1 ROCKS Animation of flying through an asteroid field SYNOPSIS $ rocks [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-count integer] [-delay usecs] [-speed integer] [-norotate] 2 DESCRIPTION The rocks program draws an animation of an asteroid field moving past the observer (or vice versa). Sometimes the observer picks up spin on Z axis. 2 OPTIONS rocks accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -count integer Maximum number of rocks to draw on the screen at once. Default 100. -speed integer A measure of the speed with which the observer and the rocks pass each other, from 1 to 100. Default 100, meaning ``very fast.'' If you're on a slow display connection (the animation looks jerky) then try making this number smaller, and/or decreasing the number of rocks. -delay microseconds Number of microseconds to delay between each frame. Default 50000, meaning about 1/20th second. Compare and contrast with -speed, above. -norotate Don't rotate the observer; just fly straight through the field. 2 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. 2 BUGS There should be an option to display doppler shift (a gravity rainbow.) Speed of rotation should be settable. Default speed of rotation should be relative to forward velocity. 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright (co 1992 by 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. 2 AUTHOR Based on Lisp Machine code copyright 1988 John Nguyen . Ported to C and X by Jamie Zawinski , 13-aug-92.