xdbedizzy(1)

xdbedizzy1

Demo of dbe creating a double buffered spinning scene

Usage

xdbedizzy [-display host:dpy] [-delta dlt] [-class visclass] [-depth visdepth] [-visid visualid] [-list] [-nodb] [-help] [-speed number] [-sync] [-spokes n] [-verbose]

xdbedizzy [-print] [-printer printername] [-printfile file] [-delta dlt] [-class visclass] [-depth visdepth] [-visid visualid] [-list] [-nodb] [-help] [-sync] [-spokes n] [-verbose]

Overview

xdbedizzy is a demo of DBE creating a double buffered spinning scene.

Options

-display host:dpy

This option specifies the X server to contact.

-print

Switches to printer output (default is video output). If no other printer arguments are given the default printer is being used.

-printer printername

This option specifies the Xprint printer to contact.

-printfile filename

Redirects the PDL (Printer Desktoption Language, usually Postscript, PDF, PCL, etc.) stream to the specified file.

-numpages count

Number of pages to print. Default is 5.

-delta dlt

Delta value used to rotate the scene for each frame (video output) or page (printer output).

-class visclass

Name of visual to choose. Valid values are TrueColor, DirectColor, PseudoColor, StaticColor, Grayscale, StaticGray

-depth depth

Depth of visual to use.

-visid visualid

Visual ID to use (ignore -class, -depth).

-list

List double buffer capable visuals.

-nodb

Single buffer (ignore -class, -depth, -visid).

-help

Prints usage and exists.

-speed value

Defines the time to delay between frames as delay=2sec/speed. Default value is 20. This option is ignored in print mode.

-sync

Use synchronous X connection.

-spokes value

Specify number of spokes to draw. The default value is 12.

-verbose

Print verbose output.

Environment

DISPLAY

DISPLAY must be set to get the default host and display to use.

XPSERVERLIST

XPSERVERLIST must be set for the -printer option identifying the available Xprint servers. See Xprint(7) for more details.

Author

Mark Kilgard

Allen Leinwand

Roland Mainz

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