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authorJulien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>2008-12-23 19:57:48 +0100
committerJulien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>2010-01-19 16:24:41 +0100
commit51294b3eee4b059476a64ec71feb98b804195d5c (patch)
treea6137899336b257e93a507cd3ad7c56c8a253d77
parent39d3fd0fabd63a507aafbdfe13c6caaf393978ea (diff)
X.man: fix some minus vs hyphen confusions
-rw-r--r--man/general/X.man86
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/man/general/X.man b/man/general/X.man
index 8f85411..1bdee36 100644
--- a/man/general/X.man
+++ b/man/general/X.man
@@ -202,14 +202,14 @@ The \fIssh\fP program can be used to start an X program on a remote machine;
it automatically sets the DISPLAY variable correctly.
.PP
Finally, most X programs accept a command line option of
-\fB-display \fIdisplayname\fR to temporarily override the contents of
+\fB\-display \fIdisplayname\fR to temporarily override the contents of
DISPLAY. This is most commonly used to pop windows on another person's
screen or as part of a "remote shell" command to start an xterm pointing back
to your display. For example,
.sp
.nf
- % xeyes -display joesws:0 -geometry 1000x1000+0+0
- % rsh big xterm -display myws:0 -ls </dev/null &
+ % xeyes \-display joesws:0 \-geometry 1000x1000+0+0
+ % rsh big xterm \-display myws:0 \-ls </dev/null &
.fi
.PP
X servers listen for connections on a variety of different
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ in Release 7 are:
.br
.ta 3.4i
Host Access Simple host-based access control.
- MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 Shared plain-text "cookies".
- XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 Secure DES based private-keys.
- SUN-DES-1 Based on Sun's secure rpc system.
+ MIT\-MAGIC\-COOKIE\-1 Shared plain-text "cookies".
+ XDM\-AUTHORIZATION\-1 Secure DES based private-keys.
+ SUN\-DES\-1 Based on Sun's secure rpc system.
Server Interpreted Server-dependent methods of access control
.fi
.PP
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ on the screen.
Although the layout of windows on a display is controlled
by the window manager that the user is running (described below),
most X programs accept
-a command line argument of the form \fB-geometry \fIWIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF\fR
+a command line argument of the form \fB\-geometry \fIWIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF\fR
(where \fIWIDTH\fP, \fIHEIGHT\fP, \fIXOFF\fP, and \fIYOFF\fP are numbers)
for specifying a preferred size and location for this application's main
window.
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ left edge of the screen (i.e., the X coordinate of the window's origin will be
\fIXOFF\fP). \fIXOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the window's left edge
will be off the screen.
.TP 8
-.I -XOFF
+.I \-XOFF
The right edge of the window is to be placed \fIXOFF\fP pixels in from the
right edge of the screen. \fIXOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the
window's right edge will be off the screen.
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ top edge of the screen (i.e., the Y coordinate of the window's origin will be
\fIYOFF\fP). \fIYOFF\fP may be negative, in which case the window's top edge
will be off the screen.
.TP 8
-.I -YOFF
+.I \-YOFF
The bottom edge of the window is to be \fIYOFF\fP pixels above the
bottom edge of the screen. \fIYOFF\fP may be negative, in which case
the window's bottom edge will be off the screen.
@@ -334,13 +334,13 @@ four corners of the screen using the following specifications:
.I +0+0
upper left hand corner.
.TP 8
-.I -0+0
+.I \-0+0
upper right hand corner.
.TP 8
-.I -0-0
+.I \-0\-0
lower right hand corner.
.TP 8
-.I +0-0
+.I +0\-0
lower left hand corner.
.PP
In the following examples, a terminal emulator is placed in roughly
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ a load average monitor, mailbox, and clock are placed in the upper right
hand corner:
.sp
.nf
- xterm -fn 6x10 -geometry 80x24+30+200 &
- xclock -geometry 48x48-0+0 &
- xload -geometry 48x48-96+0 &
- xbiff -geometry 48x48-48+0 &
+ xterm \-fn 6x10 \-geometry 80x24+30+200 &
+ xclock \-geometry 48x48\-0+0 &
+ xload \-geometry 48x48\-96+0 &
+ xbiff \-geometry 48x48\-48+0 &
.fi
.PP
.SH "WINDOW MANAGERS"
@@ -417,20 +417,20 @@ needed to uniquely identify individual fonts. However, the X server
supports wildcarding of font names, so the full specification
.sp
.nf
- \fI-adobe-courier-medium-r-normal--10-100-75-75-m-60-iso8859-1\fP
+ \fI\-adobe\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-10\-100\-75\-75\-m\-60\-iso8859\-1\fP
.fi
.sp
might be abbreviated as:
.sp
.nf
- \fI-*-courier-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1\fP
+ \fI\-*\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-*\-100\-*\-*\-*\-*\-iso8859\-1\fP
.fi
.PP
Because the shell also has special meanings for \fI*\fP and \fI?\fP,
wildcarded font names should be quoted:
.sp
.nf
- % xlsfonts -fn '-*-courier-medium-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*'
+ % xlsfonts \-fn '\-*\-courier\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-*\-100\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*'
.fi
.PP
The \fIxlsfonts\fP program can be used to list all of the fonts that
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ This will usually list the same font at many different sizes. To see
just the base scalable font names, try using one of the following patterns:
.sp
.nf
- \fI-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-0-0-0-*-0-*-*\fP
- \fI-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-0-75-75-*-0-*-*\fP
- \fI-*-*-*-*-*-*-0-0-100-100-*-0-*-*\fP
+ \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-0\-0\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
+ \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-75\-75\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
+ \fI\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-*\-0\-0\-100\-100\-*\-0\-*\-*\fP
.fi
.PP
To convert one of the resulting names into a font at a specific size,
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ All of the values (C, H, V, X, Y, Z, a, b, u, v, y, x) are
floating point values. Some of the values are constrained to
be between zero and some upper bound; the upper bounds are
given in parentheses above.
