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Diffstat (limited to 'x11vnc/x11vnc.1')
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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 index f88ae22..976104a 100644 --- a/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 +++ b/x11vnc/x11vnc.1 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .TH X11VNC "1" "August 2004" "x11vnc " "User Commands" .SH NAME x11vnc - allow VNC connections to real X11 displays - version: 0.6.2, lastmod: 2004-07-31 + version: 0.6.3pre, lastmod: 2004-08-15 .SH SYNOPSIS .B x11vnc [OPTION]... @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ entire display. Warning: bugs! new toplevels missed!... \fB-sid\fR \fIwindowid\fR .IP As \fB-id,\fR but instead of using the window directly it -shifts a root view to it: shows saveUnders menus, etc. +shifts a root view to it: shows saveUnders menus, etc, +although they will be clipped if they extend beyond +the window. .PP \fB-flashcmap\fR .IP @@ -78,7 +80,34 @@ as the pointer moves from window to window (slow). .PP \fB-notruecolor\fR .IP -Force 8bpp indexed color even if it looks like TrueColor. +For 8bpp displays, force indexed color (i.e. a colormap) +even if it looks like 8bpp TrueColor. (rare problem) +.PP +\fB-overlay\fR +.IP +Handle multiple depth visuals on one screen, e.g. 8+24 +and 24+8 overlay visuals (the 32 bits per pixel are +packed with 8 for PseudoColor and 24 for TrueColor). +.IP +Currently \fB-overlay\fR only works on Solaris (it uses +XReadScreen(3X11)). There are still some problems with +surrounding-region painting for popup menus (but not +for the popup menu itself); a workaround is to disable +SaveUnders (pass \fB-su\fR to Xsun). Amusingly, if \fB-overlay\fR +is used with \fB-mouse,\fR the mouse cursor shape is correct. +.IP +Use \fB-overlay\fR as a workaround for situations like these: +Some legacy applications require the default visual +be 8bpp (8+24), or they will use 8bpp PseudoColor even +when the default visual is depth 24 TrueColor (24+8). +In these cases colors in some windows will be messed +up in x11vnc unless \fB-overlay\fR is used. +.IP +Under \fB-overlay,\fR performance will be somewhat degraded +due to the extra image transformations required. +For optimal performance do not use \fB-overlay,\fR but rather +configure the X server so that the default visual is +depth 24 TrueColor and have all apps use that visual. .PP \fB-visual\fR \fIn\fR .IP @@ -100,7 +129,7 @@ less than 1 shrink the fb. Note: image may not be sharp and response may be slower. If \fIfraction\fR contains a decimal point "." it is taken as a floating point number, alternatively the notation "m/n" may be used -to denote fractions, e.g. \fB-scale\fR 2/3. +to denote fractions exactly, e.g. \fB-scale\fR 2/3. .IP Scaling Options: can be added after \fIfraction\fR via ":", to supply multiple ":" options use commas. |