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[xscreensaver] / driver / xscreensaver-command.man

diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver-command.man b/driver/xscreensaver-command.man
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--- a/driver/xscreensaver-command.man
+++ b/driver/xscreensaver-command.man
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .if n .sp 1
 .if t .sp .5
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-.TH XScreenSaver 1 "04-Jan-99 (3.07)" "X Version 11"
+.TH XScreenSaver 1 "10-May-99 (3.12)" "X Version 11"
 .SH NAME
 xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process
 [\-exit] \
 [\-restart] \
 [\-lock] \
+[\-throttle] \
+[\-unthrottle] \
 [\-version] \
 [\-time]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -133,6 +135,21 @@ running as you.  See
 .BR xscreensaver (1)
 for details.
 .TP 8
+.B \-throttle
+Temporarily switch to ``blank screen'' mode, and don't run any display modes
+at all, until the screensaver is next de-activated.  This is useful if you're
+using a machine remotely, and you find that some display modes are using too
+much CPU.  
+
+(If you want to do this \fIpermanently\fP, that is, you want the screen saver
+to only blank the screen and not run demos at all, then set the \fIprograms\fP
+resource to an empty list:  See
+.BR xscreensaver (1)
+for details.)
+.TP 8
+.B \-unthrottle
+Turn `-throttle' mode off and resume normal behavior.
+.TP 8
 .B \-version
 Prints the version of xscreensaver that is currently running on the display:
 that is, the actual version number of the running xscreensaver background 
@@ -186,7 +203,7 @@ and related tools can always be found at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
 .BR xscreensaver (1)
 .BR xscreensaver\-demo (1)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998
+Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999
 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