pngphoon1
Creates a png file with the current phase of the moon
Usage
pngphoon [-w
width]
[-h
height]
[-f
filename]
[-x
moons_in_x]
[-y
moons_in_y]
[-F
foreground_color]
[-B
background_color]
[-s
density]
[-b]
[-S]
[-q]
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the pngphoon command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
pngphoon is a program that creates a PNG image of the current phase of the moon. It is a successor to xphoon but does not write to the root window, but to a file. You can use it with window managers that accept commands for their background image settings. It is pronounced "pingphoon" (like "typhoon").
Options
This program takes the following options.
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-h -
Mandatory. Gives the image height. The image must be at least 760px high to be able to contain the moon. If the image is smaller only the stars will be plotted.
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-w -
Mandatory. Gives the image width. The image must be at least 760px wide to be able to contain the moon. If the image is smaller only the stars will be plotted.
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-f -
Mandatory. File name the PNG image shall be written to, for output to stdout use - instead of a filename
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-x -
Number of moons in x axis (for multihead configurations)
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-y -
Number of moons in y axis (for multihead configurations)
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-s -
Star density
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-b -
Black (no earthlight)
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-S -
Southern hemisphere (rotate image 180 degrees)
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-q -
Quiet (disable warnings)
Releases
9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.
-S since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-q since Debian 12 (Bookworm).