X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=driver%2Fxscreensaver-command.man;h=0dee348fbdfdad605831f59c578a1d7139de6404;hp=00a39a51bd6b814a1e60a56c420488e003c97108;hb=019de959b265701cd0c3fccbb61f2b69f06bf9ee;hpb=bc7b7a8eb122206d239ec0e693676bcce31be1aa diff --git a/driver/xscreensaver-command.man b/driver/xscreensaver-command.man index 00a39a51..0dee348f 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 "16-Dec-2004 (4.19)" "X Version 11" +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "09-Nov-2013 (5.23)" "X Version 11" .SH NAME xscreensaver-command - control a running xscreensaver process .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ this to activate the screensaver with a particular graphics demo. (The first element in the list is numbered 1, not 0.) .TP 8 .B \-exit -Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully. This is roughly the same -as killing the process with -.BR kill (1), -but it is easier, since you don't need to first figure out the pid. +Causes the xscreensaver process to exit gracefully. +This does nothing if the display is currently locked. .B Warning: never use \fIkill -9\fP with \fIxscreensaver\fP while the screensaver is @@ -154,18 +152,9 @@ un-blanked.) .TP 8 .B \-restart Causes the screensaver process to exit and then restart with the same command -line arguments as last time. Do this after you've changed the resource -database, to cause xscreensaver to notice the changes. - -.B Warning: -if you have a \fI.xscreensaver\fP file, this might not do what you -expect. You're probably better off killing the existing -xscreensaver (with \fIxscreensaver\-command -exit\fP) and then -launching it again. - -The important point is, you need to make sure that the xscreensaver -process is running as you. If it's not, it won't be reading the -right \fI.xscreensaver\fP file. +line arguments as last time. You shouldn't really need to do this, +since xscreensaver notices when the \fI.xscreensaver\fP file has +changed and re-reads it as needed. .TP 8 .B \-watch Prints a line each time the screensaver changes state: when the screen @@ -210,7 +199,7 @@ while () { } } .EE -Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceeding BLANK +Note that LOCK might come either with or without a preceding BLANK (depending on whether the lock-timeout is non-zero), so the above program keeps track of both of them. .SH STOPPING GRAPHICS @@ -260,15 +249,15 @@ and related tools can always be found at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ .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 -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 1992-2013 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 , 13-aug-92. +Jamie Zawinski , 13-aug-1992. Please let me know if you find any bugs or make any improvements.