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diff --git a/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README b/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README index a4f5985..67a9160 100644 --- a/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README +++ b/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README @@ -95,16 +95,21 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: - ZRLE VNC encoding support (RealVNC's encoding) + - Cursor alphablending with x11vnc at 32bpp (-alpha option) + + - Option "-unixpw ..." for use with "x11vnc -unixpw" login dialogs. + + - Support for UltraVNC extensions: Single Window, Disable + Server-side Input, 1/n Server side scaling, Text Chat (shell + terminal UI). Both UltraVNC and x11vnc servers support these + extensions + - Extremely low color modes: 64 and 8 colors in 8bpp (-use64/-bgr222, -use8/-bgr111) - Medium color mode: 16bpp mode even for 32bpp Viewer display (-16bpp/-bgr565) - - Cursor alphablending with x11vnc at 32bpp (-alpha option) - - - Maintains its own BackingStore if the X server does not - - x11vnc's client-side caching -ncache method cropping option (-ycrop n). This will "hide" the large pixel buffer cache below the actual display. Set to actual height or use -1 for @@ -113,6 +118,14 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: - Scrollbar width setting: -sbwidth n, the default is very thin, 2 pixels, for less distracting -ycrop usage. + - Improvements to the Popup menu, all of these can now be changed + dynamically via the menu: ViewOnly, Toggle Bell, CursorShape + updates, X11 Cursor, Cursor Alphablending, Toggle Tight/ZRLE, + Toggle JPEG, FullColor/16bpp/8bpp (256/64/8 colors), Greyscale + for low color modes. + + - Maintains its own BackingStore if the X server does not + - The default for localhost:0 connections is not raw encoding (local machine). Default assumes you are using SSH tunnel. Use -rawlocal to revert. @@ -123,17 +136,6 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: - Fix for Popup menu positioning for old window managers (-popupfix option). - - Improvements to the Popup menu, all of these can now be changed - dynamically via the menu: ViewOnly, Toggle Bell, CursorShape - updates, X11 Cursor, Cursor Alphablending, Toggle Tight/ZRLE, - Toggle JPEG, FullColor/16bpp/8bpp (256/64/8 colors), Greyscale - for low color modes. - - - Support for UltraVNC extensions: Single Window, Disable - Server-side Input, 1/n Server side scaling, Text Chat (shell - terminal UI). Both UltraVNC and x11vnc servers support these - extensions - - Run vncviewer -help for all options. @@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ Unix and Mac OS X: Unpack the archive: - % gzip -dc ssvnc-1.0.15.tar.gz | tar xvf - + % gzip -dc ssvnc-1.0.18.tar.gz | tar xvf - Run the GUI: @@ -171,18 +173,24 @@ Unix and Mac OS X: On MacOSX you could also click on the SSVNC app in the Finder. - The smaller file "ssvnc_no_windows-1.0.15.tar.gz" + The smaller file "ssvnc_no_windows-1.0.18.tar.gz" could have been used as well. On MacOSX there is also a SSVNC.app directory icon you can click on in Finder to start the application. + On MacOSX if you don't like the Chicken of the VNC (e.g. no local + cursors, no screen size rescaling, and no password prompting), and you + have the XDarwin X server installed, you can set DISPLAY before starting + ssvnc (or type DISPLAY=... in Host:Disp and hit Return). Then our + enhanced TightVNC viewer will be used instead of COTVNC. + Windows: Unzip, using WinZip or a similar utility, the zip file: - ssvnc-1.0.15.zip + ssvnc-1.0.18.zip Run the GUI, e.g.: @@ -194,7 +202,7 @@ Windows: select Open, and then OK to launch it. - The smaller file "ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.15.zip" + The smaller file "ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.18.zip" could have been used as well. You can make a Windows shortcut to this program if you want to. |