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-rw-r--r--README.Raster6
-rw-r--r--README.X116
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3840096..6fc58d6 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#
-# $Id: README,v 1.2 2000/03/26 19:03:52 reinelt Exp $
+# $Id: README,v 1.3 2000/04/03 04:46:38 reinelt Exp $
#
This is the README file for lcd4linux
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ It supports displaying text values and different types of bars: Horizontal and
vertical bars, logarithmic bars, split bars (two independent bars in one row).
+USAGE
+
+lcd4linux -h
+print version number and a small help text, then exit
+
+lcd4linux -l
+list available drivers
+
+lcd4linux [-c key=val] [-f config-file] [-o output]
+run lcd4linux
+use configuration from 'config-file' instead of /etc/lcd4linux.conf
+write picture to 'output' (raster driver only)
+overwrite entries from the config-file with '-c'
+
+
SUPPORTED DISPLAYS
* Matrox Orbital <http://www.matrixorbital.com>
diff --git a/README.Raster b/README.Raster
index b0e05b4..2ef5172 100644
--- a/README.Raster
+++ b/README.Raster
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#
-# $Id: README.Raster,v 1.1 2000/03/26 20:00:44 reinelt Exp $
+# $Id: README.Raster,v 1.2 2000/04/03 04:46:38 reinelt Exp $
#
This is the README file for the Raster display driver for lcd4linux
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ pixelsize*pixelsize pixels. If you want to, you can emulate the gap
between this lcd cells by specifying a pixelgap greater than zero.
Sometimes there's a gap between characters, too. You can specify this
gap (in pixels again) horizontally and vertically. Usually this gap
-is the same size as a cell (which is pixelsize+pixelgap).
+is the same size as a cell (which is pixelsize+pixelgap). If you specify
+either the row gap or the column gap as -1, this cell size will be used
+instead.
If you use a font of 5x8, some characters may use the first and the last
pixel. So you should specify a column gap, otherwise the caracters may
diff --git a/README.X11 b/README.X11
index 0df71a7..7b55624 100644
--- a/README.X11
+++ b/README.X11
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#
-# $Id: README.X11,v 1.1 2000/03/28 08:48:33 reinelt Exp $
+# $Id: README.X11,v 1.2 2000/04/03 04:46:38 reinelt Exp $
#
This is the README file for the X11 display driver for lcd4linux
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ pixelsize*pixelsize pixels. If you want to, you can emulate the gap
between this lcd cells by specifying a pixelgap greater than zero.
Sometimes there's a gap between characters, too. You can specify this
gap (in pixels again) horizontally and vertically. Usually this gap
-is the same size as a cell (which is pixelsize+pixelgap).
+is the same size as a cell (which is pixelsize+pixelgap). If you specify
+either the row gap or the column gap as -1, this cell size will be used
+instead.
If you use a font of 5x8, some characters may use the first and the last
pixel. So you should specify a column gap, otherwise the caracters may