From 6a4255cf4a29954108907716e9e69c72f041d5da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: james <> Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 12:35:57 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- sympathy.1 | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'sympathy.1') diff --git a/sympathy.1 b/sympathy.1 index b793cc5..4956ead 100644 --- a/sympathy.1 +++ b/sympathy.1 @@ -85,22 +85,10 @@ of any line on the frame buffer as the cursor moves off it. .SH OPTIONS .B \fImajor mode options\fP: .TP 5 -.B \-t -act as terminal emulator only: -.I sympathy -opens the terminal device and outputs into the outer terminal emulator. When -.I sympathy exits the -device is closed and no process remains. In this mode -.I sympathy -behaves like a traditional -terminal emulator such as cu(1) or minicom(1). -.TP 5 -.B \-s -act as server only: -.I sympathy -opens the terminal device and renders into an internal frame buffer, listens for clients -on the socket and logs activity. By default the server will fork into a daemon process -but can be forced to remain in the foreground with the \-\fBF\fP option. +.B \-C\fP +clear lock files +.I sympathy +will remove inactive lockfiles for the specified serial device, and then exit. .TP 5 .B \-c\fP or \fB\-r\fP \fIid\fP act as client only: @@ -139,10 +127,22 @@ will show active sockets, ones to which a call to connect(2) succeeds, in ~/.sympathy. If the socket name begins with the host-name of the machine, and the call to connect(2) fails, then socket will be unlinked. .TP 5 -.B \-C\fP -clear lock files -.I sympathy -will remove inactive lockfiles for the specified serial device. +.B \-s +act as server only: +.I sympathy +opens the terminal device and renders into an internal frame buffer, listens for clients +on the socket and logs activity. By default the server will fork into a daemon process +but can be forced to remain in the foreground with the \-\fBF\fP option. +.TP 5 +.B \-t +act as terminal emulator only: +.I sympathy +opens the terminal device and outputs into the outer terminal emulator. When +.I sympathy exits the +device is closed and no process remains. In this mode +.I sympathy +behaves like a traditional +terminal emulator such as cu(1) or minicom(1). .TP 5 .B \-v show current version: @@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ are mapped to character codes between 128 and 255, see src/keys.h for details. .PP .B \fIserver_options\fP: .TP 5 +.B \-F +tells the +.I sympathy +server process not to become a daemon but to remain the the foreground. This option is +incompatible with the \-\fBc\fP \-\fBs\fP major mode. +.TP 5 .B \-k \fIsocket\fP set the name in the file-system of the socket on which .I sympathy @@ -284,22 +290,16 @@ socket in ~/.sympathy, creating that directory if necessary, and named .I sympathy process that created the socket. .TP 5 -.B \-S -tells the -.I sympathy -server process to log errors to syslog. -.TP 5 -.B \-F -tells the -.I sympathy -server process not to become a daemon but to remain the the foreground. This option is -incompatible with the \-\fBc\fP \-\fBs\fP major mode. -.TP 5 .B \-n \fInlines\fP sets the number of lines of history that the server process stores to \fInlines\fP. When a client connects \fInlines\fP of history are injected into the outer terminal emulator so that they can be seen when scrolling back. By default the server stores 200 lines of history. +.TP 5 +.B \-S +tells the +.I sympathy +server process to log errors to syslog. .SH OPERATION When .I sympathy -- cgit v1.2.3