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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-04-11 04:32:29 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2003-04-11 04:32:29 +0000
commitc341e62e40dcf89b30d4a2bcf64d515b776dee81 (patch)
treedd2a9c726fb98b2afc7489db2110c149d2add573 /share/man/man4/wscons.4
parentf24ceb1e6c7ff64cfd585e68ef0913af97974acf (diff)
typos;
wscons(4): ok miod@
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/wscons.4 b/share/man/man4/wscons.4
index d2c8134eef5..516643e8c06 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/wscons.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/wscons.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wscons.4,v 1.12 2003/03/05 16:39:34 miod Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wscons.4,v 1.13 2003/04/11 04:32:28 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: wscons.4,v 1.11 2000/04/13 11:14:42 is Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd option WSEMUL_SUN
.Cd option WSEMUL_NO_VT100
-.Cd option \&"WSEMUL_DEFAULT=\e"xxx\e""
+.Cd option WSEMUL_DEFAULT=\&"xxx\&"
.Cd option WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_XXX
.Cd option WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_XXX
.Cd option WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ and
models.
The features of the original
.Tn VT100
-which are not or not completely implemented are:
+which are not, or not completely, implemented are:
.Bl -bullet
.It
.Tn VT52
@@ -174,20 +174,20 @@ emulator.
.Pp
The
.Va WSEMUL_DEFAULT
-kernel option allows to select one of the described terminal options
-as default choice.
-The default gets into effect in kernel startup, i.e.,
+kernel option allows selecting one of the described terminal options
+as the default choice.
+The default goes into effect at kernel startup, i.e.,
for the operating system console or additional screens allocated
through the
.Va WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS
option (see
-.Xr wsdisplay 4
-), or if no emulation type was passed to the
+.Xr wsdisplay 4 ) ,
+or if no emulation type was passed to the
.Xr wsconscfg 8
utility.
.Pp
-.Em Compatibility options:
-these options allow to run X servers or other programs using low-level
+.Em Compatibility options :
+these options allow running X servers or other programs using low-level
console driver functions which were written specifically for other
console drivers to run on
.Ox
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ The options are in particular:
Support the protocol for switches between multiple virtual screens on
one display as used by most PC-UNIX variants.
.It Cd WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_RAWKBD
-Allows to get raw XT keyboard scancodes from PC keyboards as needed
+Allows getting raw XT keyboard scancodes from PC keyboards as needed
by i386 X servers.
.It Cd WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_PCVT
Emulates enough of the
@@ -226,20 +226,18 @@ find the
.Nm
driver entry points, symlinks are a helpful measure.)
.Pp
-.Em Other options:
+.Em Other options :
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxx
-.It Cd option WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_XXX ,
-.It Cd option WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_XXX ,
+.It Cd option WS_KERNEL_FG=WSCOL_XXX
+.It Cd option WS_KERNEL_BG=WSCOL_XXX
.It Cd option \&WS_KERNEL_COLATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"
-and
.It Cd option \&WS_KERNEL_MONOATTR="(WSATTR_XXX | WSATTR_YYY)"
-allow to make console output originating from the kernel appear differently
+Make console output originating from the kernel appear differently
than output from user level programs (via
.Pa /dev/console
or the specific tty
device like
-.Pa /dev/ttyC0
-).
+.Pa /dev/ttyC0 ) .
.Dq WS_KERNEL_FG
and
.Dq WS_KERNEL_BG
@@ -265,10 +263,10 @@ The virtual screen switching protocol enabled by
.Dq WSDISPLAY_COMPAT_USL
uses a somewhat complex handshake protocol to pass control to user programs
as X servers controlling a virtual screen.
-To avoid a non-responsive application to lock the whole console system a
+To avoid a non-responsive application locking the whole console system, a
screen switch will be rolled back if the user application does not respond
to a screen switch request within some time.
-This option allows to set this timeout (in seconds),
+This option sets the timeout (in seconds);
the default value is 5 seconds.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO