Minor edits.

diff --git a/xcatch.1 b/xcatch.1
index bdd953b3e497a55b1d99d05bcf21f3145d950164..aa2871b7bea1947ee9d28b12e04c69060ab71549 100644 (file)
--- a/xcatch.1
+++ b/xcatch.1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ redirected to
 otherwise,
 .B xcatch
 reads from its own standard input.
 otherwise,
 .B xcatch
 reads from its own standard input.

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Create the window on the named
 .TP
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Create the window on the named

diff --git a/xgetline.1 b/xgetline.1
index e8d11d04fa64c6aca6086fc2eb41788993573191..d872732016278bdab3f85406059494426898e34b 100644 (file)
--- a/xgetline.1
+++ b/xgetline.1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ cmd=`xgetline -t "Shell command in window" -p "Command:"` &&
   xterm -T "$cmd" -e sh -c "$cmd"
 .ft R
 .fi
   xterm -T "$cmd" -e sh -c "$cmd"
 .ft R
 .fi

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP 5
 .B \-i, \-\-invisible
 Don't echo characters to the screen when they're typed.  Useful when
 .TP 5
 .B \-i, \-\-invisible
 Don't echo characters to the screen when they're typed.  Useful when

diff --git a/xscsize.1 b/xscsize.1
index 230684e4d2453fa61233319d0d34edc54c8cc32f..ad0dcaad4ef1acf9f19d73e3fc8239471cbad38c 100644 (file)
--- a/xscsize.1
+++ b/xscsize.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Typical use would be something like
 eval `xscsize`
 .ft R
 .fi
 eval `xscsize`
 .ft R
 .fi

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Choose which display to connect to.
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Choose which display to connect to.

diff --git a/xshutdown.1 b/xshutdown.1
index 24c71cc1408a80695906537f63ddaca3340bae2a..1a2f4097d9b7774a61bc0b5c14e65ce57e5d9b4b 100644 (file)
--- a/xshutdown.1
+++ b/xshutdown.1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ xshutdown \- asks for user confirmation before waking an xwait process
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m

-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]

 .if n \{\
 .br
 \h'1i'
 .if n \{\
 .br
 \h'1i'


@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ xshutdown \- asks for user confirmation before waking an xwait process
 .RB [ \-t
 .IR title ]
 .RI [ \c
 .RB [ \-t
 .IR title ]
 .RI [ \c

-.IB atom : msg , msg \c
-\&...]
+.IB atom : msg \c
+]

 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The


@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ message to a waiting
 .B xwait
 process, by setting a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.
 .B xwait
 process, by setting a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP 5
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to


@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ to to set the property named
 .IR atom .
 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .IR atom .
 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5

-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg

 Sets
 .B xshutdown
 to set the given property to
 Sets
 .B xshutdown
 to set the given property to

-.IR message .
+.IR msg .

 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-p, \-\-prompt " prompt
 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-p, \-\-prompt " prompt

diff --git a/xtell.1 b/xtell.1
index 2fd32a9a60f351293fdb068793c73e913f8b0068..a49c972a8568ac24aea05d852e00472976eeb8ae 100644 (file)
--- a/xtell.1
+++ b/xtell.1
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ xtell \- prods a waiting xwait process
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m

-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]

 .RI [ \c
 .RI [ \c

-.IB atom : msg , msg \c
-\&...]
+.IB atom : msg \c
+]

 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The


@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The
 program sets a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.  This is primarily useful for communicating with
 .BR xwait (1).
 program sets a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.  This is primarily useful for communicating with
 .BR xwait (1).

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to


@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ to to set the property named
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5

-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg

 Sets
 .B xtell
 to set the given property to
 Sets
 .B xtell
 to set the given property to

-.IR message .
+.IR msg .

 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .PP
 The
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .PP
 The

diff --git a/xwait.1 b/xwait.1
index 4c09801ae4e1f167ed6f3ca438fa3a0ed88e9614..c66dcf234b0d06b6da5c3fc804f609d4a7ba3c18 100644 (file)
--- a/xwait.1
+++ b/xwait.1
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 .\" -*-nroff-*-
 .\" -*-nroff-*-

+.de hP
+.IP
+\h'-\w'\fB\\$1\ \fP'u'\fB\\$1\ \fP\c
+..
+.ie t .ds o \(bu
+.el .ds o o
+.

 .TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
 .SH NAME
 xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
 .TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
 .SH NAME
 xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client


@@ -11,7 +18,7 @@ xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m

-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]

 .RI [ \c
 .IB atom : msg , msg \c
 \&...]
 .RI [ \c
 .IB atom : msg , msg \c
 \&...]


@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ The properties, and the values to listen for, can be configured at the
 command line.  When
 .B xwait
 exits, it removes the properties from the root window.
 command line.  When
 .B xwait
 exits, it removes the properties from the root window.

-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options

 .TP 5
 .B \-f, \-\-force
 Force 
 .TP 5
 .B \-f, \-\-force
 Force 


@@ -53,11 +60,11 @@ to listen for the property named
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5

-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg

 Sets
 .B xwait
 to wait for the given property to be set to
 Sets
 .B xwait
 to wait for the given property to be set to

-.IR message .
+.IR msg .

 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .SS "Argument format"
 The
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .SS "Argument format"
 The


@@ -79,6 +86,20 @@ will wait for
 .B XWAIT_PROPERTY
 to be set to
 .BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .
 .B XWAIT_PROPERTY
 to be set to
 .BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .

+.SS "Output format"
+When a message is eventually received,
+.B xwait
+prints information about it to standard output:
+.hP \*o
+If more than one property (atom) was specified, the property name is
+printed.
+.hP \*o
+If more than one message is recognized for the property, the message
+string is printed; if a property name was printed, the two are separated
+by a colon and a single space character.
+.PP
+.B xwait
+then exits with return code 0.

 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
 .SH BUGS
 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
 .SH BUGS