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diff --git a/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4 b/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4 index cd9ea40abd6..36b0eae29c1 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: wsdisplay.4,v 1.5 2001/03/27 22:44:55 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: wsdisplay.4,v 1.6 2001/05/11 23:03:04 mickey Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: wsdisplay.4,v 1.5 2000/05/13 15:22:19 mycroft Exp $ .\" .Dd March 20, 1999 @@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ (generic PC (ISA) display) .Cd wsdisplay* at tga? console ? (DEC TGA display, alpha only) -.Cd wsdisplay* at pfb? console ? -(PCI framebuffer, bebox only) -.Cd wsdisplay0 at ofb? console ? -(Open Firmware framebuffer, macppc only) .Cd wsdisplay* at nextdisplay? console ? (NeXT display) +.Cd wsdisplay* at sti? console ? +(HP CRX and Visualize series framebuffers) .Cd wsdisplay0 at smg0 (VAXstation small monochrome display) .Cd options WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS=N @@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ makes it available as text terminal or graphics interface. .Pp A display device can have the ability to display characters on it (without help of an X server), either directly by hardware or through -software putting pixel data into the display memory. +software drawing pixel data into the display memory. Such displays are called .Dq emulating , the @@ -92,6 +90,39 @@ Alternatively, the compile-time option .Cm WSDISPLAY_DEFAULTSCREENS=N will set up N screens of the display driver's default type and using the system's default terminal emulator at autoconfiguration time. +.Pp +In addition and with help from backend drivers the following features +are also provided: +.Bl -bullet +.It +Loading, deleteing and listing the loaded fonts. +.It +Browsing backwards in the screen output, the size of the +buffer for saved text is defined by the particular hardware driver. +.It +Blanking the scrren by timing out on inactivity in the +screen holding the input focus. +Awakenning activities consist of: +.Pp +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +pressing any keys on the keyboard; +.It +moving or clicking the mouse; +.It +any output to the screen. +.El +.Pp +Blanking the screen is usually done by disabling the horizontal sync +signal on video output, but may also include blanking the vertical +sync in which case most monitors go into power saving mode. +See +.Xr wsconsctl 8 +for controlling variables. +.El +.Pp +Consult the back-end drivers' documentaion for which features are supported +for each particular hardware type. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/include/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h -compact .It Pa /dev/ttyC* @@ -104,6 +135,7 @@ control device .Xr ega 4 , .Xr pcdisplay 4 , .Xr tty 4 , +.Xr tga 4 , .Xr vga 4 , .Xr wscons 4 , .Xr wsconscfg 8 , |