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authorCurtis Brown <mrbrown8@juno.com>2010-04-19 20:58:02 -0400
committerSadrul Habib Chowdhury <sadrul@users.sourceforge.net>2010-04-19 20:58:02 -0400
commit822666fa358ec4ee33ce4c42576dd2c3ba50ff23 (patch)
tree3ff2f018fab52fb9ec5c7f60ce85332ea37e4e97
parent7f606797eee2ab6f08cc05d783be999d7b477667 (diff)
downloadscreen-822666fa358ec4ee33ce4c42576dd2c3ba50ff23.tar.gz
Misc updates to the man and info pages.
Closes savannag bug #29602.
-rw-r--r--src/doc/screen.129
-rw-r--r--src/doc/screen.texinfo16
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/src/doc/screen.1 b/src/doc/screen.1
index 88a3204..c175891 100644
--- a/src/doc/screen.1
+++ b/src/doc/screen.1
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ If no arguments are given, the current settings are displayed.
.BR "ignorecase " [ on | off ]
.PP
Tell screen to ignore the case of characters in searches. Default is
-`off'.
+`off'. Without any options, the state of ignorecase is toggled.
.sp
.ne 3
.B info
@@ -2479,11 +2479,11 @@ Like mapdefault, but don't even look in the default bindkey table.
.sp
.ne 3
.B maptimeout
-.RI [ timo ]
+.RI [ timeout ]
.PP
Set the inter-character timer for input sequence detection to a timeout
of
-.I timo
+.I timeout
ms. The default timeout is 300ms. Maptimeout with no arguments shows
the current setting.
See also \*Qbindkey\*U.
@@ -2905,8 +2905,9 @@ See also chapter \*QWINDOW TYPES\*U.
.PP
Set the size of the scrollback buffer for the current windows to \fInum\fP
lines. The default scrollback is 100 lines.
-See also the \*Qdefscrollback\*U command and use \*QC-a i\*U to view the
-current setting.
+See also the \*Qdefscrollback\*U command and use \*Qinfo\*U to view the
+current setting. To access and use the contents in the scrollback buffer,
+use the \*Qcopy\*U command.
.sp
.ne 3
.BR "select " [ \fIWindowID ]
@@ -3206,7 +3207,7 @@ man page for more information on termcap definitions.
.PP
Uses the message line to display the time of day, the host name, and the load
averages over 1, 5, and 15 minutes (if this is available on your system).
-For window specific information use \*Qinfo\*U.
+For window specific information, use \*Qinfo\*U.
If a string is specified, it changes the format of the time report like it is
described in the \*QSTRING ESCAPES\*U chapter. Screen uses a default of
@@ -3269,7 +3270,7 @@ Sets the visual bell message. \fImessage\fP is printed to the status line if
the window receives a bell character (^G), vbell is set to \*Qon\*U, but the
terminal does not support a visual bell.
The default message is \*QWuff, Wuff!!\*U.
-Without parameter, the current message is shown.
+Without a parameter, the current message is shown.
.sp
.ne 3
.BI "vbellwait " sec
@@ -3284,7 +3285,7 @@ visual bell message. The default is 1 second.
.PP
If verbose is switched on, the command name is echoed, whenever a window
is created (or resurrected from zombie state). Default is off.
-Without parameter, the current setting is shown.
+Without a parameter, the current setting is shown.
.sp
.ne 3
.B version
@@ -3447,7 +3448,7 @@ When line-wrap is on, the second consecutive printable character output at
the last column of a line will wrap to the start of the following line.
As an added feature, backspace (^H) will also wrap through the left margin
to the previous line.
-Default is `on'.
+Default is `on'. Without any options, the state of wrap is toggled.
.sp
.ne 3
.B writebuf
@@ -3613,13 +3614,12 @@ Signals that are logical low (inactive) have their name preceded by
an exclamation mark (!), otherwise the signal is logical high (active).
