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glplanet [--display host:display.screen] [--visual visual] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number] [--delay number] [--image file] [--image2 file] [--mode string] [--resolution number] [--wireframe] [--fps]

Draws a planet bouncing around in space.  The built-in images are day and night maps of the Earth, but you can wrap any Equirectangular-projected map onto the sphere, e.g., the planetary textures included  with ssystem.

--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.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified window.

--delay number

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

--image file

The day texture map to wrap around the planet's surface.

--image2 file

The night texture map to wrap around the planet's surface. The two will be blended together at the dusk terminator.

--mode globe

All is right with the world.

--mode equirectangular

Wat.

--mode mercator

Good day, Sir. I said GOOD DAY.

--resolution

The resolution of the planetary mesh. Default: 128.

--wireframe

Render in wireframe instead of solid.

--fps

Display the current frame rate, CPU load, and polygon count.

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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

X(1), xscreensaver(1) dymaxionmap(6x) ssystem(1)

Copyright © 2002-2018 by David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

David Konerding and Jamie Zawinski.