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gri-photon.so

Photon draw event manager

Syntax:

io-graphics ... -p photon [option[,option]...]

Options:

Use commas (,), not spaces, to separate the options.

num_palettes=value

The maximum number of palettes in the palette cache (default: 8).

num_cursors=value

The maximum number of cursors (mouse pointers). This number must be between 2 and 1024 (default: 8).

num_clip_rects=value

The number of internal clipping rectangles (default: 256).

num_user_clip_rects=value

The number of user clipping rectangles (default: 64).

num_gradients=value

The number of gradients that the render library will cache. Must be at least 1 (default: 20).

workspace=value

The size of the render library's internal workspace (default: 16K).

pointbuffer=value

The size of the render library's internal point manipulation workspace (default: 8k).

swcursor

Enable the software cursor (the hardware cursor is enabled by default).

hwcursor

Enable the hardware cursor (the hardware cursor is enabled by default).

touchscreen

Disable the cursor for TouchScreens.

optimize_cursor

Turn cursor optimization on or off. Each time it's specified the cursor optimization state is toggled (default: on).

font_shmem=value

The size in bytes of the render area. This value is used as the size parameter in PfAttachDllCx() or PfAttachCx().

font_server=value

The name of the font server to attach to. This value is used as the server parameter to PfAttachCx().

input_group=value

Set the cursor's input group.

monochrome

Turn on monochrome mode, which makes everything rendered by Photon black and white.

external_palette

Don't change the hardware palette. This option indicates that the hardware palette is externally managed.

Description:

The gri-photon.so plugin provides draw event management for io-graphics.

See also:

io-graphics