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diff --git a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 index 82ba197..43086c6 100644 --- a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 +++ b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .TH X11VNC "1" "January 2006" "x11vnc " "User Commands" .SH NAME x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays - version: 0.8, lastmod: 2006-01-11 + version: 0.8, lastmod: 2006-01-14 .SH SYNOPSIS .B x11vnc [OPTION]... @@ -177,6 +177,40 @@ visual (e.g. some apps have \fB-use24\fR or \fB-visual\fR options). Sets \fB-overlay,\fR but does not try to draw the exact mouse cursor shape using the overlay mechanism. .PP +\fB-8to24\fR +.IP +If \fB-overlay\fR is not supported on your OS, and you have a +legacy 8bpp app that you want to view on a multi-depth +display with default depth 24 (and is 32 bpp), try +this option. This option may not work on all X servers +and hardware (tested on XFree86/Xorg mga driver). +.IP +It enables a hack where x11vnc monitors windows within 3 +levels from the root window. If it finds any that are +8bpp it will apply a transformation for pixel data in +these regions where it extracts the 8bpp index color +value from bits 25-32 and maps them on to TrueColor +values and inserts them into bits 1-24 (i.e. overwrites +bits 1-24). This method appears to work, but may still +have bugs and note that it does hog resources. If there +are multiple 8bpp windows using different colormaps, +one may have to iconify all but one for the colors to +be correct. +.IP +There may also be painting errors for clipping +and switching between windows of depths 8 and 24. +Heuristics are applied to try to minimize the painting +errors. One can also press 3 Alt_L's in a row to +refresh the screen if the error does not repair itself. +Also the option, say, \fB-fixscreen\fR V=3.0 may be use +to periodically refresh the screen (at the cost of +bandwidth). +.IP +Note that \fB-8to24\fR does not work on displays with 8bpp +default visual with depth 24 applications. The Xserver +\fB-cc\fR option can be used to switch the default depth on +multidepth setups. +.PP \fB-scale\fR \fIfraction\fR .IP Scale the framebuffer by factor \fIfraction\fR. Values @@ -1979,6 +2013,10 @@ overlay_cursor in \fB-overlay\fR mode, enable cursor drawing. overlay_nocursor disable cursor drawing. same as nooverlay_cursor. .IP +8to24 enable \fB-8to24\fR mode (if applicable). +.IP +no8to24 disable \fB-8to24\fR mode. +.IP visual:vis set \fB-visual\fR to "vis" .IP scale:frac set \fB-scale\fR to "frac" @@ -2417,10 +2455,10 @@ refresh reset close disconnect id sid waitmapped nowaitmapped clip flashcmap noflashcmap shiftcmap truecolor notruecolor overlay nooverlay overlay_cursor overlay_yescursor nooverlay_nocursor nooverlay_cursor -nooverlay_yescursor overlay_nocursor visual scale -scale_cursor viewonly noviewonly shared noshared -forever noforever once timeout filexfer deny lock -nodeny unlock connect allowonce allow localhost +nooverlay_yescursor overlay_nocursor 8to24 no8to24 +visual scale scale_cursor viewonly noviewonly shared +noshared forever noforever once timeout filexfer deny +lock nodeny unlock connect allowonce allow localhost nolocalhost listen lookup nolookup accept afteraccept gone shm noshm flipbyteorder noflipbyteorder onetile noonetile solid_color solid nosolid blackout xinerama |