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+++ b/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1
@@ -13,34 +13,31 @@
.\" @(#)vidcontrol.1
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 30, 1999
+.Dd May 27, 2001
.Dt VIDCONTROL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm vidcontrol
-.Nd "a utility for manipulating the syscons console driver"
+.Nd system console control and configuration utility
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
+.Op Fl CdLPpx
.Op Fl b Ar color
.Op Fl c Ar appearance
-.Op Fl d
.Oo
.Fl f
.Op Ar size
.Ar file
.Oc
.Op Fl g Ar geometry
+.Op Fl h Ar size
.Op Fl i Cm adapter | mode
.Op Fl l Ar screen_map
-.Op Fl L
.Op Fl M Ar char
.Op Fl m Cm on | off
-.Op Fl p
-.Op Fl P
.Op Fl r Ar foreground Ar background
.Op Fl s Ar number
.Op Fl t Ar N | Cm off
-.Op Fl x
.Op Ar mode
.Op Ar foreground Op Ar background
.Op Cm show
@@ -110,13 +107,15 @@ See the supported colors on a given platform.
Set border color to
.Ar color .
This option may not be always supported by the video driver.
+.It Fl C
+Clear the history buffer.
.It Fl c Cm normal | blink | destructive
Change the cursor appearance.
The cursor is either an inverting block
.Pq Cm normal
-that eventually can
-.Cm blink .
-Or it can be like the old hardware cursor
+that can optionally
+.Cm blink ,
+or it can be like the old hardware cursor
.Pq Cm destructive .
The latter is actually a simulation.
.It Fl d
@@ -166,6 +165,10 @@ See also
and
.Sx EXAMPLES
below.
+.It Fl h Cm size
+Set the size of the history (scrollback) buffer to
+.Cm size
+lines.
.It Fl i Cm adapter
Shows info about the current video adapter.
.It Fl i Cm mode
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