From http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.15.tar.gz

[xscreensaver] / driver / xscreensaver-demo.man

diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver-demo.man b/driver/xscreensaver-demo.man
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--- a/driver/xscreensaver-demo.man
+++ b/driver/xscreensaver-demo.man
@@ -81,36 +81,36 @@ This page contains a list of the names of the various display modes, a
 preview area, and some fields that let you configure screen saver behavior.
 .TP 4
 .B Mode
 preview area, and some fields that let you configure screen saver behavior.
 .TP 4
 .B Mode

-This option menu controls the behavior of the screen saver.  The options are:
-.RS 8
-.TP 8
+This option menu controls the activation behavior of the screen saver.
+The options are:
+.RS 4
+.TP 4

 .B Disable Screen Saver
 Don't ever blank the screen, and don't ever allow the monitor to power down.
 .B Disable Screen Saver
 Don't ever blank the screen, and don't ever allow the monitor to power down.

-.TP 8
+.TP 4

 .B Blank Screen Only
 .B Blank Screen Only

-When blanking the screen, just go black: don't run any graphics hacks.
-.TP 8
+When blanking the screen, just go black: don't run any graphics.
+.TP 4

 .B Only One Screen Saver
 When blanking the screen, only ever use one particular display mode (the
 one selected in the list.)
 .B Only One Screen Saver
 When blanking the screen, only ever use one particular display mode (the
 one selected in the list.)

-.TP 8
+.TP 4

 .B Random Screen Saver
 When blanking the screen, select a random display mode from among those
 .B Random Screen Saver
 When blanking the screen, select a random display mode from among those

-that are enabled and applicable.  This is the default.
-.TP 8
+that are enabled and applicable.  If there are multiple monitors
+connected, run a different display mode on each one.  This is the default.
+.TP 4

 .B Random Same Saver
 .B Random Same Saver

-This option only appears if you have multiple monitors.

 This is just like \fBRandom Screen Saver\fP, except that the \fIsame\fP
 This is just like \fBRandom Screen Saver\fP, except that the \fIsame\fP

-randomly-chosen display mode will be run on all monitors, instead of a
-different one being run on each.
+randomly-chosen display mode will be run on all monitors, instead of
+different ones on each.

 .RE
 .TP 4
 .B Demo List
 Double-clicking in the list on the left will let you try out the indicated
 demo.  The screen will go black, and the program will run in full-screen
 mode, just as it would if the \fIxscreensaver\fP daemon had launched it.
 .RE
 .TP 4
 .B Demo List
 Double-clicking in the list on the left will let you try out the indicated
 demo.  The screen will go black, and the program will run in full-screen
 mode, just as it would if the \fIxscreensaver\fP daemon had launched it.

-Clicking the mouse again will stop the demo and un-blank the screen, making
-the dialog box visible again.
+Clicking the mouse again will stop the demo and un-blank the screen.

 
 Single-clicking in the list will run it in the small preview pane on the
 right.  (But beware: many of the display modes behave somewhat differently
 
 Single-clicking in the list will run it in the small preview pane on the
 right.  (But beware: many of the display modes behave somewhat differently


@@ -162,19 +162,43 @@ full-screen preview.
 .B Settings
 This button will pop up a dialog where you can configure settings specific
 to the display mode selected in the list.
 .B Settings
 This button will pop up a dialog where you can configure settings specific
 to the display mode selected in the list.

+.SH SETTINGS DIALOG
+When you click on the \fISettings\fP button on the \fIDisplay Modes\fP
+tab, a configuration dialog will pop up that lets you customize settings
+of the selected display mode.  Each display mode has its own custom
+configuration controls on the left side.
+
+On the right side is a paragraph or two describing the display mode.
+Below that is a \fBDocumentation\fP button that will display the display
+mode's manual page, if it has one, in a new window (since each of the
+display modes is actually a separate program, they each have their
+own manual.)
+
+The \fBAdvanced\fP button reconfigures the dialog box so that you can
+edit the display mode's command line directly, instead of using the 
+graphical controls.