-The syntax for these values is an optional '+' or '-' sign,
+The syntax for these values is an optional '+' or '\-' sign,
a string of digits possibly containing a decimal point,
and an optional exponent field consisting of an 'E' or 'e'
-followed by an optional '+' or '-' followed by a string of digits.
+followed by an optional '+' or '\-' followed by a string of digits.
.PP
For more information on device independent color,
see the \fIXlib\fP reference manual.
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ Either option specifies the width in pixels of the window border.
.B \-fg \fIcolor\fP, \fB\-foreground \fIcolor\fP
Either option specifies the color to use for text or graphics.
.TP 8
-.B \-fn \fIfont\fP, \fB-font \fIfont\fP
+.B \-fn \fIfont\fP, \fB\-font \fIfont\fP
Either option specifies the font to use for displaying text.
.TP 8
.B \-iconic
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ Binding = "\&." | "*"
WhiteSpace = {<space> | <horizontal tab>}
Component = "?" | ComponentName
ComponentName = NameChar {NameChar}
-NameChar = "a"\-"z" | "A"\-"Z" | "0"\-"9" | "_" | "-"
+NameChar = "a"\-"z" | "A"\-"Z" | "0"\-"9" | "_" | "\-"
Value = {<any character except null or unescaped newline>}
.fi
.PP
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ details.
Any user- and machine-specific resources may be specified by setting
the XENVIRONMENT environment variable to the name of a resource file
to be loaded by all applications. If this variable is not defined,
-a file named \fI$HOME\fP/.Xdefaults-\fIhostname\fP is looked for instead,
+a file named \fI$HOME\fP/.Xdefaults\-\fIhostname\fP is looked for instead,
where \fIhostname\fP is the name of the host where the application
is executing.
.TP 8
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ without having to define all of the related resources. For example,
XTerm*scrollBar: on
XTerm*scrollbar*thickness: 5
XTerm*multiClickTime: 500
- XTerm*charClass: 33:48,37:48,45-47:48,64:48
+ XTerm*charClass: 33:48,37:48,45\-47:48,64:48
XTerm*cutNewline: off
XTerm*cutToBeginningOfLine: off
XTerm*titeInhibit: on
@@ -953,13 +953,13 @@ without having to define all of the related resources. For example,
XLoad*Foreground: red
XLoad*highlight: black
XLoad*borderWidth: 0
- emacs*Geometry: 80x65-0-0
+ emacs*Geometry: 80x65\-0\-0
emacs*Background: rgb:5b/76/86
emacs*Foreground: white
emacs*Cursor: white
emacs*BorderColor: white
emacs*Font: 6x10
- xmag*geometry: -0-0
+ xmag*geometry: \-0\-0
xmag*borderColor: white
.fi
.PP
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ directory, they could be added to any existing resources in the server with
the following command:
.sp
.nf
- % xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
+ % xrdb \-merge $HOME/.Xresources
.fi
.sp
This is frequently how user-friendly startup scripts merge user-specific
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ is\fI __datadir__/X11/locale\fP.
.SM
.B XENVIRONMENT
This must point to a file containing X resources. The default is
-\fI$HOME/.Xdefaults-<hostname>\fP. Unlike \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fP,
+\fI$HOME/.Xdefaults\-<hostname>\fP. Unlike \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fP,
it is consulted each time an X application starts.
.TP
.SM
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ Denotes the session manager to which the application should connect. See
.TP
.SM
.B XF86BIGFONT_DISABLE
-Setting this variable to a non-empty value disables the XFree86-Bigfont
+Setting this variable to a non-empty value disables the XFree86\-Bigfont
extension. This extension is a mechanism to reduce the memory consumption
of big fonts by use of shared memory.
.LP
@@ -1167,27 +1167,27 @@ please refer to that command's manual page.
.sp
.nf
% xrdb $HOME/.Xresources
- % xmodmap -e "keysym BackSpace = Delete"
+ % xmodmap \-e "keysym BackSpace = Delete"
% mkfontdir /usr/local/lib/X11/otherfonts
% xset fp+ /usr/local/lib/X11/otherfonts
% xmodmap $HOME/.keymap.km
- % xsetroot -solid 'rgbi:.8/.8/.8'
+ % xsetroot \-solid 'rgbi:.8/.8/.8'
% xset b 100 400 c 50 s 1800 r on
% xset q
% twm
% xmag
- % xclock -geometry 48x48-0+0 -bg blue -fg white
- % xeyes -geometry 48x48-48+0
- % xbiff -update 20
+ % xclock \-geometry 48x48-0+0 \-bg blue \-fg white
+ % xeyes \-geometry 48x48\-48+0
+ % xbiff \-update 20
% xlsfonts '*helvetica*'
- % xwininfo -root
- % xdpyinfo -display joesworkstation:0
- % xhost -joesworkstation
+ % xwininfo \-root
+ % xdpyinfo \-display joesworkstation:0
+ % xhost \-joesworkstation
% xrefresh
% xwd | xwud
% bitmap companylogo.bm 32x32
- % xcalc -bg blue -fg magenta
- % xterm -geometry 80x66-0-0 -name myxterm $*
+ % xcalc \-bg blue \-fg magenta
+ % xterm \-geometry 80x66\-0\-0 \-name myxterm $*
.fi
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
A wide variety of error messages are generated from various programs.