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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . -.TH JSMOND 1 "2020-05-18" "0.2.0" "Urchlay" +.TH JSMOND 1 "2020-05-19" "0.2.0" "Urchlay" .SH NAME jsmond \- deactivate screensaver on joystick activity . @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ jsmond [\fB\-i interval[s|ms]\fP] [\fB\-m\fP | \fB\-k keycode\fP | \fB\-b button .sp jsmond lets you play games with your joysticks/gamepads without the screen saver activating due to lack of keyboard/mouse input. It can also prevent -the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use. +the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use (e.g. +while watching a movie). .sp Multiple joystick devices can be monitored. By default, jsmond monitors up to 16 devices, named /dev/input/js0 through js15. @@ -50,8 +51,8 @@ as joysticks are plugged in and unplugged. .sp Every \fIinterval\fP milliseconds (250, or whatever \fB\-i\fP is set to), jsmond checks to see if there\(aqs been any activity on any of the devices it\(aqs -monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse button click, which -the screen saver will see as activity. +monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse +button click, which the screen saver will see as activity. .sp It\(aqs recommended to let jsmond find the joysticks itself. However, you can pass one or more device names (or just numbers) if the default @@ -119,7 +120,8 @@ needed for normal use: .TP .BI \-d \ <dir> Path to the directory containing joystick device nodes. -Default is "/dev/input". +Default is "/dev/input". This directory is monitored with +inotify(7) so jsmond will be aware of hotplug events. .TP .BI \-j \ <name> Name of joystick device nodes, without any numeric diff --git a/jsmond.html b/jsmond.html index 2874b25..370edac 100644 --- a/jsmond.html +++ b/jsmond.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="generator" content="Docutils 0.14: http://docutils.sourceforge.net/" /> <title>jsmond</title> -<meta name="date" content="2020-05-18" /> +<meta name="date" content="2020-05-19" /> <style type="text/css"> /* @@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ ul.auto-toc { <tr class="manual-group field"><th class="docinfo-name">Manual group:</th><td class="field-body">Urchlay</td> </tr> <tr><th class="docinfo-name">Date:</th> -<td>2020-05-18</td></tr> +<td>2020-05-19</td></tr> <tr><th class="docinfo-name">Version:</th> <td>0.2.0</td></tr> </tbody> @@ -388,15 +388,16 @@ ul.auto-toc { <h1>DESCRIPTION</h1> <p>jsmond lets you play games with your joysticks/gamepads without the screen saver activating due to lack of keyboard/mouse input. It can also prevent -the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use.</p> +the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use (e.g. +while watching a movie).</p> <p>Multiple joystick devices can be monitored. By default, jsmond monitors up to 16 devices, named /dev/input/js0 through js15. These devices don't have to actually exist: they can come and go as joysticks are plugged in and unplugged.</p> <p>Every <em>interval</em> milliseconds (250, or whatever <strong>-i</strong> is set to), jsmond checks to see if there's been any activity on any of the devices it's -monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse button click, which -the screen saver will see as activity.</p> +monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse +button click, which the screen saver will see as activity.</p> <p>It's recommended to let jsmond find the joysticks itself. However, you can pass one or more device names (or just numbers) if the default doesn't do the right thing for you. In this case, only these devices @@ -470,7 +471,8 @@ needed for normal use:</p> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-d <var><dir></var></span></kbd></td> <td>Path to the directory containing joystick device nodes. -Default is "/dev/input".</td></tr> +Default is "/dev/input". This directory is monitored with +inotify(7) so jsmond will be aware of hotplug events.</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-j <var><name></var></span></kbd></td> <td>Name of joystick device nodes, without any numeric @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ DESCRIPTION jsmond lets you play games with your joysticks/gamepads without the screen saver activating due to lack of keyboard/mouse input. It can also prevent -the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use. +the screensaver from activating when a fullscreen window is in use (e.g. +while watching a movie). Multiple joystick devices can be monitored. By default, jsmond monitors up to 16 devices, named /dev/input/js0 through js15. @@ -36,8 +37,8 @@ as joysticks are plugged in and unplugged. Every *interval* milliseconds (250, or whatever **-i** is set to), jsmond checks to see if there's been any activity on any of the devices it's -monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse button click, which -the screen saver will see as activity. +monitoring. If so, it sends a fake mouse movement, keystroke, or mouse +button click, which the screen saver will see as activity. It's recommended to let jsmond find the joysticks itself. However, you can pass one or more device names (or just numbers) if the default @@ -94,7 +95,8 @@ These options are intended for developers and *really* shouldn't be needed for normal use: -d <dir> Path to the directory containing joystick device nodes. - Default is "/dev/input". + Default is "/dev/input". This directory is monitored with + inotify(7) so jsmond will be aware of hotplug events. -j <name> Name of joystick device nodes, without any numeric suffix. Default is "js". |