XBALL(6) XBALL(6) 1/5/93 NAME xball - bounce colored balls on the screen SYNOPSIS xball [ -help -delay delay -gravity percent-gravity -elasticity percent-elasticity -itemWidth ball-width -itemHeight ball-height -collide -perpetual -haltSim -demoFile demo-file -rgbTxt rgb.txt-file ] [XToolkit options] DESCRIPTION XBall allows the user to create colored, 3-d shaded balls, or to write and run demo which create and manipulate the balls in various ways. Documentation is included on-line via the Help menu and is not reproduced here. OPTIONS Run xball -help for a decription of the command line options DEMOS Several demo files are included with the distribution. To run all the demos, run 'run_demos'. RESOURCES Most resources are avaliable for user modification. See the XBall app-defaults file for a complete listing of widgets, Following is a list of the most useful resources: XBall*canvas.width, height The default width and height of the window in which balls bounce in. XBall.delay The amount to slow the simulation, in case the computer is too fast. A reasonable range is 0 to 200. XBall.itemWidth, itemHeight The default width and height of the balls. XBall.collide If true, balls are colliding on startup. XBall.perpetual If true, balls are perpetual on startup. XBall.haltSim If true, simulation is halted on startup. XBall.demoFile Specified the file to run as a demo on startup. - 1 - Formatted: April 23, 2024 XBALL(6) XBALL(6) 1/5/93 XBall.rgbTxt Specified the file to load for the colors. The default file is /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/rgb.txt FILES /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt X11 color names and values. AUTHOR David Nedde (daven@ivy.wpi.edu). COPYRIGHT Copyright 1991, 1993 David Nedde. Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. - 2 - Formatted: April 23, 2024