DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
pong6x
Pong home video game emulator
Usage
pong [--display
host:display.screen]
[--foreground
color]
[--background
color]
[--window]
[--root]
[--window-id
number]
[--mono]
[--install]
[--visual
visual]
[--clock
float]
[--noise]
[--fps]
Overview
The pong program simulates an ancient Pong home video game, as well as various artifacts from displaying it on a color TV set.
Options
pong accepts the following options:
-
--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.
-
--mono -
If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display.
-
--install -
Install a private colormap for the window.
-
--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.
-
--clock -
The score of the game will be the current time.
-
--noise float -
How noisy the video signal should be (between 0.0 and 4.0 or so).
-
--fps -
Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
- (-p1 | --p2) mode
-
Set a player to either ai, mouse, tablet, kbleft (for W and S), or kbright (or just kb, for arrow keys).
Environment
-
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.
X resources
Notable X resources supported include the following which correspond to standard TV controls: analogTVTint, analogTVColor, analogTVBrightness, and analogTVContrast. They range from 0 to 100, except for tint which is an angle between -180 and +180.
Trademarks
Pong may be a trademark.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.
--clock since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--fps since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--install since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--mono since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--noise since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--root since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--visual since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--window-id since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-clock until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-fps until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-install until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-mono until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-noise until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-root until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-visual until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-window until Debian 11 (Bullseye).