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diff --git a/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README b/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README index dec6269..a613c80 100644 --- a/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README +++ b/x11vnc/misc/enhanced_tightvnc_viewer/README @@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: - ZRLE VNC encoding support (RealVNC's encoding) + - Support for the ZYWRLE encoding, a wavelet based extension to + ZRLE to improve compression of motion video and photo regions. + - Cursor alphablending with x11vnc at 32bpp (-alpha option) - Option "-unixpw ..." for use with "x11vnc -unixpw" login dialogs. @@ -120,8 +123,8 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: extensions - UltraVNC File Transfer via an auxiliary Java helper program - (java must be in $PATH). Note that x11vnc supports UltraVNC - file transfer. + (java must be in $PATH). Note that the x11vnc server supports + UltraVNC file transfer. - Connection support for the UltraVNC repeater proxy (-repeater option). @@ -130,11 +133,21 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: SC I, and SSL encrypted: SC III) - Support for UltraVNC DSM Encryption Plugin mode. (ARC4 and - AESV2, but not MSRC4 yet) + AESV2, and MSRC4) - - Instead of hostname:display one can also supply "exec=command args..." - to connect the viewer to the stdio of an external command - (e.g. stunnel or socat) rather than using a TCP/IP socket. + - Support for symmetric encryption (including blowfish and 3des + ciphers) to Non-UltraVNC Servers. Any server using the same + encryption method will work, e.g.: x11vnc -enc blowfish:./my.key + + - Instead of hostname:display one can also supply "exec=command + args..." to connect the viewer to the stdio of an external command + (e.g. stunnel or socat) rather than using a TCP/IP socket. Unix + domain sockets, e.g. /path/to/unix/socket, and a previously + opened file descriptor fd=0, work too. + + - Local Port Protections for STUNNEL and SSH: avoid having for + long periods of time a listening port on the the local (VNC + viewer) side that redirects to the remote side. - Extremely low color modes: 64 and 8 colors in 8bpp (-use64/-bgr222, -use8/-bgr111) @@ -147,6 +160,11 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: below the actual display. Set to actual height or use -1 for autodetection (tall screens are autodetected by default). + - Escape Keys: enable a set of modifier keys so when they + are all pressed down you can invoke Popup menu actions via + keystrokes. I.e., a set of 'Hot Keys'. One can also pan (move) + the desktop inside the viewport via Arrow keys or a mouse drag. + - Scrollbar width setting: -sbwidth n, the default is very thin, 2 pixels, for less distracting -ycrop usage. @@ -154,7 +172,8 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: dynamically via the menu: ViewOnly, Toggle Bell, CursorShape updates, X11 Cursor, Cursor Alphablending, Toggle Tight/ZRLE, Toggle JPEG, FullColor/16bpp/8bpp (256/64/8 colors), Greyscale - for low color modes. + for low color modes, Scaling the Viewer resolution, Escape Keys, + and others, including UltraVNC extensions. - Maintains its own BackingStore if the X server does not @@ -162,9 +181,6 @@ The enhanced TightVNC viewer features are: (local machine). Default assumes you are using SSH tunnel. Use -rawlocal to revert. - - Support for the ZYWRLE encoding, a wavelet based extension to - ZRLE to improve compression of motion video and photo regions. - - XGrabServer support for fullscreen mode, for old window managers (-grab/-graball option). @@ -198,7 +214,7 @@ Unix and Mac OS X: Unpack the archive: - % gzip -dc ssvnc-1.0.19.tar.gz | tar xvf - + % gzip -dc ssvnc-1.0.21.tar.gz | tar xvf - Run the GUI: @@ -206,7 +222,7 @@ Unix and Mac OS X: % ./ssvnc/MacOSX/ssvnc (for Mac OS X) - The smaller file "ssvnc_no_windows-1.0.19.tar.gz" + The smaller file "ssvnc_no_windows-1.0.21.tar.gz" could have been used as well. On MacOSX you could also click on the SSVNC app icon in the Finder. @@ -241,7 +257,8 @@ Unix and Mac OS X: Unix/MacOSX Install: - There is no standard install, but you can make symlinks like so: + There is no standard install for the bundles, but you can make + symlinks like so: cd /a/directory/in/PATH ln -s /path/to/ssvnc/bin/{s,t}* . @@ -249,12 +266,22 @@ Unix/MacOSX Install: Or put /path/to/ssvnc/bin, /path/to/ssvnc/Unix, or /path/to/ssvnc/MacOSX in your PATH. + For the conventional source tarball it will compile and install, e.g.: + + gzip -dc ssvnc-1.0.20.src.tar.gz | tar xvf - + cd ssvnc-1.0.20 + make config + make all + make PREFIX=/my/install/dir install + + then have /my/install/dir/bin in your PATH. + Windows: Unzip, using WinZip or a similar utility, the zip file: - ssvnc-1.0.19.zip + ssvnc-1.0.21.zip Run the GUI, e.g.: @@ -266,7 +293,7 @@ Windows: select Open, and then OK to launch it. - The smaller file "ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.19.zip" + The smaller file "ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.21.zip" could have been used as well. You can make a Windows shortcut to this program if you want to. |