From 004edcbf9babe16297ca24ba9df71ca8ae91370a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Taylor Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:47:39 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Collection of minor updates to WolframAutomata README. --- hacks/WolframAutomata/README.md | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/hacks/WolframAutomata/README.md b/hacks/WolframAutomata/README.md index d6e309f..026b9cf 100644 --- a/hacks/WolframAutomata/README.md +++ b/hacks/WolframAutomata/README.md @@ -35,15 +35,11 @@ uses `-cell-size 2` and seeds the simulation with only a single active cell. ![Rule 73 Animated Screenshot](/screensavers/.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/hacks/WolframAutomata/screenshot_rule_73.gif) In situations where true randomness would lead to visually unappealing -displays, this program provides random selection from curated lists. For +displays, this program provides random selection from curated lists. As one example, to avoid randomly selecting visually indistinguishable colors like `dark red` and `brown` to depict on/off cells, the program includes a pre-selected list of color pairs that complement each other and chooses -randomly from this list when the `-random-color` flag is passed. Similarly, to -avoid the visually uninteresting rules like rule 0, a rule which simply turns -every cell off and keeps it off, the program includes a list of rulesets and -starting seeds which are visually appealing, selecting randomly from this list -when the `-random-rule` flag is passed. +randomly from this list. Status @@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ Note that the names provided as comments in `color_list[]` are X11 color names. CLI: Admiration --------------- -When the simulation reaches its end as determined by flags like `-length N`, it +When the simulation reaches its end as determined by flags like `-length N` it will pause for a period of time, allowing the viewer to examine it without interference from scrolling. By default, this 'admiration window' is five seconds long. @@ -219,8 +215,8 @@ pertinent config files are created by running `xscreensaver-demo` and configuring it for your system. After XScreensaver is configured and working on your system, ensure that -WolframAutomata runs in standalone mode on your system. If you can `make clean -run` in the `screensavers/hacks/WolframAutomata/` folder and see the hack's +WolframAutomata runs in standalone mode on your system. If you can `make clean run` +in the `screensavers/hacks/WolframAutomata/` folder and see the hack's visual output, you're ready to move on. At this point, copy the hack into your XScreensaver hack directory. For @@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ example, on FreeBSD: TODO: Finish writing this file after the command line options are finalized. -The final step integrates WolframAutomata into an individual users's +The final step integrates WolframAutomata into an individual user's XScreensaver framework. If preferred, it could instead be done in the global XScreensaver config. -- 2.20.1