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NAME

   surfaces - Draws some interesting 3d parametric surfaces.

SYNOPSIS

   surfaces  [-display  host:display.screen]  [-visual  visual]  [-window]
   [-root] [-speed number]  [-rand]  [-spin]  [-wander]  [-fps]  [-surface
   surface-name]  [-random-surface]  [-dini] [-enneper] [-kuen] [-moebius]
   [-seashell]   [-swallowtail]   [-bohemian]    [-whitney]    [-pluecker]
   [-henneberg]  [-catalan]  [-corkscrew]  [-mode  display-mode] [-random-
   mode] [-points] [-lines] [-line-loops]

DESCRIPTION

   This draws one of several three dimensional parametric surfaces.

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.

   -delay number
           Per-frame  delay,  in  microseconds.   Default:   20000   (0.02
           seconds.).

   -speed number
           Number of frames before changing shape.  Default: 1000.

   -surface random (Shortcut: -random-surface)
           Display a random surface.  This is the default.

   -surface dini (Shortcut: -dini)
           Display Dini's surface.

   -surface enneper (Shortcut: -enneper)
           Display Enneper's minimal surface.

   -surface kuen (Shortcut: -kuen)
           Display the Kuen surface.

   -surface moebius (Shortcut: -moebius)
           Display the Moebius strip.

   -surface seashell (Shortcut: -seashell)
           Display the seashell surface.

   -surface swallowtail (Shortcut: -swallowtail)
           Display the swallowtail catastrophe.

   -surface bohemian (Shortcut: -bohemian)
           Display the Bohemian dome.

   -surface whitney (Shortcut: -whitney)
           Display the Whitney umbrella.

   -surface pluecker (Shortcut: -pluecker)
           Display Pluecker's conoid.

   -surface henneberg (Shortcut: -henneberg)
           Display Henneberg's minimal surface.

   -surface catalan (Shortcut: -catalan)
           Display Catalan's minimal surface.

   -surface corkscrew (Shortcut: -corkscrew)
           Display the corkscrew surface.

   -mode random (Shortcut: -random-mode)
           Use  random  OpenGL primitives to display the surface.  This is
           the default.

   -mode points (Shortcut: -points)
           Use OpenGL points to display the surface.

   -mode lines (Shortcut: -lines)
           Use OpenGL lines to display the surface.

   -mode line-loops (Shortcut: -line-loops)
           Use OpenGL line loops to display the surface.

   -wander | -no-wander
           Whether to wander around the screen.

   -spin | -no-spin
           Whether to rotate around the center of the figure.

   -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.

SEE ALSO

   X(1), xscreensaver(1)

AUTHORS

   Andrey Mirtchovski, Carsten Steger



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