--- sourceforge.net/trunk/rdesktop/doc/rdesktop.1 2004/01/23 14:34:47 581 +++ sourceforge.net/trunk/rdesktop/doc/rdesktop.1 2005/03/06 21:11:18 828 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH rdesktop 1 "January 2004" +.TH rdesktop 1 "March 2005" .SH NAME .I rdesktop \- Remote Desktop Protocol client @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ Force the server to send screen updates as bitmaps rather than using higher-level drawing operations. .TP +.BR "-B" +Use the BackingStore of the Xserver instead of the integrated one in +rdesktop. +.TP .BR "-e" Disable encryption. This option is only needed (and will only work) if you have a French version of NT TSE. @@ -97,12 +101,36 @@ session. This is useful with applications that looks at the numlock state, but might cause problems with some Xservers like Xvnc. .TP +.BR "-X " +Embed rdesktop-window in another window. The windowid is expected to +be decimal. +.TP .BR "-a " Sets the colour depth for the connection (8, 15, 16 or 24). More than 8 bpp are only supported when connecting to Windows XP (up to 16 bpp) or newer. Note that the colour depth may also be limited by the server configuration. .TP +.BR "-z" +Enable compression of the RDP datastream. This currently only works +for a colour depth of 8bpp. +.TP +.BR "-x " +Changes default bandwidth performance behaviour for RDP5. By default only +theming is enabled, and all other options are disabled (corresponding +to modem (56 Kbps)). Setting experience to b[roadband] enables menu +animations and full window dragging. Setting experience to l[an] will +also enable the desktop wallpaper. Setting experience to m[odem] +disables all (including themes). Experience can also be a hexidecimal +number containing the flags. +.TP +.BR "-P" +Enable caching of bitmaps to disk (persistent bitmap caching). This generally +improves performance (especially on low bandwidth connections) and reduces +network traffic at the cost of slightly longer startup and some disk space. +(10MB for 8-bit colour, 20MB for 15/16-bit colour and 30MB for 24-bit colour +sessions) +.TP .BR "-r " Enable redirection of the specified device on the client, such that it appears on the server. Note that the allowed @@ -114,14 +142,20 @@ Redirects serial devices on your client to the server. Note that if you need to change any settings on the serial device(s), do so with an appropriate tool before starting rdesktop. In most -OSes you would use stty. -.TP -.BR "-r disk:=,..." -Redirects a path to the drive letter of your choice on the server. -(requires Windows XP or newer). +OSes you would use stty. Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer. +In Windows 2000 it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most +shell programs will not work with it. +.TP +.BR "-r disk:=,..." +Redirects a path to the share \\\\tsclient\\ on the server +(requires Windows XP or newer). The share name is limited to 8 +characters. .TP .BR "-r lptport:=,..." Redirects parallel devices on your client to the server. +Bidirectional/Read support requires Windows XP or newer. In Windows 2000 +it will create a port, but it's not seamless, most shell programs will not work with +it. .TP .BR "-r printer:[=],..." Redirects a printer queue on the client to the server. The @@ -130,8 +164,9 @@ 100% match in the server environment, or the driver will fail. The first printer on the command line will be set as your default printer. .TP -.BR "-r sound" -Redirects sound generated on the server to the client ( Requires +.BR "-r sound:[local|off|remote]" +Redirects sound generated on the server to the client. "remote" only has +any effect when you connect to the console with the -0 option. (Requires Windows XP or newer). .TP .BR "-0"