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An fast realtime interactive fractal zoomer

Table of Contents

1. Overview

1.1 Why yet another fractal generator?
1.2 What does this software do then ?
1.3 How this all started

2. User's guide

2.1 XaoS's file format description?

2.1.1 Control functions:
2.1.2 Timming functions:
2.1.3 Fractal context functions:
2.1.4 Viewport functions:
2.1.5 Fast julia mode functions:
2.1.6 User interface functions:
2.1.7 Palette functions
2.1.8 Text output functions
2.1.9 XaoS galerry

3. Hacker's guide

3.1 Driver API description

3.1.1 Functions
3.1.2 Other information
3.1.3 Registering driver

3.2 XaoS thread library
3.3 Filters

3.3.1 Creating / destroing of instance
3.3.2 Initialization
3.3.3 Caluclation
3.3.4 Conversion
3.3.5 Removing of filter
3.3.6 Registering of filter

3.4 Algorithm description

3.4.1 Saving Previous Pixels
3.4.2 Approximation Algorithm
3.4.3 Moving Pixels to New Positions
3.4.4 Calculating New Pixels
3.4.5 Symmetry
3.4.6 Calculation of the Mandelbrot Set
3.4.7 Dynamic Resolution
3.4.8 Autopilot
3.4.9 SMP support

3.5 The timer library

3.5.1 What is what
3.5.2 Time functions
3.5.3 Group functions
3.5.4 Timer functions
3.5.5 Example main loop