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authorEric S. Raymond2013-06-10 21:48:41 +0200
committerEric S. Raymond2013-06-10 21:48:41 +0200
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parentReplace .ti operations with equivalent .RS/.RE pairs. (diff)
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Replace .IP o with .IP \(bu, using the [nt]roff bullet character.
This will improve the quality of generated HTML. There is a cost, which is that most terminal emulators will just display the bullet as a (less visible) dot. An alternative to this change would be to use a * character for the bullet.
Diffstat (limited to 'term-utils/agetty.8')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/term-utils/agetty.8 b/term-utils/agetty.8
index 73b396b00..039a6462d 100644
--- a/term-utils/agetty.8
+++ b/term-utils/agetty.8
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ the /bin/login command. It is normally invoked by \fIinit(8)\fP.
\fBagetty\fP has several \fInon-standard\fP features that are useful
for hard-wired and for dial-in lines:
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Adapts the tty settings to parity bits and to erase, kill,
end-of-line and uppercase characters when it reads a login name.
The program can handle 7-bit characters with even, odd, none or space
@@ -25,24 +25,24 @@ parity, and 8-bit characters with no parity. The following special
characters are recognized: Control-U (kill); DEL and
back space (erase); carriage return and line feed (end of line).
See also \fB\-\-erase-chars\fP and \fB\-\-kill-chars\fP options.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally deduces the baud rate from the CONNECT messages produced by
Hayes(tm)-compatible modems.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally does not hang up when it is given an already opened line
(useful for call-back applications).
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally does not display the contents of the \fI/etc/issue\fP file.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally displays an alternative issue file instead of \fI/etc/issue\fP.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally does not ask for a login name.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally invokes a non-standard login program instead of
\fI/bin/login\fP.
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally turns on hard-ware flow control
-.IP o
+.IP \(bu
Optionally forces the line to be local with no need for carrier detect.
.PP
This program does not use the \fI/etc/gettydefs\fP (System V) or