XBALL(6x)

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version 3.1.0 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 XBALL 💖

okay bestie, welcome to xball(6x) — literally the cutest little X11 toy where balls just… bounce. on your screen. forever. and you get to control them. no cap, it's iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

xball — bounce 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 🦋

So XBall lets you do two whole things, and both of them slay:

  • create 3-d shaded balls 👑 (yes they're shaded, they're giving depth, they're gorgeous)
  • or write and run a demo that creates and manipulates those balls in various ways 🧚

and like… the documentation? it's included on-line via the Help menu, and it is not reproduced here. so if you want the full lore, open the Help menu, bestie. iykyk. 💅

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • run xball -help — fr fr, that's where the description of the command line options lives. go look, i'll wait 🫶

🎀 DEMOS 🎀

Several demo files are included with the distribution. 🌸

to run ALL the demos, run:

run_demos

periodt. that's it. that's the whole vibe.

💜 RESOURCES 💜

Most resources are available for user modification — go off, customize your life. 💖 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. slow it downnn, main character needs a moment ⏳
  • 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. 📄
  • XBall.rgbTxt — specified the file to load for the colors. the default file is /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt 🌈

🗂️ FILES 🗂️

  • /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt — X11 color names and values. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

David Nedde (daven@ivy.wpi.edu). 🌟

Packaged for the Debian project by Stephen Birch <sgbirch@imsmail.org>. 🫶

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.

okay so lowkey important: it's provided "as is" — no express or implied warranty. so if it breaks, that's not on David. 😭

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil slice of XBALL(6x) manual energy is from 1/5/93 — vintage but still serving. mwah. 💋✨

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