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@@ -135,16 +135,24 @@ OPTIONS -l provider[:options] Select provider for automatic location updates. + options is a colon- (:) and semicolon-separated (;) list. Each + option an option name and value separated by an equals sign (=). + Use "-l list" to see available providers. - Use "-l provider:help" to see available options. + Use "-l provider:help" to see available options, or refer to the + EXTENDED DESCRIPTION section. -m method[:options] Method to use to set colour temperature. + options is a colon- (:) and semicolon-separated (;) list. Each + option an option name and value separated by an equals sign (=). + Use "-m list" to see available methods. - Use "-m method:help" to see available options. + Use "-m method:help" to see available options, or refer to the + EXTENDED DESCRIPTION section. -O temperature This is a synonym for "-O temperature:temperature". @@ -613,6 +621,9 @@ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION X display to apply adjustments to. Default is determined by the environment variable DISPLAY. + The value is expected to contain a colon (:) and can only be + terminated with a semicolon (;). + screen = ordinal Comma-separated (,) list of X screens to apply adjustments to. All available X screens are used if the list is empty or if the @@ -651,6 +662,9 @@ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION X display to apply adjustments to. Default is determined by the environment variable DISPLAY. + The value is expected to contain a colon (:) and can only be + terminated with a semicolon (;). + screen = ordinal list or "all" Comma-separated (,) list of X screens to apply adjustments to. All available X screens are used if the list is empty or if the @@ -860,6 +874,13 @@ RATIONALE Gamma correction is preserved for backwards compatibility and is deprecated (gamma parameters in particular). + ":" was used as the option delimited for -l and -m in the original + redshift, this is preserved for backwards compatbility. However because + some new options are expected to have ":" in their value, ";" has added + as an additional delimiter. Despite this ":" is still the preferred + delimiter as it is more user-friendly and use of options that require + delimiting with ";" is uncommon. + NOTES "Colour temperature", or just "temperature", is actually short for "correlated colour temperature". (Your monitor is not a black-body |