glmatrix(6x)

NAME
glmatrix - simulates the title sequence effect of the movie

SYNOPSIS
glmatrix [--display host:display.screen] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--install] [--visual visual] [--delay usecs] [--speed ratio] [--density pct] [--no-fog] [--no-waves] [--no-rotate] [--binary] [--hexadecimal] [--dna] [--clock] [--timefmt fmt] [--wireframe] [--fps]

DESCRIPTION
The glmatrix program draws the 3D "digital rain" effect, as seen in the title sequence of the Wachowski brothers' film, "The Matrix".

Also see xmatrix(6x) for a 2D rendering of the similar effect that appeared on the computer monitors actually in the movie.

OPTIONS
glmatrix accepts the following options:

--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.

--install
    Install a private colormap for the window.

--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.

--delay usecs
    The delay between frames of the animation, in microseconds: default 30000.

--speed ratio
    How fast the glyphs should move; default 1.0. 2.0 means twice as fast, 0.5 means half as fast.

--density percentage
    The approximate percentage of the screen that should be filled with characters at any given time. Default 20%.

--no-fog
    By default, glyphs are dimmer the farther away they are. This argument disables that.

--no-waves
    By default, waves of color roll down the columns of glyphs. This argument disables that.

--no-rotate
    By default, the scene slowly tilts and rotates. This argument disables that.

--binary
    Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, only display ones and zeros.

--hexadecimal
    Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display hexadecimal digits.

--dna
    Instead of displaying Matrix glyphs, display genetic code (guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine.)

--clock
    Hide a clock displaying the current time somewhere in the glyphs.

--timefmt strftime-string
    How to format the clock when --clock is specified. Default " %l%M%p ".

--speed ratio
    Less than 1 for slower, greater than 1 for faster. Default 1.

--wireframe
    Just draw boxes instead of textured characters.

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

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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
    The window ID to use with --root.

SEE ALSO
xmatrix(6x), X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1999-2003 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.

AUTHOR
Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 8-Jun-2003.