X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fapple2.man;h=b464e43d59f158287da086264b14ca5b4ed4f407;hb=447db08c956099b3b183886729108bf5b364c4b8;hp=97652696a9d7b4b4b40cf0113482046bed194071;hpb=9c9d475ff889ed8be02e8ce8c17da28b93278fca;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/apple2.man b/hacks/apple2.man index 97652696..b464e43d 100644 --- a/hacks/apple2.man +++ b/hacks/apple2.man @@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ 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 +82,7 @@ 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 +93,7 @@ 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 +105,7 @@ and .BR gnome-terminal (1) terminal emulators: .EX -apple2 -fast -program tcsh +apple2 -text -fast -program tcsh .EE .TP 8 .B \-pty @@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ Apple ][ and Applesoft are trademarks of Apple Computer. .SH SEE ALSO .BR xscreensaver (1), .BR bsod (1), +.BR xscreensaver-text (1), .BR fortune (1), .BR phosphor (1), .BR starwars (1),