From alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su Wed Sep 15 10:45:11 1999 Return-Path: Received: from server.bitmcnit.bryansk.su (bitmcnit.bryansk.ru [195.239.213.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E858151F9 for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:43:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by server.bitmcnit.bryansk.su (8.8.8/8.8.7) with UUCP id VAA07755 for FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 21:25:41 +0400 Received: (from alex@localhost) by kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su (8.9.1/8.8.8) id UAA03717; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:24:50 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from alex) Message-Id: <199909151624.UAA03717@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:24:50 +0400 (MSD) From: Alex Kapranoff Reply-To: alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 13763 >Category: docs >Synopsis: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 15 10:50:00 PDT 1999 >Closed-Date: Tue Oct 26 14:38:34 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: Tue Oct 26 14:38:54 PDT 1999 >Originator: Alex Kapranoff >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: BGTU >Environment: >Description: vidcontrol.1 manpage specifies the "-i" command-line switch in somewhat obscure manner: -i adapter Shows info about current video adapter. -i mode Shows the possible videomodes with the current video hardware. And the arguments "adapter" and "modes" are hilited as if they're user-supplied values while they're just words "adapter" or "mode". This is likely to be not-the-right-way in vidcontrol program itself, but also could be somehow emphasized in the manpage. >How-To-Repeat: man vidcontrol | col -b | grep -A 2 -e ' -i' >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Neil Blakey-Milner To: Alex Kapranoff Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/13763: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:26:38 +0200 On Wed 1999-09-15 (20:24), Alex Kapranoff wrote: > >Number: 13763 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: ambiguity in vidcontrol(1) manpage > >Responsible: freebsd-doc > >State: open > >Originator: Alex Kapranoff > >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386 > > vidcontrol.1 manpage specifies the "-i" command-line switch in somewhat > obscure manner: > > -i adapter > Shows info about current video adapter. > > -i mode > Shows the possible videomodes with the current video hardware. > > And the arguments "adapter" and "modes" are hilited as if they're > user-supplied values while they're just words "adapter" or "mode". > > This is likely to be not-the-right-way in vidcontrol program itself, but > also could be somehow emphasized in the manpage. This has been fixed in revisions 1.14.2 and 1.17 of src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1 by yokota. Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: nik State-Changed-When: Tue Oct 26 14:38:34 PDT 1999 State-Changed-Why: PR fixed some time ago (see commentary for revisions). >Unformatted: