From 7485a2c1fb69e6edb561e83ae65598abf6caef4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 16:19:42 +0100 Subject: update texinfo manual + update .gitignore MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/info/chap/invoking.texinfo') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2