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| author | Jon Lund Steffensen <jonlst@gmail.com> | 2009-12-23 18:38:21 +0100 |
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| committer | Jon Lund Steffensen <jonlst@gmail.com> | 2009-12-23 18:38:21 +0100 |
| commit | 084fbc3a65e70b5a3f045ad6bd81890e1b9d943a (patch) | |
| tree | d4cbe39a50ae6e1a46a911c5c97e52e7deab2732 /README | |
| parent | Add setting gamma ramps with the VidMode extension. (diff) | |
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Update ChangeLog, README and NEWS
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@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Adjust color temperature of your screen according to your surroundings. This may help your eyes hurt less if you are working in front of the screen at night. -The program uses the RANDR extension of the X server to adjust the -color temperature. This is done by setting appropriate gamma ramps. If -you have configured your own gamma ramps they will be overwritten -but in that case you probably care too much about color accuracy -to use this program anyway. Your graphics driver and X server needs to support -at least RANDR version 1.3. +The program uses an X server extension adjust the color +temperature. This is done by setting appropriate gamma ramps. If you +have configured your own gamma ramps they will be overwritten but in +that case you probably care too much about color accuracy to use this +program anyway. Your graphics driver and X server needs to either +support at least RANDR version 1.3 or the VidMode extension. The color temperature is set according to the position of the sun. A different color temperature is set during night and daytime. During @@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ have reasonable defaults. gamma value. -h Display help message. -l LAT:LON Your current location in latitudes and longitudes. + -m METHOD Method to use to set color temperature (randr or + vidmode). Default is randr. In some cases one of the + methods will not work. In that case you may be able to + use the other method. -t DAY:NIGHT Color temperature to set at daytime/night. -v Verbose output. Example (location is Copenhagen, Denmark): - $ redshift -l 55.7:12.6 -t 6800:3500 -g 0.8 -v + $ redshift -l 55.7:12.6 -t 6800:3500 -g 0.8 -m vidmode -v |