X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fapple2.man;h=b0d6d5cbf63242901f89f4ea500dd90e986e0eec;hb=c1b9b55ad8d59dc05ef55e316aebf5863e7dfa56;hp=97652696a9d7b4b4b40cf0113482046bed194071;hpb=9c9d475ff889ed8be02e8ce8c17da28b93278fca;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/apple2.man b/hacks/apple2.man index 97652696..b0d6d5cb 100644 --- a/hacks/apple2.man +++ b/hacks/apple2.man @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ apple2 - Apple ][ display emulator [\-program \fIcommand to run\fP] [\-basic] [\-slideshow] [\-text] [\-meta] [\-esc] [\-bs] [\-del] [\-fast] +[\-fps] .SH DESCRIPTION The .I apple2 @@ -40,8 +41,10 @@ you configured into XScreenSaver and displays them within the limitations of the Apple ][ display hardware. With only 6 available colors, you can only make out the general shape of the pictures. -In text mode it displays the output of a command (by default your -system's fortune program, but can be overridden with \fI\-program\fP). +In text mode it displays the output of a command or the contents of +a file or URL (via the default +.BR xscreensaver-text (1) +program, which can be overridden with \fI\-program\fP). In text mode, it is also a fully functional (if anachronistic) vt100 terminal emulator. @@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ option may be any string acceptable to /bin/sh. The program will be run at the end of a pipe, and any characters that it prints to \fIstdout\fP will be printed on the Apple ][ display. If the program exits, it will be launched again after 3 seconds. Default: -.BR fortune (1). +.BR xscreensaver-text (1). In text mode, \fIapple2\fP emulates a vt100 terminal running on a 40x24 uppercase-only screen. @@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ apple2 -text \\ -program 'cat /usr/src/linux*/README | fold -sw40' apple2 -text -program 'ping apple.com' apple2 -text -program 'ps -e' -apple2 -text -program 'od -txCz -w7 /dev/random' +apple2 -text -program 'od -txCz -w7 /dev/urandom' apple2 -text -program 'cat /dev/random' apple2 -text -fast -program 'xemacs -nw -q -f life' apple2 -text -fast \\ @@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ and .BR gnome-terminal (1) terminal emulators: .EX -apple2 -fast -program tcsh +apple2 -text -fast -program tcsh .EE .TP 8 .B \-pty @@ -132,6 +135,9 @@ Normally, characters are printed at the speed of an original Apple][ computer; however, when using this program as a terminal emulator, the novelty of those 300 baud characters might wear off. You can use the \fI\-fast\fP option to speed things up a bit. +.TP 8 +.B \-fps +Display the current frame rate and CPU load. .SH TERMINAL EMULATION By default, \fIapple2\fP allocates a pseudo-tty for the \fI\-text\fP-mode sub-process to run under. This has the desirable side effect that the @@ -173,13 +179,14 @@ Apple ][ and Applesoft are trademarks of Apple Computer. .SH SEE ALSO .BR xscreensaver (1), -.BR bsod (1), +.BR bsod (MANSUFFIX), +.BR xscreensaver-text (1), .BR fortune (1), -.BR phosphor (1), -.BR starwars (1), -.BR ljlatest (1), +.BR phosphor (MANSUFFIX), +.BR starwars (MANSUFFIX), +.BR ljlatest (MANSUFFIX), .BR dadadodo (1), -.BR webcollage (1), +.BR webcollage (MANSUFFIX), .BR driftnet (1) .BR EtherPEG , .BR EtherPeek ,