Module Name: src
Committed By: uwe
Date: Mon Jul 15 01:26:15 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/libexec/getty: gettytab.5
Log Message:
Tweak markup some more.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.39 -r1.40 src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
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Index: src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5
diff -u src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5:1.39 src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5:1.40
--- src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5:1.39 Fri Jul 12 03:32:41 2019
+++ src/libexec/getty/gettytab.5 Mon Jul 15 01:26:15 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: gettytab.5,v 1.39 2019/07/12 03:32:41 uwe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: gettytab.5,v 1.40 2019/07/15 01:26:15 uwe Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -289,19 +289,18 @@ of milliseconds of delay required (a la
This delay is simulated by repeated use of the pad character
.Ic \&pc .
.Pp
-The initial message, and login message,
-.Ic \&im
-and
+The initial message
+.Ic \&im\^ ,
+and login message
.Ic \&lm
may include any of the following character sequences, which expand to
information about the environment in which
.Xr getty 8
is running.
-.Pp
-.Bl -tag -width \&%xxx -compact
-.It \&%d
+.Bl -tag -width ".Li XXXX"
+.It Li \&%d
The current date.
-.It \&%h
+.It Li \&%h
The hostname of the machine, which is normally obtained from the
system using
.Xr gethostname 3 ,
@@ -311,27 +310,39 @@ table entry.
In either case it may be edited with the
.Ic \&he
string.
-A '@' in the
+A
+.Ql @
+in the
.Ic \&he
string causes one character from the real hostname to
be copied to the final hostname.
-A '#' in the
+A
+.Ql #
+in the
.Ic \&he
string causes the next character of the real hostname
to be skipped.
Each character that
-is neither '@' nor '#' is copied into the final hostname.
-Surplus '@' and '#' characters are ignored.
-.It \&%t
+is neither
+.Ql @
+nor
+.Ql #
+is copied into the final hostname.
+Surplus
+.Ql @
+and
+.Ql #
+characters are ignored.
+.It Li \&%t
The tty name.
-.It "\&%m, \&%r, \&%s, \&%v"
+.It Li \&%m , \&%r , \&%s , \&%v
The type of machine, release of the operating system, name of the
operating system, and version of the kernel, respectively, as
returned by
.Xr uname 3 .
-.It \&%%
+.It Li \&%%
A
-.Dq %
+.Ql %
character.
.El
.Pp
@@ -351,7 +362,7 @@ string, can be used to enter additional
the environment.
It is a list of comma separated strings, each of which
will presumably be of the form
-.Em name=value .
+.Ar name Ns Li \^= Ns Ar value .
.Pp
If a non-zero timeout is specified, with
.Ic \&to ,
@@ -392,7 +403,7 @@ link bringup sequence is recognized,
.Xr getty 8
will invoke the program referenced by the
.Ic \&pp
-string, e.g.
+string, e.g.\&
.Xr pppd 8 .
This can be used to handle incoming
.Tn PPP
@@ -417,8 +428,14 @@ by
.Xr login 1 .
In
.Em all
-cases, '#' or '^H' typed in a login name will be treated as
-an erase character, and '@' will be treated as a kill character.
+cases,
+.Ql #
+or
+.Ql ^H
+typed in a login name will be treated as
+an erase character, and
+.Ql @
+will be treated as a kill character.
.Pp
The delay stuff is a real crock.
Apart from its general lack of flexibility, some