 .SH ADVANCED TAB
 This tab lets you change various settings used by the xscreensaver daemon
 .SH ADVANCED TAB
 This tab lets you change various settings used by the xscreensaver daemon

-itself, rather than its sub-programs.
+itself, as well as some global options shared by all of the display modes.
+
+.B Image Manipulation
+
+Some of the graphics hacks manipulate images.  These settings control
+where those source images come from.
+(All of these options work by invoking the
+.BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
+program, which is what actually does the work.)
+.RS 4

 .TP 4
 .B Grab Desktop Images
 .TP 4
 .B Grab Desktop Images

-Some of the graphics hacks manipulate images.  If this option is selected,
-then they are allowed to manipulate the desktop image, that is, a display
-mode might draw a picture of your desktop melting, or being distorted in
-some way.  The security-paranoid might want to disable this option, because
-if it is set, it means that the windows on your desktop will occasionally
-be visible while your screen is locked.  Others will not be able 
-to \fIdo\fP anything, but they may be able to \fIsee\fP whatever you
-left on your screen.
+If this option is selected, then they are allowed to manipulate the
+desktop image, that is, a display mode might draw a picture of your
+desktop melting, or being distorted in some way.  The
+security-paranoid might want to disable this option, because if it is
+set, it means that the windows on your desktop will occasionally be
+visible while your screen is locked.  Others will not be able to
+\fIdo\fP anything, but they may be able to \fIsee\fP whatever you left
+on your screen.

 .TP 4
 .B Grab Video Frames
 If your system has a video capture card, selecting this option will allow
 .TP 4
 .B Grab Video Frames
 If your system has a video capture card, selecting this option will allow


@@ -182,28 +206,30 @@ the image-manipulating modes to capture a frame of video to operate on.
 .TP 4
 .B Choose Random Image
 If this option is set, then the image-manipulating modes will select a
 .TP 4
 .B Choose Random Image
 If this option is set, then the image-manipulating modes will select a

-random image file from disk, from the directory you specify in the text
-entry field.  That directory will be recursively searched for files,
-and it is assumed that all the files under that directory are images.
-
-If more than one of these options are selected, then one will be chosen at
-random.  If none of them are selected, then an image of video colorbars will
-be used instead.  
-
-(All three of these options work by invoking the
-.BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1)
-program, which is what actually does the work.)
-.TP 4
+random image file to operate on, from the specified source.  That
+source may be a local directory, which will be recursively searched
+for images.  Or, it may be the URL of an RSS or Atom feed (e.g., a
+Flickr gallery), in which case a random image from that feed will be
+selected instead.  The contents of the feed will be cached locally and
+refreshed periodically as needed.
+.PP
+If more than one of the above image-related options are selected, then
+one will be chosen at random.  If none of them are selected, then an
+image of video colorbars will be used instead.
+.RE
+.PP

 .B Text Manipulation
 .B Text Manipulation

+

 Some of the display modes display and manipulate text.  The following
 options control how that text is generated.  (These parameters control
 the behavior of the
 .BR xscreensaver\-text (1)
 program, which is what actually does the work.)
 Some of the display modes display and manipulate text.  The following
 options control how that text is generated.  (These parameters control
 the behavior of the
 .BR xscreensaver\-text (1)
 program, which is what actually does the work.)

+.RS 4

 .TP 4
 .B Host Name and Time
 If this checkbox is selected, then the text used by the screen savers
 .TP 4
 .B Host Name and Time
 If this checkbox is selected, then the text used by the screen savers

-will be the local host name, date, time, and system load.
+will be the local host name, OS version, date, time, and system load.

 .TP 4
 .B Text
 If this checkbox is selected, then the literal text typed in the 
 .TP 4
 .B Text
 If this checkbox is selected, then the literal text typed in the 


@@ -217,7 +243,7 @@ file will be displayed.
 .TP 4
 .B Program
 If this checkbox is selected, then the given program will be run,
 .TP 4
 .B Program
 If this checkbox is selected, then the given program will be run,

-and its output will be displayed.
+repeatedly, and its output will be displayed.

 .TP 4
 .B URL
 If this checkbox is selected, then the given HTTP URL will be downloaded
 .TP 4
 .B URL
 If this checkbox is selected, then the given HTTP URL will be downloaded


@@ -225,9 +251,15 @@ and displayed repeatedly.  If the document contains HTML, RSS, or Atom,
 it will be converted to plain-text first.
 
 Note: this re-downloads the document every time the screen saver
 it will be converted to plain-text first.
 
 Note: this re-downloads the document every time the screen saver

-runs out of text!  It might be considered abusive for you to point
-this at a web server that you do not control, as it will probably
-be hitting that server multiple times a minute.
+runs out of text, so it will probably be hitting that web server multiple
+times a minute.  Be careful that the owner of that server doesn't
+consider that to be abusive.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B Power Management Settings
+
+These settings control whether, and when, your monitor powers down.
+.RS 4

 .TP 4
 .B Power Management Enabled
 Whether the monitor should be powered down after a period of inactivity.
 .TP 4
 .B Power Management Enabled
 Whether the monitor should be powered down after a period of inactivity.


