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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-05-16 21:52:48 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-05-16 21:52:48 +0000
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Markup fixes.
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diff --git a/games/morse/morse.6 b/games/morse/morse.6
index 235d954..e6a723a 100644
--- a/games/morse/morse.6
+++ b/games/morse/morse.6
@@ -41,36 +41,37 @@
.Nd reformat input as morse code
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl p
+.Op Fl elps
.Op Fl d Ar device
-.Op Fl e
.Op Fl w Ar speed
.Op Fl f Ar frequency
-.Op Fl l
-.Op Fl s
.Op Ar string ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The command
+The
.Nm
-read the given input and reformat it in the form of morse code.
+command reads the given input and reformats it in the form of morse code.
Acceptable input are command line arguments or the standard input.
.Pp
Available options:
-.Bl -tag -width flag
+.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl l
The
.Fl l
-option produces output suitable for led(4) devices.
+option produces output suitable for
+.Xr led 4
+devices.
.It Fl s
The
.Fl s
option produces dots and dashes rather than words.
.It Fl p
-Send morse the real way. This only works if your system has
+Send morse the real way.
+This only works if your system has
.Xr speaker 4
support.
.It Fl w Ar speed
-Set the sending speed in words per minute. If not specified the default
+Set the sending speed in words per minute.
+If not specified, the default
speed of 20 WPM is used.
.It Fl f Ar frequency
Set the sidetone frequency to something other than the default 600 Hz.
@@ -79,10 +80,10 @@ Similar to
.Fl p ,
but use the RTS line of
.Ar device
-(which must by a tty device)
+(which must by a TTY device)
in order to emit the morse code.
.It Fl e
-echo each character before it is sent, used together with either
+Echo each character before it is sent, used together with either
.Fl p
or
.Fl d .
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ or the
.Fl d
flag.
.Pp
-Not all prosigns have corresponding characters. Use
+Not all prosigns have corresponding characters.
+Use
.Ql #
for
.Em AS ,
@@ -124,21 +126,24 @@ and
for
.Em AR .
.Pp
-Using flag
-.Fl d Ar device
+Using the
+.Fl d
+flag,
it is possible to key an external device, like a sidetone generator with
-a headset for training purposes, or even your ham radio transceiver. For
+a headset for training purposes, or even your ham radio transceiver.
+For
the latter, simply connect an NPN transistor to the serial port
.Ar device ,
emitter connected to ground, base connected through a resistor
(few kiloohms) to RTS, collector to the key line of your transceiver
(assuming the transceiver has a positive key supply voltage and is keyed
-by grounding the key input line). A capacitor (some nanofarads) between
+by grounding the key input line).
+A capacitor (some nanofarads) between
base and ground is advisable to keep stray RF away,
and to suppress the
minor glitch that is generated during program startup.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /dev/speaker -compact
+.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/speaker" -compact
.It Pa /dev/speaker
speaker device file
.El
@@ -148,12 +153,15 @@ Your
locale codeset determines how
characters with the high-order bit set
are interpreted.
+.Pp
.Bl -tag -width ".Li ISO8859-15" -compact
.It Li ISO8859-1
.It Li ISO8859-15
Interpret characters with the high-order bit set as Western European characters.
+.Pp
.It Li KOI8-R
Interpret characters with the high-order bit set as Cyrillic characters.
+.Pp
.It Li ISO8859-7
Interpret characters with the high-order bit set as Greek characters.
.El
@@ -174,5 +182,5 @@ Only understands a few European characters
no Asian characters,
and no continental landline code.
.Pp
-Sends a bit slower than it should due to system overhead. Some people
-would call this a feature.
+Sends a bit slower than it should due to system overhead.
+Some people would call this a feature.
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