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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-04-12 22:42:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-04-12 22:42:49 +0000 |
| commit | c13182efa3b3d77f2563034c8212c0ca798243ca (patch) | |
| tree | e7652b26018b7c22cd6a4e4b41404dfaab911303 /man4/console.4 | |
| parent | 4174ff5658082832c2ed511720f18881b3a80a34 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man4/console.4 b/man4/console.4 index ebcddce1..c60dc942 100644 --- a/man4/console.4 +++ b/man4/console.4 @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Ctrl+Alt+F\fIn\fP to switch to console \fIn\fP; AltGr+F\fIn\fP might bring you to console \fIn\fP+12 [here Alt and AltGr refer to the left and right Alt keys, respectively]; (b) use Alt+RightArrow or Alt+LeftArrow to cycle through -the presently allocated consoles; (c) use the program +the presently allocated consoles; (c) use the program .BR chvt (1). (The key mapping is user settable, see .BR loadkeys (1); @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ The command will free the memory taken by the screen buffers for consoles that no longer have any associated process. .SH PROPERTIES -Consoles carry a lot of state. I hope to document that some other time. +Consoles carry a lot of state. +I hope to document that some other time. The most important fact is that the consoles simulate vt100 terminals. In particular, a console is reset to the initial state by printing the two characters ESC c. |