[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] replace screensaver mess by general "heartbeat" command

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hello,
On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 12:12:49PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
[...]
> Patch obviously lacks man page part.

Here is that part, it looks a bit ugly though, so improvements wouldn't
hurt.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger
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 Leads to image distortion!
 .
 .TP
+.B \-heartbeat-cmd
+Command that is executed every 30 seconds during playback via system() -
+i.e. using the shell.
+.sp 1
+.I NOTE:
+MPlayer uses this command without any checking, it is your responsibility
+to ensure it does not cause security problems (e.g. make sure to use full
+paths if "." is in your path like on Windows).
+.sp 1
+This can be "misused" to disable screensavers that do not support the proper
+X API for this.
+.sp 1
+.I EXAMPLE for gnome screensaver:
+mplayer \-heartbeat-cmd "gnome-screensaver-command -p" file
+.RE
+.PD 1
+.
+.TP
 .B \-identify
 Shorthand for \-msglevel identify=4.
 Show file parameters in an easily parseable format.
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