FreeWRL(1)

📦 version 6.7, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ FreeWRL(1) ✨ — from the User Manuals, bestie 💖

okay so picture this: you've got a 3D world. you need a browser to see it. that's literally FreeWRL, and she's an icon, she's a legend, and she is the moment. 🦋 let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

FreeWRL — VRML/X3D browser. that's it, that's the girl. 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

here's how you slide into her DMs:

usage: freewrl [options] <VRML or X3D file|URL>

so FreeWRL can load a VRML/X3D world from a file or from an URL, no cap. she'll go fetch all the documents she needs to render the 3D scene — either on your local filesystem, or out on the web, and for the web part she uses the wget application to do it. 🧚

FreeWRL needs an OpenGL platform, periodt. on Linux (and other UNIX) she'll make use of X11/GLX, and on Mac she'll use either X11/GLX or Aqua/GL. slay.

these two are the OGs, right at the top:

  • -h|--help — this help. 💖
  • -v|--version — print version. ✨

🪟 Window options 🪟

  • -c|--fullscreen — set window fullscreen. main character energy, full screen, no distractions. 👑
  • -g|--geometry <WxH> — set window geometry (W = width, H = height). you pick the vibe, she respects it.
  • -b|--big — set window size to 800x600. lowkey classic.

🌈 General options 🌈

  • -e|--eai — enable EAI.
  • -f|--fast — set global texture size to -256 (fast). she's speedrunning. 🔥
  • -W|--linewidth <float> — set line width.
  • -Q|--nocollision — disable collision management. walking through walls, on purpose, as a treat. 💀

📸 Snapshot options 📸

  • -p|--gif — set file format to GIF (default is PNG). the default is PNG, so if you don't say anything she's giving you PNG, iykyk.
  • -n|--snapfile <string> — set output file name pattern with <string>, (use %n for iteration number). so %n is your lil counter bestie.
  • -o|--snaptmp <string> — set output directory for snap files.

🎀 Misc options 🎀

  • -V|--eaiverbose — set EAI subsystem messages. she's gonna talk, and honestly? let her. 🗣️
  • -r|--screendist <float> — set screen distance.
  • -y|--eyedist <float> — set eye distance.
  • -u|--shutter — set shutter glasses.
  • -t|--stereo <float> — set stereo parameter (angle factor).
  • -K|--keypress <string> — set immediate key pressed when ready. yes, she presses it for you the second she's ready. considerate fr fr.

🔒 Internal options 🔒

these are the behind-the-scenes ones, bestie. not really your group-chat business — they're how other software talks to her. 🙈
  • -i|--plugin <string> — called from plugin.
  • -j|--fd <number> — pipe to command the program.
  • -k|--instance <number> — instance of plugin.

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

the full documentation for FreeWRL can be accessed online at :

http://freewrl.sourceforge.net/

go read it, she wrote a whole essay. 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie. version 1.22.3, June 2009 — shoutout to the June 2009 era, the vibes were immaculate. FreeWRL out. 🫶🌸

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