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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-30 23:13:49 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-30 23:13:49 +0000
commit978b2e29638f871bca3c35fcfa498753e8846e08 (patch)
treed3d7929ec6390136496cd045492d20f3805146e4 /usr.sbin/wsconscfg/wsconscfg.8
parent3f737c9d87230f8ad112b3e88272d25882a0cd18 (diff)
smarten this page up a bit. usage() too.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/wsconscfg/wsconscfg.8 b/usr.sbin/wsconscfg/wsconscfg.8
index 5afb1bc3a92..980a97248c7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/wsconscfg/wsconscfg.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/wsconscfg/wsconscfg.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: wsconscfg.8,v 1.16 2004/04/03 21:53:15 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: wsconscfg.8,v 1.17 2004/07/30 23:13:48 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: wsconscfg.8,v 1.5 1999/05/15 14:45:06 drochner Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999
@@ -33,27 +33,29 @@
.Nd configure virtual terminals on a wscons display
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm wsconscfg
-.Op Fl f Ar <ctldev>
-.Op Fl d Op Fl F
-.Op Fl k
-.Op Fl m
-.Op Fl t Ar <type>
-.Op Fl e Ar <emul>
+.Op Fl dFkm
+.Op Fl e Ar emul
+.Op Fl f Ar ctldev
+.Op Fl t Ar type
.Ar index
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-tool allows the creation and removal of virtual terminals on display devices
-controlled by the wscons terminal framework, as long as the underlying display
-hardware driver supports multiple screens.
-Further, it controls the assignment of keyboards to displays.
+tool allows for the creation and removal of virtual terminals
+on display devices controlled by the wscons terminal framework,
+as long as the underlying display hardware driver supports multiple screens.
+Furthermore, it controls the assignment of keyboards to displays.
.Pp
The
.Ar index
argument specifies which virtual terminal is to be configured.
-The allowed numbers are from 0 to an implementation-specified value
+Valid numbers range from 0 to an implementation-specified value
(currently 7, allowing for 8 virtual terminals on a display).
-In keyboard configuration mode, it specifies the
+In keyboard configuration mode
+(see
+.Fl k ,
+below),
+it specifies the
.Xr wskbd 4
device to attach or detach.
Without further option arguments, a virtual terminal is created with
@@ -62,10 +64,6 @@ selected at kernel compile time.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Fl f Ar ctldev
-Specify the control device of the wscons display to operate on.
-Default is
-.Pa /dev/ttyCcfg .
.It Fl d
Delete the specified terminal.
Any specified terminal that is currently open by a program will not be deleted
@@ -77,21 +75,32 @@ cannot be deleted.
With the
.Fl k
flag, the keyboard specified by
-.Dq index
+.Ar index
will be detached from the wscons display.
With the
.Fl m
flag, the multiplexor specified by
-.Dq index
+.Ar index
will be detached from the wscons display.
+.It Fl e Ar emul
+Specify the terminal emulation to use for the virtual terminal.
+The set of available terminal emulations is determined at kernel compile time.
+See
+.Xr wscons 4
+for details.
.It Fl F
-Force deleting of a terminal even if it is in use by a user space program.
+Force deletion of a terminal, keyboard, or multiplexor,
+even if it is in use by a userspace program.
+.It Fl f Ar ctldev
+Specify the control device of the wscons display to operate on.
+The default is
+.Pa /dev/ttyCcfg .
.It Fl k
Do keyboard related operations instead of virtual screen configuration.
Without other flags, a keyboard will be attached to the display device.
The
-.Dq index
-argument can be omitted, in this case the first free keyboard will be used.
+.Ar index
+argument can be omitted: in that case the first free keyboard will be used.
.It Fl m
Do multiplexor related operations instead of virtual screen configuration.
Without other flags, a multiplexor will be attached to the display device.
@@ -102,12 +111,6 @@ display properties.
Valid
.Ar type
arguments are defined by the underlying display device driver.
-.It Fl e Ar emul
-Specify the terminal emulation to use for the virtual terminal.
-The set of available terminal emulations is determined at kernel compile time.
-See
-.Xr wscons 4
-for details.
.El
.\" .Pp
.\" Typically, the
@@ -118,8 +121,6 @@ for details.
.\" .Pa /etc/wscons.conf
.\" configuration file.
.Sh EXAMPLES
-.Li # wsconscfg -t 80x50 -e vt100 1
-.Pp
Configure screen 1 (i.e., the second) for type
.Dq 80x50
and VT100 terminal emulation.
@@ -133,9 +134,11 @@ screen useful.
See
.Xr wsfontload 8 . )
.Pp
-.Li # wsconscfg -k
+.D1 # wsconscfg -t 80x50 -e vt100 1
+.Pp
+Connect the first unconnected keyboard to the display:
.Pp
-Connect the first unconnected keyboard to the display.
+.Dl # wsconscfg -k
.\" .Sh FILES
.\" .Bl -tag -width /etc/wscons.conf -compact
.\" .It Pa /etc/wscons.conf
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ Connect the first unconnected keyboard to the display.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-program appeared in
+program first appeared in
.Ox 2.8 .
.Sh BUGS
There should be an easy way to get a list of the screen types available