1eventtest(6)                  Svgalib User Manual                 eventtest(6)
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NAME

6       eventtest - test the waitevent function of svgalib
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SYNOPSIS

9       eventtest
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DESCRIPTION

13       This  is  a  kind of an upgraded keytest(6) and mousetest(6) demo using
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16       Use mouse to move  cursor.   <1>-<9>,  <0>  to  set  the  cursor  size.
17       <Space>  to  change the cursor color. Left button to draw. Right button
18       or <Q> to bailout.
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20       The cursor goes on/off every half second by usage of a  timeout  passed
21       to  vga_waitevent(3).   Every  5  seconds a string from a child process
22       (the time) arrives asynchronously and is  displayed  by  the  frontend.
23       This comes in through a pipe(2) which is monitored by vga_waitevent(2).
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25       You  can  set  a  videomode  to use by setting the environment variable
26       SVGALIB_DEFAULT_MODE to a number (see vgatest for a list) or  a  string
27       like  G0x1x2  where you replace 0 with desired x resolution, 1 with the
28       desired y rez, and 2 with the desired number of  colors  (2,  16,  256,
29       32K,  64K,  16M,  16M4). Again, only certain choices are available, see
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32       In case nothing is selected, G320x200x256 is choosen.
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34       This demo is part of svgalib and can be found in the  demos/  subdirec‐
35       tory of the original svgalib distribution. However, it is not installed
36       in the system by default, s.t. it is unclear where you can find  it  if
37       your  svgalib was installed by some linux distribution. Even then, when
38       you have the demo on your system, you probably won't have  the  sources
39       s.t. it is only of limited use for you.
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41       In  case  of  any such problem, simply get an svgalib distribution from
42       the net. You even don't need to install it. Just  make  in  the  demos/
43       subdirecty.  As  of  this  writing, svgalib-1.2.12.tar.gz is the latest
44       version  and  can  be  retrieved  by  ftp   from   sunsite.unc.edu   at
45       /pub/Linux/libs/graphics  and tsx-11.mit.edu at /pub/linux/sources/libs
46       which will most probably be mirrored by a site close to you.
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SEE ALSO

50       svgalib(7), vgagl(7),  libvga.config(5),  vga_waitevent(3),  threed(6),
51       accel(6),  bg_test(6),  forktest(6),  fun(6), keytest(6), mousetest(6),
52       scrolltest(6), speedtest(6), spin(6), testaccel(6), testgl(6), testlin‐
53       ear(6), vgatest(6), plane(6), wrapdemo(6)
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AUTHOR

57       This  manual  page  was  edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-
58       essen.de>. The demos as well as the vga_waitevent(3) function is due to
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63Svgalib 1.3.0                    8 April 1998                     eventtest(6)
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