X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=driver%2Fxscreensaver-command.man;h=00a39a51bd6b814a1e60a56c420488e003c97108;hp=d5c2226451849d4599c567fe3797d14dd5c4820a;hb=bc7b7a8eb122206d239ec0e693676bcce31be1aa;hpb=ffd8c0873576a9e3065696a624dce6b766b77062 diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver-command.man b/driver/xscreensaver-command.man index d5c22264..00a39a51 100644 --- a/driver/xscreensaver-command.man +++ b/driver/xscreensaver-command.man @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .if n .sp 1 .if t .sp .5 .. -.TH XScreenSaver 1 "14-Aug-2004 (4.18)" "X Version 11" +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "16-Dec-2004 (4.19)" "X Version 11" .SH NAME xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process \-exit | \ \-restart | \ \-lock | \ -\-throttle | \ -\-unthrottle | \ \-version | \ \-time | \ \-watch] @@ -141,21 +139,6 @@ 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 \fImode\fP -preference to "blank": 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 @@ -230,6 +213,26 @@ while () { Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceeding BLANK (depending on whether the lock-timeout is non-zero), so the above program keeps track of both of them. +.SH STOPPING GRAPHICS +If xscreensaver is running, but you want it to stop running screen hacks +(e.g., if you are logged in remotely, and you want the console to remain +locked but just be black, with no graphics processes running) you can +accomplish that by simply powering down the monitor remotely. In a +minute or so, xscreensaver will notice that the monitor is off, and +will stop running screen hacks. You can power off the monitor like so: +.EX +xset dpms force off +.EE +See the +.BR xset (1) +manual for more info. + +You can also use +.BR xscreensaver-demo (1) +to make the monitor power down after a few hours, meaning that xscreensaver +will run graphics until it has been idle for the length of time you +specified; and after that, the monitor will power off, and screen hacks +will stop being run. .SH DIAGNOSTICS If an error occurs while communicating with the \fIxscreensaver\fP daemon, or if the daemon reports an error, a diagnostic message will be printed to @@ -253,8 +256,9 @@ The latest version of and related tools can always be found at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR X (1), -.BR xscreensaver (1) -.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1) +.BR xscreensaver (1), +.BR xscreensaver\-demo (1), +.BR xset (1) .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell