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diff --git a/hacks/memscroller.man b/hacks/memscroller.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33754a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/hacks/memscroller.man @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.TH XScreenSaver 1 "14-Aug-2004" "X Version 11" +.SH NAME +memscroller - scrolls a dump of its own RAM across the screen +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B memscroller +[\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] +[\-window] [\-root] [\-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] +[\-font \fIfont\fP] +[\-delay \fIint\fP] +[\-mono | -color] +[\-ram | -random | \-filename \fIfile\fP] +[\-fps] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The \fImemscroller\fP program scrolls a dump of its own process memory +across the screen in three windows at three different rates. +.SH OPTIONS +.I memscroller +accepts the following options: +.TP 8 +.B \-window +Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. +.TP 8 +.B \-root +Draw on the root window. +.TP 8 +.B \-install +Install a private colormap for the window. +.TP 8 +.B \-visual \fIvisual\fP +Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, +or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. +.TP 8 +.B \-color +Render each three bytes of memory as R, G, B. This is the default. +.TP 8 +.B \-mono +Render each byte of memory in shades of green. +.TP 8 +.B \-ram +Read from the process's address space. This is the default. +.TP 8 +.B \-random +Instead of reading from memory, generate random numbers. +.TP 8 +.B \-filename \fIfile\fP +Instead of reading from memory, read from the given file until EOF, then +re-open it. If you have permission, /dev/mem is an interesting choice here. +(Note that /dev/null won't ever display anything, because it returns EOF +without ever returning any data.) +.TP 8 +.B \-delay \fImicroseconds\fP +How much of a delay should be introduced between steps of the animation. +Default 10000. +.TP 8 +.B \-fps +Display the current frame rate and CPU load. +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.PP +.TP 8 +.B DISPLAY +to get the default host and display number. +.TP 8 +.B XENVIRONMENT +to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources +stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR X (1), +.BR xscreensaver (1) +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2004 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, +distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is +hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear +in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice +appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the +suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without +express or implied warranty. +.SH AUTHOR +Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, 14-Aug-2004. |