From http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.18.tar.gz

[xscreensaver] / hacks / glx / sonar.man

diff --git a/hacks/glx/sonar.man b/hacks/glx/sonar.man
index bb3b07e1ea1128017a551398d1956b6b77f97e17..9927b3bb56cfbc7e1eaba3aabc04c54e446cb308 100644 (file)
--- a/hacks/glx/sonar.man
+++ b/hacks/glx/sonar.man
@@ -54,19 +54,22 @@ Run in simulation mode instead of pinging real hosts.
 Ping the given host.
 .TP 12
 .I A.B.C.D
 Ping the given host.
 .TP 12
 .I A.B.C.D

-Ping the given IP address.
+Ping the given IPv4 address.

 .TP 12
 .B subnet
 .TP 12
 .B subnet

-Ping the local class C subnet (the nearest 255 addresses).
+Ping the local subnet.  On systems where we can determine the local
+network mask, we use that; otherwise, we assume Class C (254 hosts).

 .TP 12
 .B subnet/\fINN\fP
 Ping a different-sized local subnet: e.g., \fBsubnet/28\fP would ping
 .TP 12
 .B subnet/\fINN\fP
 Ping a different-sized local subnet: e.g., \fBsubnet/28\fP would ping

-a 4-bit subnet (the nearest 15 addresses).
+a 4-bit subnet (the nearest 14 addresses).  On systems where we can
+determine the local network mask, we always use that.

 .TP 12
 .I A.B.C.D/NN
 .TP 12
 .I A.B.C.D/NN

-Ping an arbitrary other subnet.  The IP address specifies the base address,
-and the part after the slash is how wide the subnet is.  Typical values
-are /24 (for 255 addresses) and /28 (for 15 addresses).
+Ping an arbitrary other IPv4 subnet.  The address specifies
+the base address, and the part after the slash is how wide the
+subnet is.  Typical values are /24 (for 254 addresses) and /28 (for
+14 addresses).

 .TP 12
 .I filename
 Ping the hosts listed in the given file.  This file can be in the
 .TP 12
 .I filename
 Ping the hosts listed in the given file.  This file can be in the


@@ -138,12 +141,15 @@ This means that if any the hosts you are pinging take longer than 2
 seconds to respond, they won't show up; and if you are pinging several
 hosts with very fast response times, they will all appear close to the
 center of the screen (making their names hard to read.)
 seconds to respond, they won't show up; and if you are pinging several
 hosts with very fast response times, they will all appear close to the
 center of the screen (making their names hard to read.)

+.SH BUGS
+Does not support IPv6.

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

-.BR ping (8)
+.BR ping (8),
+.BR ping6 (8)

 .SH COPYRIGHT
 .SH COPYRIGHT

-Copyright \(co 2000-2008 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
+Copyright \(co 2000-2012 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>

 .RE
 Copyright \(co 1998 by Stephen Martin. <smartin@canada.com>
 
 .RE
 Copyright \(co 1998 by Stephen Martin. <smartin@canada.com>