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| author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2012-04-20 13:07:12 -0700 |
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| committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2012-04-20 13:07:12 -0700 |
| commit | 98e80f48ebf9cea1dfdff8a34da04bac56832de8 (patch) | |
| tree | 6847145d09af15dfc4475b1ff31335f7e6be0ff7 | |
| parent | 0a21f2228a9b81fa3b69d10ae2f334f76f9505a2 (diff) | |
Reorder man page to put common/modern case first, fallback/legacy later
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | constype.man | 24 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/constype.man b/constype.man index 14f051e..64fb2fe 100644 --- a/constype.man +++ b/constype.man @@ -13,17 +13,7 @@ constype \- print type of Sun console .B constype prints on the standard output the Sun code for the type of display that the specified device is. -The types output include these: -.sp 2 -.in +0.5i -.nf -bw? Black and White, where ? is 1-4. (eg) 3-50s are bw2 -cg? Colour Graphics display, where ? is 1-6, 8, 12 -gp? Optional Graphics Processor board, where ? is 1-2 -ns? Not Sun display \(em where ? is A-J -.fi -.in -0.5i -.sp 2 +.LP If the OS and device support the VIS_GETIDENTIFIER ioctl, the value returned from the ioctl is the value printed by constype. Sample types output for these include: @@ -36,6 +26,18 @@ SUNWtext Generic vgatext console for Solaris x86 graphics devices without .fi .in -0.5i .sp 2 +Otherwise, the older fbio identification methods are used, for which +the types output include these: +.sp 2 +.in +0.5i +.nf +bw? Black and White, where ? is 1-4. (eg) 3-50s are bw2 +cg? Colour Graphics display, where ? is 1-6, 8, 12 +gp? Optional Graphics Processor board, where ? is 1-2 +ns? Not Sun display \(em where ? is A-J +.fi +.in -0.5i +.sp 2 This is useful in determining startup values and defaults for window systems. .LP |