@@ -263,6 +295,13 @@ blanking, regardless of the other power-management settings.  In this
 way, the power management idle-timers can be completely disabled, but
 the screen will be powered off when black.  (This might be preferable
 on laptops.)
 way, the power management idle-timers can be completely disabled, but
 the screen will be powered off when black.  (This might be preferable
 on laptops.)

+.RE
+.PP
+.B Fading and Colormaps
+
+These options control how the screen fades to or from black when
+a screen saver begins or ends.
+.RS 4

 .TP 4
 .B Fade To Black When Blanking
 If selected, then when the screensaver activates, the current contents
 .TP 4
 .B Fade To Black When Blanking
 If selected, then when the screensaver activates, the current contents


@@ -286,34 +325,12 @@ screensaver is active, so that the graphics hacks can get as many
 colors as possible.  This does nothing if you are running in 16-bit
 or better.
 .PP
 colors as possible.  This does nothing if you are running in 16-bit
 or better.
 .PP

+.RE

 There are more settings than these available, but these are the most 
 commonly used ones; see the manual for
 .BR xscreensaver (1)
 for other parameters that can be set by editing the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
 file, or the X resource database.
 There are more settings than these available, but these are the most 
 commonly used ones; see the manual for
 .BR xscreensaver (1)
 for other parameters that can be set by editing the \fI~/.xscreensaver\fP
 file, or the X resource database.

-.SH SETTINGS DIALOG
-When you click on the \fISettings\fP button on the \fIDisplay Modes\fP
-tab, a configuration dialog will pop up that lets you customize settings
-of the selected display mode.  Each display mode has its own custom
-configuration controls on the left side.
-
-On the right side is a paragraph or two describing the display mode.
-Below that is a \fBDocumentation\fP button that will display the display
-mode's manual page, if it has one, in a new window (since each of the
-display modes is actually a separate program, they each may have their
-own manual.)
-
-The \fBAdvanced\fP button reconfigures the dialog box so that you can
-edit the display mode's command line directly, instead of using the 
-graphical controls.  It also lets you configure the X visual type that
-this mode will require.  If you specify one (other than \fIAny\fP) then
-the program will only be run on that kind of visual.  For example, you
-can specify that a particular program should only be run if color is
-available, and another should only be run in monochrome.  See the
-discussion of the \fIprograms\fP parameter in the \fIConfiguration\fP
-section of the
-.BR xscreensaver (1)
-manual.  (OpenGL programs should always have their visual set to "GL".)

 .SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
 .I xscreensaver\-demo
 accepts the following command line options.
 .SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
 .I xscreensaver\-demo
 accepts the following command line options.


@@ -346,7 +363,7 @@ to get the default host and display number.
 to find the sub-programs to run.  However, note that the sub-programs 
 are actually launched by the \fIxscreensaver\fP daemon, not 
 by \fIxscreensaver-demo\fP itself.  So, what matters is what \fB$PATH\fP
 to find the sub-programs to run.  However, note that the sub-programs 
 are actually launched by the \fIxscreensaver\fP daemon, not 
 by \fIxscreensaver-demo\fP itself.  So, what matters is what \fB$PATH\fP

-the \fIxscreensaver\fP program sees.
+that the \fIxscreensaver\fP program sees.

 .TP 8
 .B HOME
 for the directory in which to read and write the \fI.xscreensaver\fP file.
 .TP 8
 .B HOME
 for the directory in which to read and write the \fI.xscreensaver\fP file.


@@ -358,8 +375,8 @@ stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
 .B HTTP_PROXY\fR or \fPhttp_proxy
 to get the default HTTP proxy host and port.
 .SH UPGRADES
 .B HTTP_PROXY\fR or \fPhttp_proxy
 to get the default HTTP proxy host and port.
 .SH UPGRADES

-The latest version can always be found at 
-http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
+The latest version of xscreensaver, an online version of this manual,
+and a FAQ can always be found at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR X (1),
 .BR xscreensaver (1),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR X (1),
 .BR xscreensaver (1),


@@ -367,14 +384,14 @@ http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1),
 .BR xscreensaver\-text (1)
 .SH COPYRIGHT
 .BR xscreensaver\-getimage (1),
 .BR xscreensaver\-text (1)
 .SH COPYRIGHT

-Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
-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 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.
+Copyright \(co 1992-2011 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 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 <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 13-aug-92.