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- :userdoc.
- :h1 res=128.Extended help
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- Life Saver - An OS/2 2.x Screen Saving Utility
- Copyright (c) 1993 by Larry Salomon, Jr.
- All rights reserved.
- :exmp.
- :font facename=default.
- :p.:hp2.Life Saver:ehp2. is a screen saver that runs in the background without
- disturbing your other applications. As long as the foreground session is the
- Presentation Manager, Life Saver will prevent monitor burnout by switching to
- a black screen with the :link reftype=hd res=4096.Game of
- Life:elink. in progress after a specified amount of time has elapsed with no
- activity from the mouse or keyboard.
- :p.Related information
- :ul compact.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=4096.Game of Life:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=4097.Settings:elink.
- :li.:link reftype=hd res=4098.Buttons:elink.
- :eul.
- :h1 res=4096 hide.Game of Life
- :p.The Game of Life is an ancient computer science exercise in which you have
- a two-dimensional &odq.universe&cdq. containing spaces that either contain an
- &odq.organism&cdq. or are empty. After each unit of time, the entire board is
- scanned and the next state of the board is determined according to the
- following rules&colon.
- :p.If the current space is occupied and the number of occupied adjacent spaces
- is...
- :ul compact.
- :li....0 or 1 the organism dies of loneliness.
- :li....2 or 3 the organism continues to live.
- :li....4 or more the organism dies of overcrowding.
- :eul.
- :p.If the current space is unoccupied and the number of occupied adjacent
- spaces is...
- :ul compact.
- :li....0 or 1 the space remains empty because there are not enough parent
- organisms.
- :li....2 or 3 a new organism is born.
- :li....4 or more the space remains empty because of overcrowding.
- :eul.
- :p.The spawning and death of organisms happens instantaneously; thus, an
- organism spawned in a turn cannot then be a parent to an adjacent space in
- the same turn.
- :p.It is highly likely that, after a finite amount of time, the universe
- enters statis and does not evolve any further. To avoid this,
- &odq.floaters&cdq. are introduced periodically. A floater is a group of
- organisms that, by nature of their arrangement, cycle through a small set of
- patterns and move a space or more in the process.
- :p.It is also possible that the universe will die altogether; nothing is done
- about this condition.
- :h1 res=4097 hide.Settings
- :p.The settings that can be adjusted are listed below&colon.
- :dl tsize=15 compact break=fit.
- :dt.Timeout
- :dd.The amount of inactivity (measured in minutes&colon.seconds) that must
- elapse before the screen saver assumes control.
- :dt.Disable...
- :dd.Specifies that inactivity should not be monitored.
- :edl.
- :p.Remember that changes to the settings do :hp2.not:ehp2. take effect until
- either Set or Apply is also selected.
- :h1 res=4098 hide.Buttons
- :p.The buttons at the bottom of the Settings panel are listed below&colon.
- :dl tsize=15 compact break=fit.
- :dt.Set
- :dd.Saves the current settings to be used the next time Life Saver is started.
- :dt.Apply
- :dd.Uses the current settings but does not save them.
- :dt.Undo
- :dd.Resets the setting values to reflect the values currently being used.
- :dt.Help
- :dd.Displays this help.
- :edl.
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