Manual page for SWITCHER(1)
switcher - switch attention between multiple SunView desktops on the same physical screen
SYNOPSIS
switcher
[
-d
frame-buffer
] [
-s
n|l|r|i|o|f
]
[
-m
x y
] [
-n
] [
-e
0|1
]
AVAILABILITY
This command is available with the
[a manual with the abbreviation SVBG]
software installation option. Refer to
[a manual with the abbreviation INSTALL]
for information on how to install optional software.
DESCRIPTION
switcher
is used as an alternative to
adjacentscreens.1
for getting between desktops on the Sun-3/110.
Clicking the switcher icon
gets you to another desktop using some amusing video-wipe animation.
When using walking menus, a menu is available to invoke the switch as well.
switcher
can also be used to simply set the enable
plane
to 0 or 1 should it get out of wack.
OPTIONS
- -d frame-buffer
-
The
frame buffer
is a frame buffer device name, such as
/dev/fb,
/dev/cgfour
or
/dev/bwtwo0,
on which the desktop that you
want to get to resides. This name is the same one supplied to
sunview.
The
-d
flag is optional; if not specified,
the default device is
/dev/fb
- -s
n|l|r|i|o|f
-
The
-s
flag specifies the type of animation used when switching:
n
(now),
l
(left wipe),
r
(right wipe),
i
(tunnel in),
o
(tunnel out),
or
f
(fade).
The
-s
flag is optional because if not specified,
the default animation is to switch immediately.
n
(now) mode.
- -mx y
-
The
-m
indicates what the mouse position should be on the
destination desktop after the switch.
An
(x
y)
value-pair of (-1 -1) says to use the position
of the mouse on the desktop at the time of the switch as the mouse
position on the destination desktop.
The
-m
flag is optional; if not specified,
the default is (-1 -1).
- -n
-
The
-n
flag
means no switcher icon is wanted so do the switch right now and exit
switcher
after the switch. This is handy if you want to
switch
from a root menu command.
- -e 0|1
-
The
-e
flag causes the overlay enable plane of the device specified
with the
-d
flag to be set to either 0 (show color) or
1 (show black and white).
switcher
run with this option has
nothing to do with SunView, only the enable plane is set.
EXAMPLE
A common multiple desktop configuration
for the Sun-3/110 is one monochrome
and one color desktop. You could set up an instance of
sunview.1
on each plane group in the following ways:
- 1.
-
Invoke
sunview
in the color plane group by running:
-
example% sunview -8bit_color_only -toggle_enable
This starts
sunview
on the default frame buffer named
/dev/fb
but limits access to the color plane
group.
- 2.
-
In a
shelltool.1
run:
-
example% sunview -d /dev/bwtwo0 -toggle_enable &
This starts
sunview
in the overlay plane that is accessed by
/dev/bwtwo0.
- 3.
-
In a
shelltool
on the original desktop run:
-
example% switcher -d /dev/bwtwo0 -s i &
Clicking on the switcher icon when it is visible moves you to the
/dev/bwtwo0
desktop.
- 4.
-
In a
shelltool
on the
/dev/bwtwo0
desktop run:
-
example% switcher -s o &
Clicking on the switcher icon when it is
visible moves you back to the
/dev/fb
desktop.
FILES
- /usr/bin/switcher
-
- /dev/bwtwo0
-
- /dev/fb
-
- /dev/cgfour
-
SEE ALSO
adjacentscreens.1
shelltool.1
sunview.1
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
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Last modified 11/5/97
