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Appendix for Explosiv 3.0
Explanation of Command Line Switches
and Display Parameters for DOS version
This is the entire list of options supported by version
3.0 of the Explosiv screen saver. The interface was
designed so that you will never have to know or use the
majority of these options. However, they are all
listed here for reference. The options that are useful
to know are:
Explosiv ; run the interface
Explosiv - ; read the configuration file
Explosiv on ; activate (normal, herc=text)
Explosiv +on ; activate (animate,
herc=graphics 0)
Explosiv -on ; activate (blank,
herc=graphics 1)
Explosiv off ; deactivate
Explosiv remove ; remove the tsr
all the other options can be and should be controlled
by the interface. A complete list of options is listed
below:
blank - This is the only display that does not halt the
underlying program when it is resident. The delay factor
and object variable have no meaning. No mouse support
is given to this display if it is resident and if blank
is resident then no other display can be loaded unless
you first remove explosiv.
random - Select a random display from the explosiv
library. If a display is not found that can be loaded
then a blanking display is used (not the same as the
blank above). If no display is specified then random
is used.
<display> - Select the module associated with the display
name. For example, if aranea is available in the
explosiv library then it can be run simply by typing
the command "explosiv aranea".
new - Force explosiv to load the specified configuration
into the memory resident explosiv. Use this parameters
to change characteristics such as minutes, objects and
display without first removing explosiv from memory.
on - This option will turn the screen saver on. If the
monitor is hercules then this also tells the screen
saver to restore the screen to text mode. If the monitor
is not hercules then this tells the screen saver to
use the animation when possible and to blank the screen
when it feels that the screen cannot be saved properly
( for example, in graphics modes ).
+on - This option will turn the screen saver on. If the
monitor is hercules then this also tells the screen
saver to restore the screen to graphics mode ( page 0 ).
If the monitor is not hercules then this tells the
screen saver to use the animation when possible and not
to screen save when it feels that the screen cannot be
saved properly ( for example, in graphics modes ).
-on - This option will turn the screen saver on. If the
monitor is hercules then this also tells the screen
saver to restore the screen to graphics mode ( page 1 ).
If the monitor is not hercules then this tells the
screen saver to blank the screen under all possible
circumstances.
off - This option will turn the screen saver off.
+video - This option tells the screen saver that it
should check for screen writes through bios. Any
character that is written to the screen will reset the
screen saver's timer.
-video - This option tells the screen saver that it
should not check for screen writes through the bios.
Any character that is written to the screen will not
reset the screen saver's timer. This option should be
used if you are using some sort of RAM resident clock.
mono - This option specifies that the display should be
in monochrome.
color - This option specifies that the display should be
in color.
tinge - This option specifies that the display should be
in color. This is used to give alternate color patterns
to displays like fireworks and aranea.
d<n> - This option specifies the delay factor that should
be used if required. Here <n> is a number from 1 to
255. By default, Explosiv will check your CPU and
generally deduce the proper delay factor. This option
should only be used if you find the default unreasonable.
Run the command
Explosiv ?
to find the default delay for your CPU.
m<n> - This option must be used if Explosiv is to become
a screen saver. Here <n> ranges from 1 to 30 and
refers to how many minutes of inactivity Explosiv
should wait before activating.
e<n> - This option specifies the object level. This
value ranges from 1 to 9 where the default is 4. Not
all displays use this option and those that do not
always use it in the same way.
? - This option will display the help screen. This will
give you information such as hot keys, Explosiv direc-
tory, monitor type, delay factor, multiplex number and
some simple options to use.
- - This option specifies to read the configuration
file. The screen saver will also parse the command
line but using this option will guarantee that the
program will become memory resident.
remove - This option tells Explosiv to remove the resident
copy of the screen saver from memory. If this is not
possible because other TSRs are loaded above Explosiv
then a message will be printed and the screen saver
will remain active and resident.
vga - This option specifies that you wish to override the
Explosiv auto-detection and assume you are using a vga
monitor.
ega - This option specifies that you wish to override
the Explosiv auto-detection and assume you are using an
ega monitor.
mcga - This option specifies that you wish to override
the Explosiv auto-detection and assume you are using a
mcga monitor. This option is functionally equivalent
to cga.
cga - This option specifies that you wish to override the
Explosiv auto-detection and assume you are using a cga
monitor. This option is functionally equivalent to
mcga.
herc - This option specifies that you wish to override
the Explosiv auto-detection and assume that you are
using a hercules monitor.
mda - This option specifies that you wish to override the
Explosiv auto-detection and assume that you are using
an mda monitor.
default - This option sets the screen saver to the default
delay factor. Use this to reset a resident copy of the
screen saver to the default setting.
mem1 - This option tells explosiv to allocate 4K of memory
to save the text buffer. This is the only valid option
unless you have an EGA or VGA monitor. Explosiv will
not be able to restore 43 or 50 line mode if you use
this option.
mem2 - This option is valid for a EGA or VGA monitor only.
Explosiv will allocate 8K of memory to save the text
buffer. This will save 43 or 50 line mode but will not
restore user defined fonts. This is the default for
EGA.
mem3 - This option is valid for a VGA monitor only.
Explosiv will allocate 8K of memory to save the text
buffer or font table. If you are using 43 or 50 line
mode then the full text buffer will be restored but
user defined fonts will not. If you are running a 25
line mode then user defined fonts will be restored.
This is the default for VGA.
mem4 - This option is valid for a VGA monitor only.
Explosiv will allocate 8K of memory to save the text
buffer or font table. User defined fonts will be
restored but 43 or 50 line mode will not.
mem5 - This option is valid for a VGA monitor only.
Explosiv will allocate 12K of memory to save the text
buffer and font table. User defined fonts will be
restore as well as 43 or 50 line mode.