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diff --git a/x11vnc/help.c b/x11vnc/help.c index 0d6ddd5..f68b92b 100644 --- a/x11vnc/help.c +++ b/x11vnc/help.c @@ -147,6 +147,38 @@ void print_help(int mode) { "-overlay_nocursor Sets -overlay, but does not try to draw the exact mouse\n" " cursor shape using the overlay mechanism.\n" "\n" +"-8to24 If -overlay is not supported on your OS, and you have a\n" +" legacy 8bpp app that you want to view on a multi-depth\n" +" display with default depth 24 (and is 32 bpp), try\n" +" this option. This option may not work on all X servers\n" +" and hardware (tested on XFree86/Xorg mga driver).\n" +"\n" +" It enables a hack where x11vnc monitors windows within 3\n" +" levels from the root window. If it finds any that are\n" +" 8bpp it will apply a transformation for pixel data in\n" +" these regions where it extracts the 8bpp index color\n" +" value from bits 25-32 and maps them on to TrueColor\n" +" values and inserts them into bits 1-24 (i.e. overwrites\n" +" bits 1-24). This method appears to work, but may still\n" +" have bugs and note that it does hog resources. If there\n" +" are multiple 8bpp windows using different colormaps,\n" +" one may have to iconify all but one for the colors to\n" +" be correct.\n" +"\n" +" There may also be painting errors for clipping\n" +" and switching between windows of depths 8 and 24.\n" +" Heuristics are applied to try to minimize the painting\n" +" errors. One can also press 3 Alt_L's in a row to\n" +" refresh the screen if the error does not repair itself.\n" +" Also the option, say, -fixscreen V=3.0 may be use\n" +" to periodically refresh the screen (at the cost of\n" +" bandwidth).\n" +"\n" +" Note that -8to24 does not work on displays with 8bpp\n" +" default visual with depth 24 applications. The Xserver\n" +" -cc option can be used to switch the default depth on\n" +" multidepth setups.\n" +"\n" "-scale fraction Scale the framebuffer by factor \"fraction\". Values\n" " less than 1 shrink the fb, larger ones expand it. Note:\n" " image may not be sharp and response may be slower.\n" @@ -1590,6 +1622,8 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " overlay_cursor in -overlay mode, enable cursor drawing.\n" " overlay_nocursor disable cursor drawing. same as\n" " nooverlay_cursor.\n" +" 8to24 enable -8to24 mode (if applicable).\n" +" no8to24 disable -8to24 mode.\n" " visual:vis set -visual to \"vis\"\n" " scale:frac set -scale to \"frac\"\n" " scale_cursor:f set -scale_cursor to \"f\"\n" @@ -1849,10 +1883,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) { " nowaitmapped clip flashcmap noflashcmap shiftcmap\n" " truecolor notruecolor overlay nooverlay overlay_cursor\n" " overlay_yescursor nooverlay_nocursor nooverlay_cursor\n" -" nooverlay_yescursor overlay_nocursor visual scale\n" -" scale_cursor viewonly noviewonly shared noshared\n" -" forever noforever once timeout filexfer deny lock\n" -" nodeny unlock connect allowonce allow localhost\n" +" nooverlay_yescursor overlay_nocursor 8to24 no8to24\n" +" visual scale scale_cursor viewonly noviewonly shared\n" +" noshared forever noforever once timeout filexfer deny\n" +" lock nodeny unlock connect allowonce allow localhost\n" " nolocalhost listen lookup nolookup accept afteraccept\n" " gone shm noshm flipbyteorder noflipbyteorder onetile\n" " noonetile solid_color solid nosolid blackout xinerama\n" |