DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
interaggregate6
Visualize the momentary and aggregate intersections between slowly moving circles.
Usage
interaggregate [--display
host:display.screen]
[--visual
visual]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--foreground
color]
[--background
color]
[--num-circles
disc
count]
[--growth-delay
delayms]
[--max-cycles
maxr]
[--percent-orbits
percent]
[--base-orbits
percent]
[--base-on-center]
[--draw-centers]
[--fps]
Overview
The Intersection Aggregate is a fun visualization defining the relationships between objects with Casey Reas, William Ngan, and Robert Hodgin. Commissioned for display at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
A surface filled with 100 medium to small sized circles. Each circle has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate. Display:
A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles.
B. The aggregate intersections of the circles.
Options
interaggregate accepts the following options:
- --num-circles disc count (Default: 100)
-
Number of slowly moving and growing discs to use. The more discs, the more CPU power.
- --growth-delay delayms (Default: 18000)
-
Delay in ms between drawing cycles. More delay, slower (but smoother and less CPU intensive.) art.
-
--fps -
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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--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.
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--window -
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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--root -
Draw on the root window.
-
--window-id number -
Draw on the specified window.
Environment
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XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
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XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW -
The window ID to use with --root.