# HG changeset patch # User folke # Date 997903285 0 # Node ID 12b9354cd32081ba7b34c817e757e475dda6d7e8 # Parent 8ee4ab7de293c0e9cf9dfa5d9bf6126e04652563 AAlib section updated diff -r 8ee4ab7de293 -r 12b9354cd320 DOCS/documentation.html --- a/DOCS/documentation.html Wed Aug 15 17:56:55 2001 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/documentation.html Wed Aug 15 19:21:25 2001 +0000 @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ W/S mappings for * and / (mixer control) KNOWN BUGS: - - Keys pressed under aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !) + - Keys pressed under sdl:aalib console driver repeat forever. (use -vo aa !) It's bug in SDL, I can't change it (tested with SDL 1.2.1). @@ -962,15 +962,46 @@ ASCII renderer. There are LOTS of programs already supporting it, like Doom, Quake, etc. MPlayer contains a very usable driver for it. If ./configure detects aalib installed, the aalib libvo driver will be built. - It uses some keys to change Fast rendering ON/OFF, dithering mode change, - inverse picture, contrast, brightness. Use -vo aa and look out for the help - text. + + You can use some keys in the AA Window to change rendering options: + 1 : switch fast rendering on/off + 2 : set dithering mode (none, error distribution, floyd steinberg) + 3 : invert image + 4 : decrease contrast + 5 : increase contrast + 6 : decrease brightness + 7 : increase brightness + + + The following command line options can be used: + -aaosdcolor=V : change osd color + -aasubcolor=V : change osd color + where V can be: (0/normal, 1/dark, 2/bold, 3/boldfont, 4/reverse, 5/special) + + AAlib itselves provides a large sum of options. + Here are some important: + -aadriver : set recommended aa driver (X11, curses, linux) + -aaextended : use all 256 characters + -aaeight : use eight bit ascii + -aahelp : prints out all aalib options + + + + NOTE: the rendering is very CPU intensive, especially when using AA-on-X (using aalib on X), and it's least CPU intensive on standard, non-framebuffer console. Use SVGATextMode to set up a big textmode, then enjoy! (secondary head Hercules cards rock :)) (anyone can enhance - fbdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :) + fbdev to do conversion/dithering to hgafb? Would be neat :) + + Use the -framedrop option if your comp isn't fast enough to render all frames! + + Playing on terminal you'll get better speed and quality using the linux driver, not + curses (-aadriver linux). But therefore you need write access on /dev/vcsa! + That isn't autodetected by aalib, bu vo_aa tries to find the best mode. + See http://aa-project.sourceforge.net/tune/ for further tuning issues. + 2.2.2. Audio output devices @@ -1999,7 +2030,7 @@ Bertrand BAUDET: - network streaming support -Folke Ashberg: - native AAlib driver (-vo aa) Main testers: