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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-22 23:23:59 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2006-12-22 23:23:59 +0000
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
index fb1aada..2abaa1e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 29, 2005
+.Dd December 23, 2006
.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-command is used to set various options for the
+utility is used to set various options for the
.Xr syscons 4
console driver,
such as video mode, colors, cursor shape, screen output map, font and screen
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ will fail if the user attempts to set a new video mode.
.Pp
.Bl -column "25 line modes" "8x16 (VGA), 8x14 (EGA)" -compact
.Sy Modes Ta Sy Font size
-.Li 25 line modes Ta 8x16 (VGA), 8x14 (EGA)
-.Li 30 line modes Ta 8x16
-.Li 43 line modes Ta 8x8
-.Li 50 line modes Ta 8x8
-.Li 60 line modes Ta 8x8
+.No 25 line modes Ta 8x16 (VGA), 8x14 (EGA)
+.No 30 line modes Ta 8x16
+.No 43 line modes Ta 8x8
+.No 50 line modes Ta 8x8
+.No 60 line modes Ta 8x8
.El
.Pp
It is better to always load all three sizes (8x8, 8x14 and 8x16)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ to capture the current contents of the video buffer.
The
.Nm
utility writes version and additional information to the standard
-output, followed by the contents of the terminal device.
+output, followed by the contents of the video buffer.
.Pp
VGA video memory is typically arranged in two byte tuples,
one per character position.
@@ -501,13 +501,14 @@ some LCD models):
.Dl vidcontrol -g 100x37 VESA_800x600
.Pp
The following command will capture the contents of the first virtual
-terminal, and redirect the output to the
+terminal video buffer, and redirect the output to the
.Pa shot.scr
file:
.Pp
.Dl vidcontrol -p < /dev/ttyv0 > shot.scr
.Pp
The following command will dump contents of the fourth virtual terminal
+video buffer
to the standard output in the human readable format:
.Pp
.Dl vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv3
@@ -524,11 +525,11 @@ to the standard output in the human readable format:
.Xr watch 8
.Pp
The various
-.Li scr2*
+.Pa scr2*
utilities in the
-.Li graphics
+.Pa graphics
and
-.Li textproc
+.Pa textproc
categories of the
.Em "Ports Collection" .
.Sh AUTHORS
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