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-.TH XScreenSaver 1 "20-Mar-2005 (4.21)" "X Version 11"
+.TH XScreenSaver 1 "09-Nov-2013 (5.23)" "X Version 11"
.SH NAME
xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process
.SH SYNOPSIS
element in the list is numbered 1, not 0.)
.TP 8
.B \-exit
-Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully. This is roughly the same
-as killing the process with
-.BR kill (1),
-but it is easier, since you don't need to first figure out the pid.
+Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully.
+This does nothing if the display is currently locked.
.B Warning:
never use \fIkill -9\fP with \fIxscreensaver\fP while the screensaver is
.TP 8
.B \-restart
Causes the screensaver process to exit and then restart with the same command
-line arguments as last time. Do this after you've changed the resource
-database, to cause xscreensaver to notice the changes.
-
-.B Warning:
-if you have a \fI.xscreensaver\fP file, this might not do what you
-expect. You're probably better off killing the existing
-xscreensaver (with \fIxscreensaver\-command -exit\fP) and then
-launching it again.
-
-The important point is, you need to make sure that the xscreensaver
-process is running as you. If it's not, it won't be reading the
-right \fI.xscreensaver\fP file.
+line arguments as last time. You shouldn't really need to do this,
+since xscreensaver notices when the \fI.xscreensaver\fP file has
+changed and re-reads it as needed.
.TP 8
.B \-watch
Prints a line each time the screensaver changes state: when the screen
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.EE
-Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceeding BLANK
+Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceding BLANK
(depending on whether the lock-timeout is non-zero), so the above program
keeps track of both of them.
.SH STOPPING GRAPHICS
.SH UPGRADES
The latest version of
.BR xscreensaver (1)
-and related tools can always be found at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
+and related tools can always be found at https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR X (1),
.BR xscreensaver (1),
.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1),
.BR xset (1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
-by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell
-this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without
-fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
-both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
-documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this
-software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied
-warranty.
+Copyright \(co 1992-2013 by Jamie Zawinski.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software
+and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
+provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
+both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
+supporting documentation. No representations are made about the
+suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is"
+without express or implied warranty.
.SH AUTHOR
-Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.
+Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-1992.
Please let me know if you find any bugs or make any improvements.