man fieldlines (Commandes) - simulation of the electric field lines between charged particles.

NAME

fieldlines - simulation of the electric field lines between charged particles.

SYNOPSIS

fieldlines [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--nice/-n] [--ions/-i number] [--stepsize/-s number] [--maxsteps/-m number] [--width/-w number] [--speed/-S number] [--constwidth/-c] [--no-constwidth/-C] [--electric/-e] [--no-electric/-E]

DESCRIPTION

From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.demonews.com): "This is a simulation of the electric field lines between charged particles. Physics never looked so good."

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

--root
Draw on the root window.
--maxfps number
Set maximum frame rate.
--nice
Idle between frames using select(), or, if --maxfps is specified, idle in the fps limiting delay loop.
--ions number
Number of ions. 1 - 100. Default: 4
--stepsize number
Step length along lines. 1 - 100. Default: 15
--maxsteps number
Max number of steps. 1 - 1000. Default: 100
--width number
Line width. 1 - 100. Default: 30
--speed number
Speed. 1 - 100. Default: 10
--constwidth
Constant line width. Default: False
--electric
Electric. Default: False

ENVIRONMENT

DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.

SEE ALSO

X(1),

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 by Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali.

Fieldlines is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Fieldlines is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

AUTHOR

Terry Walsh and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com>