gomb

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GOMB - Go Mandelbrot

Gomb is a simple tool that renders the Mandelbrot fractal set in ASCII

Building

go get .
go build .

Usage

Gomb will detect the dimensions of your terminal and use the entire space to render the image. The following switches are supported:

Argument	Description
-correct_aspect	apply aspect correction
-invert	Invert palette
-iterations int	Number of iterations (default 128)
-x float	Position x
-y float	Position y
-zoom float	Zoom factor (default 1)

Examples

$ ./gomb  -zoom 0.5 -iterations 38 -invert 

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$ ./gomb  -zoom 39 -x 12 -iterations 38 -invert
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