This hack draws 2D metaballs to the screen by calculating the sum of the colors of all metaballs covering a pixel.
Ported from the demo effects collection (http://demo-effects.sourceforge.net)
OPTIONS
-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.
-window
Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
-root
Draw on the root window.
-ncolors number
Number of Colors. Default: 256.
-count number
Number of MetaBalls.2 - 255. Default: 10.
-delay number
Per-frame delay, in microseconds. Default: 5000 (0.005 seconds.).
-cycles number
Duration. 100 - 3000. Default: 1000.
-radius number
MetaBall Radius. 2 - 100. Default: 100.
-delta number
MetaBall Movement. 1 - 20. Default: 3.
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.