X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=driver%2FXScreenSaver.ad.in;h=6e02a53261b2f7df70f119c0fa9114dcd4a824b0;hb=5b7bc6e70fb439cf4c4bf771ae9f94077fe4fe08;hp=67923746973a45a88904f17e461e7fda8538e0cf;hpb=186b0b9f1638444c650c9273df38085e0db71e4a;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/driver/XScreenSaver.ad.in b/driver/XScreenSaver.ad.in index 67923746..6e02a532 100644 --- a/driver/XScreenSaver.ad.in +++ b/driver/XScreenSaver.ad.in @@ -1,4 +1,11 @@ -! app-defaults file for XScreenSaver by Jamie Zawinski. +! +! XScreenSaver +! +! a screen saver and locker for the X window system +! by Jamie Zawinski +! +! version 2.14 +! ! See "man xscreensaver" for more info. The latest version is always ! available at http://people.netscape.com/jwz/xscreensaver/ @@ -51,9 +58,12 @@ ! metacharacters are used, they must be understandable to `sh', not `csh' ! (the $SHELL variable is not consulted, for unfortunate but good reasons.) ! -*programs: qix -root \n\ - qix -root -solid -delay 0 -segments 100 \n\ - qix -root -linear -count 10 -size 100 -segments 200 \n\ +! Be sure to check out Demo Mode: run the command `xscreensaver-command -demo' +! and it will cause the running XScreenSaver program to pop up a dialog box +! that lets you try out the following programs interactively. See the man +! pages for details. +! +*programs: qix -root -solid -delay 0 -segments 100 \n\ attraction -root -mode balls \n\ attraction -root -mode lines -points 3 -segments 200 \n\ attraction -root -mode splines -segments 300 \n\ @@ -69,6 +79,9 @@ imsmap -root \n\ slidescreen -root \n\ decayscreen -root \n\ + puzzle -root \n\ + blitspin -root -grab \n\ + slip -root \n\ hypercube -root \n\ halo -root \n\ maze -root \n\ @@ -77,10 +90,8 @@ lmorph -root \n\ deco -root \n\ moire -root \n\ - kaleidescope -root \n\ lightning -root \n\ strange -root \n\ - fract -root \n\ spiral -root \n\ laser -root \n\ grav -root \n\ @@ -92,19 +103,28 @@ sierpinski -root \n\ braid -root \n\ galaxy -root \n\ - slip -root \n\ bouboule -root \n\ swirl -root \n\ flag -root \n\ sphere -root \n\ forest -root \n\ lisa -root \n\ + lissie -root \n\ goop -root \n\ starfish -root \n\ starfish -root -blob \n\ munch -root \n\ fadeplot -root \n\ coral -root \n\ + mountain -root \n\ + triangle -root \n\ + worm -root \n\ + rotor -root \n\ + ant -root \n\ + vines -root \n\ + kaleidescope -root \n\ + xjack -root \n\ + xlyap -root -random \n\ \ mono: rocks -root \n\ color: rocks -root -fg darksalmon \n\ @@ -134,13 +154,27 @@ ! A few of the hacks require OpenGL, and will only be built if you have it. -! Note that those hacks (gears, superquadratics, escher, pipes, and -! sproingies) will work best on a visual *half* as deep as the depth of the -! screen, since that way they can do double-buffering -- on an SGI, you -! should specify the 12-bit TrueColor visual (probably 0x29) instead of -! letting XScreenSaver pick the visual itself (specifying "TrueColor" would -! select the 24-bit TrueColor visual, and double-buffering wouldn't be used, -! resulting in flicker.) +! If your vendor doesn't provide real OpenGL, you might want to consider +! building MesaGL, which is a free implementation -- GL is way cool. +! +! Note that those hacks (gears, superquadratics, morph3d, escher, pipes, +! sproingies, and rubik) tend to work best on a visual *half* as deep as the +! depth of the screen, since that way, they can do double-buffering -- try it +! and see, but you will probably find that you should specify the deepest +! visual that is half as deep as the screen. +! +! For example, on a screen that supports both 24-bit TrueColor and 12-bit +! PseudoColor, the 12-bit visual will probably work best (this is true of +! base-model SGI Indys: the 0x29 visual is the one you want.) Oddly, on SGI +! O2s, (machines that have serious hardware support for GL) the 12-bit +! PseudoColor visual looks awful (you get a black and white, flickery image.) +! On these machines, the visual you want turns out to be 0x31 -- this is but +! one of the eight 15-bit TrueColor visuals (yes, 8, and yes, 15) that O2s +! provide. This is the only visual that works properly -- as far as xdpyinfo +! is concerned, all of the 15-bit TrueColor visuals are identical, but some +! flicker like mad, and some have deeply weird artifacts (hidden surfaces +! show through!) I suppose these other visuals must be tied to some arcane +! hardware feature... Your mileage, therefore, may vary dramatically. ! ! Some other programs that you might want to track down (these work as ! XScreenSaver helpers, but are not distributed with it): @@ -151,7 +185,7 @@ ! xbouncebits ... \n\ ! ico -r -faces -sleep 1 -obj ico \n\ ! xsplinefun \n\ -! kaleid -root \n\ +! xmountains -b -M \n\ ! color: xfishtank -c black -d -r 2 \n\ ! ! xtacy is ok, but it only works on the