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diff --git a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 index 0588c90..aea5467 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" @(#)vidcontrol.1 -.\" $Id$ +.\" $Id: vidcontrol.1,v 1.11 1997/07/24 23:46:35 wosch Exp $ .\" .Dd May 22, 1994 .Dt VIDCONTROL 1 @@ -21,21 +21,30 @@ .Nd a utility for manipulating the syscons video driver. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Ar options ... +.Op Fl r Ar fg Ar bg +.Op Fl b Ar color +.Op Fl c Ar appearance +.Op Fl d +.Op Fl l Ar scrmap +.Op Fl L +.Op Fl m Ar on|off +.Op Fl f Ar size Ar file +.Op Fl s Ar number +.Op Fl t Ar N|off +.Op Fl x +.Op mode +.Op fgcol Op bgcol +.Op show .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm vidcontrol +.Nm command is used to set various options for the syscons video driver, such as video mode, colors, cursors, scrnmaps, font and screensaver timeout. .Pp -A new video mode is selected by specifying its name as an argument to -.Nm vidcontrol . -For example: -.Bd -literal -vidcontrol VGA_80x25 -.Ed -.Pp -The modes currently supported: +The following command line options are supported: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It mode +Select a new video mode. The modes currently supported are: .Ar VGA_40x25 , .Ar VGA_80x25 , .Ar VGA_80x50 , @@ -49,20 +58,17 @@ can be used. The graphic mode .Ar VGA_320x200 can also be chosen. -.Pp -The colors used when displaying text can be changed by specifying the -foreground color (e.g. "vidcontrol white"), or both a foreground & background -color (e.g. "vidcontrol yellow blue"). -.Pp -To see the supported colors on a given platform use "vidcontrol show". -.Pp -The following command line options are supported: -.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It fgcol Op bgcol +Change colors when displaying text. Specify the foreground color +(e.g. "vidcontrol white"), or both a foreground & background color +(e.g. "vidcontrol yellow blue"). +.It show +See the supported colors on a given platform. .It Fl r Ar foreground Ar background Change reverse mode colors to .Ar foreground and -.Ar background +.Ar background . .It Fl b Ar color Set border color to .Ar color @@ -79,7 +85,11 @@ Install screen output map file from .It Fl L Install default screen output map. .It Fl m Ar on|off -Switches the mousepointer on or off. Used together with the moused +Switch the mousepointer +.Ar on +or +.Ar off . +Used together with the moused daemon for textmode cut & paste functionality. .It Fl f Ar size Ar file Load font @@ -87,12 +97,12 @@ Load font for .Ar size (currently, only 8x8, 8x14 or 8x16). -The fontfile can be either uuencoded or in raw binary format. -.It Fl s Ar Number -Sets the current vty to -.Ar Number . +The font file can be either uuencoded or in raw binary format. +.It Fl s Ar number +Set the current vty to +.Ar number . .It Fl t Ar N|off -Sets the screensaver timeout to +Set the screensaver timeout to .Ar N seconds, or turns it .Ar off . @@ -110,4 +120,4 @@ Use hexadecimal digits for output. .Xr screen 4 , .Xr moused 8 .Sh AUTHORS -Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) +.An Søren Schmidt Aq sos@FreeBSD.org |