Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of ScreensaverEnhancements

Timestamp:

Mar 6, 2009, 3:05:16 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

charlief

Comment:

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ScreensaverEnhancements

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 On Windows, the default graphics app must be named ''boinscr.exe'' and located in the BOINC executable directory (the same directory which contains ''boinc.exe'').  
 On the Mac, it must be named ''boincscr'' and located in the directory ''/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/''.  
-Additional support files needed by the default graphics app, such as logos and fonts, should be in the same directory.
-
-The default graphics app will usually be called with the command-line argument ''--fullscreen'', which may be ignored.
+Additional support files needed by the default graphics app, such as logos and fonts, should be in the same directory.  
 
 
-However, it must respond to either of two possible additional command-line arguments:
+The default graphics app will usually be called with the command-line argument ''--fullscreen'', which may be ignored.  However, it must respond to either of two possible additional command-line arguments:
  * ''--retry_connect'' means that if the default graphics app is unable to connect to the BOINC Client via RPC, it should continue running and retry periodically.
- * ''--test'' mans that it should try to connect to BOINC Client via RPC once, then exit immediately whether or not it succeeded.    It should not open a window or draw anything to the screen.  This is used by the BOINC Manager to test whether the RPC is blocked by a local software firewall; if so, most firewalls will then display a dialog so the user can approve it.
+ * ''--test'' mans that it should try to connect to the BOINC Client via RPC once, then exit immediately whether or not it succeeded.    It should not open a window or draw anything to the screen.  This is used by the BOINC Manager to test whether the RPC is blocked by a local software firewall; if so, most firewalls will then display a dialog so the user can approve it.
  * When neither the ''--retry_connect'' or ''--test'' argument is passed, the default graphics app must return immediately with an error code of -107 if it can't connect to the BOINC Client via RPC. 
 
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-This would say to run "boincsr.exe" for an 10 minutes (600 seconds),
+This would say to run "boincsr.exe" for 10 minutes (600 seconds),
 then run science app graphics (if any are available) for 30 minutes, changing among science apps every 10 minutes (if multiple tasks are running), 
 then repeat the entire sequence.