Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/13763: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage Message-ID: <199910201350.GAA41497@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/13763; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/13763: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:26:38 +0200 On Wed 1999-09-15 (20:24), Alex Kapranoff wrote: > >Number: 13763 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Originator: Alex Kapranoff > >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386 > > vidcontrol.1 manpage specifies the "-i" command-line switch in somewhat > obscure manner: > > -i adapter > Shows info about current video adapter. > > -i mode > Shows the possible videomodes with the current video hardware. > > And the arguments "adapter" and "modes" are hilited as if they're > user-supplied values while they're just words "adapter" or "mode". > > This is likely to be not-the-right-way in vidcontrol program itself, but > also could be somehow emphasized in the manpage. This has been fixed in revisions 1.14.2 and 1.17 of src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 by yokota. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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