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From: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su>
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Subject: docs/13763: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage
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>Number:         13763
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Sep 15 10:50:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alex Kapranoff
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
BGTU
>Environment:
>Description:

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.

>How-To-Repeat:

man vidcontrol | col -b | grep -A 2 -e ' -i'

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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