From: Eric S. Raymond Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 16:53:42 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Ready. X-Git-Tag: 1.2~2 X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1c576688b2e42a9c068b0a954bb70ded50a35676;p=xve.git Ready. --- diff --git a/README b/README index 651d4fb..e166cd5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,15 +2,13 @@ Configuring video timing parameters for X386 is something of a black art. If the VDID standard actually happens, it may become an obsolete art as well. -In the meantime, this package offers some guidance for the perplexed. It +In the meantime, this package offers some tools for the perplexed. It includes the following files: READ.ME --- this file Makefile --- a makefile, what else? -timing.guide --- The Hitchhiker's Guide to X386 Video Timing - xve.c --- source for the X Video Explorer The X Video Explorer tries to help you configure timings for your monitor, @@ -19,6 +17,13 @@ do some hand-tuning of the results, but xve will should least direct you in the right general region of the parameter space (and it automates away a lot of grubby calculations). +To use xve you will also need "The Hitchhiker's Guide to XFree86 Video +Timings". You can get this via the following URL: + + http://www.ccil.org/~esr/xconfig/video-modes.html + +If you don't find it there, search with Lycos or Alta Vista. + For updates and related resources, http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html. RELEASE NOTES @@ -26,4 +31,6 @@ For updates and related resources, http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html. Release 1.1 (24 Oct 1994): * Timing Guide has been updated. +Release 1.2 (10 Feb 1996): + * Timing guide now distributed separately.