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author | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:50:24 +0000 |
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committer | sheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-03-01 14:50:24 +0000 |
commit | b45b9e3cde3c8b803fc2c4fbdb784fc378ced24d (patch) | |
tree | 0b7d3487005ae5a1da0062d675a3bf21249410eb /share/man/man4/screen.4 | |
parent | 46cac19efdca36bb719c540488e5b984e7370eca (diff) | |
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Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality
of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide
bad examples for new-comers to mdoc.
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/screen.4 b/share/man/man4/screen.4 index fe06591..19744af 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/screen.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/screen.4 @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ ttyv0 - ttyvb in Each of these files correspond to a separate virtual console. All virtual console devices can be open at once, but only one is -active at a time. The active virtual console "owns" the keyboard and +active at a time. +The active virtual console "owns" the keyboard and display screen. .Pp Output to a virtual console that not currently is on the display is @@ -29,10 +30,12 @@ Any output written to .Pp To switch between the virtual consoles one uses the sequence .Ar ALT+Fn -, which means hold down ALT and press one of the function keys. The +, which means hold down ALT and press one of the function keys. +The virtual console with the same number as the function key is then selected as the current virtual console, and given exclusive use of -the keyboard and display. This switch sequence can be changed via +the keyboard and display. +This switch sequence can be changed via the keyboard mapping ioctl call (see keyboard.4) .Pp @@ -40,14 +43,19 @@ The console allows entering values that are not physically present on the keyboard via a special keysequence. To use this facility press and hold down ALT, then enter a decimal number from 0-255 via the numerical keypad, then -release ALT. The entered value is then used as the ASCII value for one -character. This way it is possible to enter any ASCII value. -The console driver also includes a history function. It is activated by -pressing the scroll-lock key. This holds the display, and enables the cursor +release ALT. +The entered value is then used as the ASCII value for one +character. +This way it is possible to enter any ASCII value. +The console driver also includes a history function. +It is activated by +pressing the scroll-lock key. +This holds the display, and enables the cursor arrows for scrolling up and down through the last scrolled out lines. The console understands a subset of the ANSI x3.64 character -sequences. For compatibility with the old pccons, the PC3 character +sequences. +For compatibility with the old pccons, the PC3 character sequences is also supported. .Pp .Bd -literal |