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NAME

       cyclone - tornado screen saver.

SYNOPSIS

       cyclone [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M
       number]  [--cyclones/-c  number]  [--particles/-p  number]   [--size/-i
       number]  [--complexity/-C  number]  [--speed/-e  number] [--stretch/-s]
       [--no-stretch/-S] [--showcurves/-v] [--no-showcurves/-V]

DESCRIPTION

       From Terry Walsh (http://reallyslick.com):  "This  screen  saver  makes
       tornadoes  on your screen. I wrote it for my storm chasing partner, but
       you can have it too."

       Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

OPTIONS

       --root  Draw on the root window.

       --maxfps number
               Set maximum frame rate.

       --vsync number
               Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes.   0  -
               100.  Default: 1

       --dpms number
               Stop  rendering  new  frames  if the display is not on.  0 - 1.
               Default: 1

       --cyclones number
               Number of cyclones.  1 - 10.  Default: 1

       --particles number
               Particles per cyclone.  1 - 10000.  Default: 200

       --size number
               Particle size.  1 - 100.  Default: 7

       --complexity number
               Cyclone complexity.  1 - 10.  Default: 3

       --speed number
               Speed.  1 - 100.  Default: 10

       --stretch
               Stretch.  Default: True

       --showcurves
               Show Curves.  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.

       Cyclone 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.

       Cyclone 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>