vdltodmx(1)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to vdltodmx(1) from the General Commands Manual — it is literally the dmx configuration file parser and printer 🎀. No cap, that is the whole name vibe.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Run it like this, periodt:

vdltodmx infile outfile

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So vdltodmx reads the input file — that's infile up in the synopsis, bestie — and that file should be in VDL configuration file format. After a successful parse, slay, it writes a file in Xdmx configuration file format to the output file, aka outfile.

The VDL file format is used with xmovie, which is available from http://www.llnl.gov/icc/lc/img/xmovie/xmovie.html — yes, that is the exact URL, do not @ me 💅.

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💖 EXAMPLE 💖

Given the following VDL-format file:

              0
              2
              #
              #
              2560 2048 Left two-thirds [restrict=*:2]
              2
              :2.1 1280 2048   0    0 0 0
              :2.2 1280 2048   1280 0 0 0
              4
              1280 1024 0      0
              1280 1024 0      1024
              1280 1024 1280   0
              1280 1024 1280   1024
              #
              2560 2048 Right two-thirds [restrict=*:2]
              2
              :2.2 1280 2048   0   0 0 0
              :2.3 1280 2048   1280 0 0 0
              4
              1280 1024 1280    0
              1280 1024 1280    1024
              1280 1024 2560 0
              1280 1024 2560 1024

the following DMX-format file will be produced:

              #
              #
              virtual "Left two-thirds" 2560x2048 {
                  display :2.1 1280x2048;
                  display :2.2 1280x2048 @1280x0;
              }
              #
              virtual "Right two-thirds" 2560x2048 {
                  display :2.2 1280x2048;
                  display :2.3 1280x2048 @1280x0;
              }

Like, the glow-up from VDL to DMX is genuinely iconic 🌈.

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💀 BUGS 💀

Real talk: if the VDL file is not in the expected format, the program will probably dump core. That is the bug note, bestie — not a cute look 😭. Format check your files before you send them, fr fr.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Go read these too, iykyk:

• Xdmx(1)
• xdmxconfig(1)
• vdl(3)
• xmovie(1)

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💖 That's the whole vibe — this page comes from X Version 11, xorg-server 1.20.11, and the footer is signed vdltodmx(1); the original doesn't list a date, so I'm not inventing one. Bye bestie! 🫶