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@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ preceeding \fB\-screen\fP parameter.
.B \-[no]multimonitors or \-[no]multiplemonitors
Create a screen 0 that covers all monitors [the primary monitor] on a system with
multiple monitors.
+Fake XINERAMA data is created describing the individual monitors,
+(This is similar to the 'merged framebuffer' or 'pseudo-xinerama' mode provided by
+some drivers for the xorg X server).
This option is currently enabled by default in \fB\-multiwindow\fP mode.
.TP 8
.B "\-screen \fIscreen_number\fP [\fIW\fP \fIH\fP [\fIX\fP \fIY\fP] | [[\fIW\fPx\fIH\fP[+\fIX\fP+\fIY\fP]][@\fIM\fP]] ] "
@@ -167,14 +170,15 @@ on its own is equivalent to \fB\-resize=randr\fP
.SH OPTIONS FOR MULTIWINDOW MODE
.TP 8
-.B \-hostintitle
+.B \-[no]hostintitle
Add the host name to the window title for X applications which are running
on remote hosts, when that information is available and it's useful to do so.
+The default is enabled.
.SH OPTIONS CONTROLLING WINDOWS INTEGRATION
.TP 8
.B \-[no]clipboard
-Enables [disables] the integration between the Cygwin/X clipboard and
+Enables [disables] the integration between the X11 clipboard and
\fIWindows\fP clipboard. The default is enabled.
.TP 8
.B "\-emulate3buttons [\fItimeout\fP]"
@@ -200,6 +204,10 @@ prevents the \fIWindows\fP mouse cursor from being drawn on top of the X
cursor.
This parameter has no effect unless \fB-swcursor\fP is also specified.
.TP 8
+.B \-[no]primary
+Clipboard integration may [will not] use the PRIMARY selection.
+The default is enabled.
+.TP 8
.B \-swcursor
Disable the usage of the \fIWindows\fP cursor and use the X11 software cursor instead.
.TP 8
@@ -235,14 +243,12 @@ clipping region is then used to do a single bit block transfer that is
constrained to the updated area by the clipping region. There is some
overhead involved in creating, installing, destroying, and removing
the clipping region, thus there may not be much benefit for a small
-number of boxes (less than 10). It is even possible that this
+number of boxes. It is even possible that this
functionality does not provide a benefit at any number of boxes; we
can only determine the usefulness of this feature through testing.
This option probably has limited effect on current \fIWindows\fP versions
as they already perform GDI batching.
-This parameter works in conjunction with engines 1, 2, and 4 (Shadow
-GDI, Shadow DirectDraw, and Shadow DirectDraw Non-Locking,
-respectively).
+This parameter only has any effect when a Shadow drawing engine is selected.
.TP 8
.B "\-engine \fIengine_type_id\fP"
This option, which is intended for Cygwin/X developers,
@@ -258,11 +264,11 @@ The engine type ids are:
.IP 1 4
Shadow GDI
.IP 2 4
-Shadow DirectDraw
+Shadow DirectDraw (obsolete, disabled)
.IP 4 4
Shadow DirectDraw Non-Locking
.IP 8 4
-Primary DirectDraw (unsupported, obsolete)
+Primary DirectDraw (unsupported, obsolete, disabled)
.IP 16 4
Native GDI (unsupported, experimental and barely functional)
.RE