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authorEric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>2007-08-31 17:30:33 -0700
committerEric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>2007-08-31 17:32:04 -0700
commit11ea09745efa8de7dc82fe30ebd2393f08390957 (patch)
tree266370f5e3794f3c0d674759b6773de81b502702 /man
parent31540f1438ec63faf37044f2fd654b335ddf80f0 (diff)
Bug #2081: Note the range limitation of XSetScreenSaver arguments.
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diff --git a/man/XSetScreenSaver.man b/man/XSetScreenSaver.man
index c0c1e36..4a42bcf 100644
--- a/man/XSetScreenSaver.man
+++ b/man/XSetScreenSaver.man
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ If the timeout value is nonzero,
.ZN XSetScreenSaver
enables the screen saver.
An interval of 0 disables the random-pattern motion.
+Both values are limited to a 16-bit signed integer range by the wire protocol,
+despite the C prototype.
If no input from devices (keyboard, mouse, and so on) is generated
for the specified number of timeout seconds once the screen saver is enabled,
the screen saver is activated.