From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Oct 20 6:50: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCCEF1B8E4 for ; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id GAA41497; Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 06:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199910201350.GAA41497@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Neil Blakey-Milner Subject: Re: docs/13763: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage Reply-To: Neil Blakey-Milner Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/13763; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Alex Kapranoff 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