--cycles number

0 - 100. Default: 40.

--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.

Author

Ed Mackey.

From xscreensaver 6.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.