Attachment 460 Details for Bug 846 – xset manpage update

[patch] xset manpage update

xorg-x11-6.7.0-xset-man-update.patch (text/plain), 1.98 KB, created by Mike A. Harris on 2004-07-09 13:20:53 UTC

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>Patch by Mike A. Harris <mharris@redhat.com
>
>Some users have found the xset manpage to be a bit confusing with respect
>to keyboard repeat rate setting, which has lead to some bogus bug reports
>due to user misunderstanding.
>
>In the attached patch, I've modified the manpage in a more readable manner
>which is less likely to be misunderstood by users.
>
>Submitted to upstream bugzilla:
>	http://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=846
>
>--- xc/programs/xset/xset.man.xset-man-update	Wed Apr 25 11:55:41 2001
>+++ xc/programs/xset/xset.man	Wed Apr 25 12:17:49 2001
>@@ -185,12 +185,16 @@
> .TP 8
> .B r
> The \fBr\fP option controls the autorepeat.
>-If a preceding dash or the 'off' flag is used, autorepeat will be disabled.
>-If no parameters or the 'on' flag is used, autorepeat will be enabled.
>-If a specific keycode is specified as a parameter, autorepeat for that
>-keycode is enabled or disabled.
>-If the server supports the XFree86-Misc extension,
>-or the XKB extension, then a parameter
>+Invoking with "\fB-r\fP", or "\fBr\ off\fP", will disable autorepeat, whereas
>+"\fBr\fP", or "\fBr\ on\fP" will enable autorepeat.
>+Following the "\fB-r\fP" or "\fBr\fP" option with an integer keycode between 0 and
>+255 will disable or enable autorepeat on that key respectively, but only
>+if it makes sense for the particular keycode.  Keycodes below 8 are
>+not typically valid for this command.  Example: "\fBxset\ -r\ 10\fP" will
>+disable autorepeat for the "1" key on the top row of an IBM PC keyboard.
>+
>+If the server supports the XFree86-Misc extension, or the XKB extension, 
>+then a parameter
> of 'rate' is accepted and should be followed by zero, one or two numeric
> values. The first specifies the delay before autorepeat starts and
> the second specifies the repeat rate.  In the case that the server
>@@ -243,3 +247,5 @@
> David Krikorian, MIT Project Athena (X11 version)
> .br
> XFree86-Misc support added by David Dawes and Joe Moss
>+.br
>+Manpage updates added by Mike A. Harris <mharris@redhat.com>
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