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diff --git a/share/man/man5/remote.5 b/share/man/man5/remote.5 index e4012183fae..1030ef93058 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/remote.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/remote.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: remote.5,v 1.6 2000/02/29 04:48:39 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: remote.5,v 1.7 2000/03/19 19:25:32 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: remote.5,v 1.4 1997/04/20 00:05:27 mellon Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ and their attributes are stored in an file which is structured somewhat like the .Xr termcap 5 -file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single +file. +Each line in the file provides a description for a single .Xr system . Fields are separated by a colon .Pq Sq \&: . @@ -57,14 +58,15 @@ Lines ending with a character immediately followed by a newline are continued on the next line. .Pp -The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. If there is more +The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. +If there is more than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars .Pq Sq \&| . -After the name of the system comes the fields of the description. A -field name followed by an equal sign +After the name of the system comes the fields of the description. +A field name followed by an equal sign .Pq Sq = -indicates a string value follows. A field -name followed by a pound sign +indicates a string value follows. +A field name followed by a pound sign .Pq Sq # indicates a following numeric value. .Pp @@ -78,20 +80,23 @@ and the .Xr cu interface to .Xr tip , -as follows. When +as follows. +When .Xr tip is invoked with only a phone number, it looks for an entry of the form .Dq tip300 , where 300 is the baud rate with -which the connection is to be made. When the +which the connection is to be made. +When the .Xr cu interface is used, entries of the form .Dq cu300 are used. .Sh CAPABILITIES Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean -flags (bool). A string capability is specified by +flags (bool). +A string capability is specified by .Em capability Ns Ar = Ns Em value ; for example, .Dq dv=/dev/harris . @@ -114,8 +119,8 @@ The default baud rate is 300 baud. .It Sy \&cm (str) An initial connection message to be sent -to the remote host. For example, if a -host is reached through port selector, this +to the remote host. +For example, if a host is reached through port selector, this might be set to the appropriate sequence required to switch to the host. .It Sy \&cu @@ -181,7 +186,8 @@ string is sent at end-of-file. .It Sy \&pa (str) The type of parity to use when sending data -to the host. This may be one of +to the host. +This may be one of .Dq even , .Dq odd , .Dq none , @@ -204,8 +210,8 @@ file for a list of telephone numbers (see .It Sy \&tc (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued -in the named description. This is used -primarily to share common capability information. +in the named description. +This is used primarily to share common capability information. .El .Pp Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation |