X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fblitspin.man;h=4a221dac5c63dd84ee7589b08d4aeaf981bc0fcd;hb=c1b9b55ad8d59dc05ef55e316aebf5863e7dfa56;hp=9d8dc08e1702b1c4f3920691aaf4e4ae8af3eb75;hpb=5b7bc6e70fb439cf4c4bf771ae9f94077fe4fe08;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/blitspin.man b/hacks/blitspin.man index 9d8dc08e..4a221dac 100644 --- a/hacks/blitspin.man +++ b/hacks/blitspin.man @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ blitspin - rotate a bitmap in an interesting way .SH SYNOPSIS .B blitspin -[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-bitmap \fIfilename\fP] [\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-delay2 \fIusecs\fP] +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] +[\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] +[\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] [\-bitmap \fIfilename\fP] +[\-delay \fIusecs\fP] [\-delay2 \fIusecs\fP] [\-duration \fIsecs\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION The \fIblitspin\fP program repeatedly rotates a bitmap by 90 degrees by using logical operations: the bitmap is divided into quadrants, and the @@ -46,53 +49,40 @@ name is not a fully-qualified pathname. .TP 8 .B \-grab\-screen If this option is specified, then the image which is spun will be grabbed -from the portion of the screen underlying the blitspin window. (Or, it -may come from an external video source: see below.) -.PP +from the portion of the screen underlying the blitspin window, or from +the system's video input, or from a random file on disk, as indicated by +the \fIgrabDesktopImages\fP, \fIgrabVideoFrames\fP, +and \fIchooseRandomImages\fP options in the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP file; +see +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1) +for more details. .TP 8 .B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP How long to delay between steps of the rotation process, in microseconds. Default is 500000, one-half second. -.PP +.TP 8 +.B \-duration \fIseconds\fP +How long to run before loading a new image. Default 120 seconds. .TP 8 .B \-delay2 \fImicroseconds\fP How long to delay between each 90-degree rotation, in microseconds. Default is 500000, one-half second. .B DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. -.SH RESOURCES -On some systems (currently, only SGIs), this program can, instead of grabbing -a desktop image, grab a frame of video from an external camera and manipulate -that instead. The following resources control that. -.PP -.TP 8 -.B grabVideoProbability \fR(Float)\fP -What portion of the time to grab video rather than a screen image, -between 0.0 and 1.0. Defaults to 0.5, or half the time. -.TP 8 -.B videoDevice \fR(Integer)\fP -The number of the default video input device to check first. If unspecified, -the default camera (from videopanel(1)) will be checked first. After that, all -other available video input devices will be checked in order. - -The first one which produces a non-black image will be used. If all images -are black, the others will be re-checked a few times before giving up and -falling back to simply grabbing a desktop image (but note that this takes a -few seconds, so if you don't actually have any video sources hooked up, you -should consider turning off video grabbing by setting -\fBgrabVideoProbability\fP to 0.0.) .TP 8 -.B videoGain \fR(Float)\fP -The amount by which to brighten the grabbed image. This defaults to 2.2. +.B \-fps +Display the current frame rate and CPU load. .SH ENVIRONMENT .B XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. .SH SEE ALSO .BR X (1), -.BR xscreensaver (1) +.BR xscreensaver (1), +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1), +.BR xscreensaver-getimage (1) .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997 by Jamie Zawinski. +Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001 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 @@ -100,7 +90,7 @@ 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 , 17-aug-92. +Jamie Zawinski , 17-aug-92. Based on SmallTalk code which appeared in the August 1981 issue of Byte magazine.