default visual. We can satisfy @@ -162,40 +196,60 @@ ! default: xtacy -root -delay 100 -mixer \n\ ! default: xtacy -root -delay 100 -taffy -pal 4 \n\ ! -! To display a slideshow of images, you can do something like this: +! To display a randomized slideshow of images, you can do something like this: ! -! default: xv -root -rmode 5 image-1.gif -quit -! default: xv -root -rmode 5 image-2.gif -quit -! default: xv -root -rmode 5 image-3.gif -quit +! default-n: xv -root -rmode 5 image-1.gif -quit +! default-n: xv -root -rmode 5 image-2.gif -quit +! default-n: xv -root -rmode 5 image-3.gif -quit ! ...and so on... ! -! however, for this to work, you must also have started the screensaver so -! that it uses the default colormap (the "-no-install" command-line option, or -! the "installColormap: False" resource) because when XV is running in "-root" -! mode, it always assumes that the default colormap is being used, rather than -! examining the window it is drawing on to see what colormap it has. (It -! also assumes the default visual, but we've taken care of that above.) +! Note that we've used "default-n" as the visual name, rather than just +! "default": this means "default visual, no install", that is, it's like +! specifying the command-line arguments "-visual default -no-install". +! This is necessary because, when XV is running in "-root" mode, it always +! assumes that the default visual and colormap are being used, rather than +! examining the window it is drawing on to see what visual and colormap it +! has. If we didn't force the default visual to be used, xv would get an +! X error. If we didn't force the default colormap to be installed, the +! colors would be all wrong. "default-i" may also be used as a visual name +! (meaning, "-visual default -install") but you probably won't ever need +! to use that. +! +! XEarth is nice, too: +! +! default-n: xearth -nostars -wait 0 -timewarp 400 -pos sunrel/38/-30 +! ! -! Some SGI GL programs work with XScreenSaver; most don't. +! Some of the GL demos that SGI ships work with XScreenSaver; most don't. +! XScreenSaver includes a program (not built or installed by default) +! called "xscreensaver-sgigl". To use the SGI demos with XScreenSaver, +! build that program, and use it to launch the SGI demos. For example, +! on Irix 6.2, you can do this: ! -! Bongo works fine: +! xscreensaver-sgigl /usr/demos/bin/ep -S +! xscreensaver-sgigl /usr/demos/bin/bongo +! xscreensaver-sgigl /usr/demos/bin/atlantis ! -! /usr/demos/bin/bongo -wbongo +! On Irix 6.3, things have moved, so you need to do it like this: ! -! ElectroPaint sort-of works; XScreenSaver will launch it, and it will run -! properly, but when it's time to turn off the screensaver, you need to hit -! the Escape key, rather than just moving the mouse. Apparently GL programs -! are able to intercept the keyboard even when X has the keyboard grabbed! +! xscreensaver-sgigl /usr/sbin/ep -S ! -! /usr/demos/bin/ep +! You can also use the "ant" demo, but first you need to wrap a shell script +! around it that cds to its home directory, so that it can find its files; +! and also pass it the -S argument, to prevent it from forking. The "atlantis" +! hack *almost* works; but since it doesn't have an option to prevent it from +! forking, xscreensaver is unable to kill it, so when you come in the next +! morning, you'll find dozens of "atlantis" processes still running. ! -! None of the other SGI GL demos I've tried worked, because none of them seem -! to have command-line options that will make them take up the whole screen; -! so all you get is a miniscule 100x100 image, which is worthless. This is a -! shame, since many of those demos would make fine screensavers. ! -! If anyone who understands how "haven" works would like to send me the code -! necessary to do what it does, I would be much obliged. +! Also, since these actually end up mapping their own windows instead of +! drawing on the XScreenSaver-provided root, when they are being run from +! demo-mode, you can't pop up the demo-mode dialog just by clicking the +! mouse: you must first type ESC to make the SGI programs exit. This sucks. +! Things should work properly when they are being run by xscreensaver in +! non-demo-mode, however. +! +! Basically, the SGI demo writers went out of their way to make my life hell. @@ -273,6 +327,14 @@ *passwdLabel3.alignment: ALIGNMENT_BEGINNING *rogerLabel.width: 150 +! Disable Motif drag-and-drop in dialog boxes. This is kind of pathetic, but +! in some older versions of Motif, most any attempt to drag cause immediate +! flaming death from above. This *should* rip the legs off that bug. +! +XScreenSaver*dragInitiatorProtocolStyle: DRAG_NONE +XScreenSaver*dragReceiverProtocolStyle: DRAG_NONE + + ! Resources for the dialog boxes using the abominable Athena widgets: !