---
name: "wmMand"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "wmmand"
version: "1.3-2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wmMand/6"
---

# wmMand(6)

Dockable Mandelbrot browser

## NAME

wmMand - Dockable Mandelbrot browser

## SYNOPSIS

**wmMand** \[-h, --help\] \[-z, --zoom \<factor\>\] \[-i, --iterations \<number\>\] \[-l, --largesize \<number\>\] \[-d, --delayzoom \<number\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

wmMand is a dockable Mandelbrot fractal browser or explorer. The window initially comes up with the whole Mandelbrot set in view. The mouse buttons can be used to zoom into or out of the set. Use the left mouse button to zoom in, and the right button to zoom out. The view window is recentered to a point roughly half way from the center to the point clicked.

Pressing the middle mouse button or 'b' on the keyboard brings up a button bar that allows the user to change color tables (button 'C' on the bar), change the maximum number of iterations (the button with numbers in it), reset to initial view (button 'R'), and show a larger version of the image with imagemagick's "display" (button 'V'). The 'M' button is currently unused. When clicking on buttons that iterate through a range of values (namely 'C' and the "iterations" button), the left button moves in one direction and the right moves in the other.

When the mouse is over the window, pressing certain keys on the keyboard will also have some effects, as follows:

- arrow and NumberPad keys

  Move the window based on the zoom factor

- z, +, NumberPad 5

  Zoom in

- o, -, NumberPad 0

  Zoom out

- c

  Change colour table

- v

  View large image with ImageMagic

- r

  Reset to initial view

- i

  Change max iterations

- b

  Show/hide buttons

A higher number of iterations will allow you to look deeper in the fractal. However, if you feel yourself limited by wmMand, check out the 'XaoS' program by Jan Hubicka.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Display list of command-line options.

- **-z, --zoom \<factor\>**

  Set zoom factor. Default is 1.2.

- **-i, --iterations \<number\>**

  Set initial maximum iterations (default 64). Possible values are 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048.

- **-l, --largesize \<number\>**

  Set the size of the large image displayed. The large image is always square, so only one number is required. Default is 540.

- **-d, --delayzoom \<number\>**

  Set the amount of delay when autozooming. The higher the number, the greater the delay between updates. Default is 10.

## BUGS

The mouse pointer should hide when the keyboard is being used, this does not happen reliably. When hidden, it does not unhide unless a button is pressed or the pointer leaves the wmMand window.

## TODO

Enable 'M' button to change fractal type. Launch the current view in XaoS.

## AUTHORS

Michael G. Henderson \<mghenderson@lanl.gov\>, 15 February 1999

Updated by Pieter-Paul Spiertz \<pspiertz@sci.kun.nl\>, 14 April 2002

Last updated by Chris Craig \<wmmand@ciotog.net\>, 12 April 2006