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@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@ _/ +/bin/ +/obj/ +/aux/ __pycache__/ .* !.git* diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in index 6d05299..18b0b10 100644 --- a/Makefile.in +++ b/Makefile.in @@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ _TEXINFO_DIRLEVELS = 2 _INFOPARTS = 0 _HAVE_TEXINFO_MANUAL = yes _HTML_FILES = Free-Software-Needs-Free-Documentation.html GNU-Free-Documentation-License.html \ - GNU-General-Public-License.html index.html Invoking.html Overview.html + GNU-General-Public-License.html index.html Invoking.html Overview.html \ + Rationale.html # Used by mk/man.mk _MAN_PAGE_SECTIONS = 1 @@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ _COPYING = COPYING # Used by mk/dist.mk ___EVERYTHING_INFO = scrotty titlepage-data content hardcopy-copying \ appx/fdl appx/free-software-needs-free-documentation appx/gpl \ - chap/invoking chap/overview \ + chap/invoking chap/overview chap/rationale \ reusable/macros reusable/paper reusable/titlepage _EVERYTHING = $(foreach F,$(___EVERYTHING_INFO),doc/info/$(F).texinfo) \ $(__EVERYTHING_ALL_COMMON) DEPENDENCIES INSTALL NEWS diff --git a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo index 5545c4c..adfc866 100644 --- a/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo @@ -1,14 +1,39 @@ @node Invoking @chapter Invoking -@emph{Do not use this if you have epilepsia} +@emph{You must not run this program if you are epileptic.} +Seek someone else how can do it for you. -@command{unstickpixels} will not run in a graphical environment. -If you are using a graphical environment and do not know how -to access the Linux VT, here is how you do it: press @kbd{Ctrl+Alt+F1}, -if this does not open non-graphical login screen, press @kbd{Alt+Right} -until you get one. To get back to graphical environment, hold -down @kbd{Alt+Right} until it appears. +@command{unstickpixels} recognises the following options +@table @option +@item -v +Use the Linux VT instead of the graphics cards' colour +lookup tables (CLUT). This requires that the program runs +under the Linux VT, otherwise known as the TTY. This may +not work too great one all graphics cards, some very +expensive graphics cards are really bad. NVIDIA is known +case of this, why the CLUT utilisation was added. -Run @command{unstickpixels} without arguments. +If you are using a graphical environment and do not know +how to access the Linux VT, here is how you do it: press +@kbd{Ctrl+Alt+F1}, if this does not open non-graphical +login screen, press @kbd{Alt+Right} until you get one. +To get back to graphical environment, hold down +@kbd{Alt+Right} until it appears. + +Whilst @command{unstickpixels} may run on most systems +(although Mir and, by Wayland's design, Wayland are +not supported) this option is only known to function on Linux. +@end table + +@command{unstickpixels} accepts at most one non-option +argument. This argument is the number of milliseconds +to sleep between each color switch. This may be useful +to optimise the effect. It may help to sleep 10 milliseconds +between each colour switch rather than switching the +colours as fast as possible. + +You should disable powersaving on your monitors and +disable the screensaver whilst running this program, +or otherwise make sure that screen loop is always displayed. diff --git a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo index fff14e9..32d191c 100644 --- a/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/chap/overview.texinfo @@ -2,13 +2,23 @@ @chapter Overview @command{unstickpixels} tries to unstick stuck pixels. +It does this by rapidly switching between the colours +sRGB(100 %, 0, 0), sRGB(0, 100 %, 0), and sRGB(0, 0, 100 %), +which are displayed on the entire monitor. On all of the +monitors. It helps to massage defective dots. + +Running this program for a number of hours, especially if +combined with massaging defective dots, may heal defective +dots. Dead dots (always black) are hard to revive, but stuck +dots are more probable to get fixed. Dead (always black) pixels are hard to revive, stuck pixels on the other hand are more probable to get fixed. -This program should be run under the Linux VT. It works by -cycling the colour on the screen between sRGB(100 %, 0, 0), -sRGB(0, 100 %, 0) and sRGB(0, 0, 100 %), as fast as possible. -If you want to slow down the cycling you can add, as the only -argument, the millisecond time sleep between the colours. +@command{unstickpixels} uses the graphics cards' colour lookup +tables to switch the colour displayed on the screen. If your +computers does not supports this, the option @option{-v} may +help, it will use the framebuffer indirectly, via the terminal. +Unless @option{-v} is used, @command{unstickpixels} runs both +in @command{X} and on the Linux VT. diff --git a/doc/info/chap/rationale.texinfo b/doc/info/chap/rationale.texinfo new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3eaa19 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/info/chap/rationale.texinfo @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +@node Rationale +@chapter Rationale + +Acer/Packard Bell is not willing to repair all defects +on my computer, but at least I can run this for several +hours and try to revive dead pixels. Playing back a +video that is already available on the Internet has +some deficiencies: + +@itemize @bullet{} +@item +Requires a graphics card and video player that can play +back the video in full screen mode efficiently. +@item +Requires @command{X} or a video player than can play +video outside @command{X} efficiently. +@item +Requires the video to be downloaded if it was uploaded +on Youtube, because Youtube does not properly support +full screen. +@item +video playback is required per defective monitor. +@end itemize + diff --git a/doc/info/content.texinfo b/doc/info/content.texinfo index 3a4578e..985c27c 100644 --- a/doc/info/content.texinfo +++ b/doc/info/content.texinfo @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ @menu * Overview:: Brief overview of @command{unstickpixels}. * Invoking:: Invocation of @command{unstickpixels}. +* Rationale:: Rationale for writing @command{unstickpixels}. * Free Software Needs Free Documentation:: Why free documentation is important. * GNU General Public License:: Copying and sharing @command{unstickpixels}. @@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ @include chap/overview.texinfo @include chap/invoking.texinfo +@include chap/rationale.texinfo @include appx/free-software-needs-free-documentation.texinfo |