Signals not supported by the hardware but available to the ioctl() interface
are usually shown low.
-.br
+.PP
When the CLOCAL status bit is true, the whole set of modem signals is placed
inside curly braces ({ and }).
When the CRTSCTS or TIOCSOFTCAR bit is set, the signals `CTS' or `CD'
are shown in parenthesis, respectively.
-
-
+.PP
For tty windows, the command
.B break
causes the Data transmission line (TxD) to go low for a specified period of
@@ -3628,6 +3628,7 @@ No data is sent and no modem control line is changed when a
.B break
is issued.
.RE
+
.IP \(bu
If the first parameter is \*Q//telnet\*U, the second parameter is expected to
be a host name, and an optional third parameter may specify a TCP port number
@@ -3692,7 +3693,7 @@ day number
.IP D
weekday name
.IP f
-flags of the window
+flags of the window, see \*Qwindows\*U for meanings of the various flags
.IP F
sets %? to true if the window has the focus
.IP h
@@ -4946,7 +4947,7 @@ Pablo Averbuj (pablo@averbuj.com).
.SH VERSION
-This is version 4.0.2. Its roots are a merge of a custom version
+This is version 4.1.0. Its roots are a merge of a custom version
2.3PR7 by Wayne Davison
and several enhancements to Oliver Laumann's version 2.0. Note that all versions
numbered 2.x are copyright by Oliver Laumann.
diff --git a/src/doc/screen.texinfo b/src/doc/screen.texinfo
index 9274ac2..08ca259 100644
--- a/src/doc/screen.texinfo
+++ b/src/doc/screen.texinfo
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ Find previous command beginning @dots{}. @xref{History}.
Change the window's hardstatus line. @xref{Hardstatus}.
@item idle [@var{timeout} [@var{cmd} @var{args}]]
Define a screen saver command. @xref{Screen Saver}.
-@item ignorecase [@var{state}]
+@item ignorecase [on|off]
Ignore character case in searches. @xref{Searching}.
@item info
Display window settings. @xref{Info}.
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ Set the width of the window. @xref{Window Size}.
Present a list of all windows for selection. @xref{Windowlist}.
@item windows
List active windows. @xref{Windows}.
-@item wrap [@var{state}]
+@item wrap [ on | off ]
Control line-wrap behavior. @xref{Wrap}.
@item writebuf [-e @var{encoding}] [@var{filename}]
Write paste buffer to screen-exchange file. @xref{Screen Exchange}.
@@ -3278,13 +3278,14 @@ partial redraw mode.
@kindex r
@kindex C-r
-@deffn Command wrap state
+@deffn Command wrap [ on | off ]
(@kbd{C-a r}, @kbd{C-a C-r}) @*
Sets the line-wrap setting for the current window. When line-wrap is
on, the second consecutive printable character output at the last column
of a line will wrap to the start of the following line. As an added
feature, backspace (^H) will also wrap through the left margin to the
-previous line. Default is @samp{on}.
+previous line. Default is @samp{on}. Without any options, the state of
+@code{wrap} is toggled.
@end deffn
@deffn Command defwrap state
@@ -3522,7 +3523,7 @@ to hold more useful lines in your scrollback buffer.
@end deffn
@node Copy Mode Keys, Movement, Scrollback, Copy
-@subsection markkeys
+@subsection Markkeys
@deffn Command markkeys string
(none)@*
This is a method of changing the keymap used for copy/history mode. The
@@ -3654,10 +3655,11 @@ will copy lines 11 to 15 into the paste buffer.
@noindent
@kbd{C-r} @code{emacs} style reverse i-search.
-@deffn Command ignorecase [state]
+@deffn Command ignorecase [on|off]
(none)@*
Tell screen to ignore the case of characters in searches. Default is
-@code{off}.
+@code{off}. Without any options, the state of @code{ignorecase}
+is toggled.
@end deffn
@noindent