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100 lines
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diff -up ./man/minicom.1.orig ./man/minicom.1
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--- ./man/minicom.1.orig 2010-08-09 21:54:03.000000000 +0200
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+++ ./man/minicom.1 2011-02-09 11:24:42.972547002 +0100
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@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ minicom \- friendly serial communication
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B minicom
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is a communication program which somewhat resembles the shareware
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-program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most unices.
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+program TELIX but is free with source code and runs under most Unices.
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Features include dialing directory with auto-redial, support for
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UUCP-style lock files on serial devices, a separate script language
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interpreter, capture to file, multiple users with individual
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@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ minicom. For most systems, reasonable de
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.TP 0.5i
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.B \-o
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Do not initialize. Minicom will skip the initialization code. This
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-option is handy if you quitted from minicom without resetting, and
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+option is handy if you quit from minicom without resetting, and
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then want to restart a session. It is potentially dangerous though: no
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check for lock files etc. is made, so a normal user could interfere
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-with things like uucp... Maybe this will be taken out later. For now
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+with things like UUCP... maybe this will be taken out later. For now
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it is assumed, that users who are given access to a modem are
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responsible enough for their actions.
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.TP 0.5i
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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ and that have the relevant information i
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translation of characters with the high bit set. With this flag on,
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minicom will try to translate the IBM line characters to ASCII. Many PC-unix
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clones will display character correctly without translation (Linux in a
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-special mode, Coherent and Sco).
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+special mode, Coherent and SCO).
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.TP 0.5i
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.B \-L
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Ditto but assume screen uses an ISO8859 character set.
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@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ completed.
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.BR P seudo
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terminal
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to use. This overrides the terminal port defined in the configuration
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-files, but only if it is a pseudo tty. The filename supplied must be of
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+files, but only if it is a pseudo TTY. The filename supplied must be of
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the form (/dev/)tty[p-z/][0-f], (/dev/)pts[p-z/][0-f] or
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(/dev/)pty[p-z/][0-f]. For example, /dev/ttyp1, pts/0 or /dev/ptyp2.
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.TP 0.5i
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@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ sensible is to use device names, such as
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user creates his own configuration file, it will show up in his home
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directory as ".minirc.dfl" or ".minirc.\fIconfiguration\fR\|".
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.SH USE
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-Minicom is window based. To popup a window with the function you
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+Minicom is window based. To pop-up a window with the function you
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want, press Control-A (from now on, we will use C-A to mean
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Control-A), and then the function key (a-z or A-Z). By pressing C-A
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first and then 'z', a help screen comes up with a short summary of all
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@@ -500,8 +500,8 @@ file and directory menu is used.
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.TP 0.5i
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.B A - Serial device
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/dev/tty1 or /dev/ttyS1 for most people.
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-/dev/cua<n> is still possible under linux, but not recommended any more
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-because these devices are obsolete and many newly installed systems
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+/dev/cua<n> is still possible under GNU/Linux, but no longer recommended
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+as these devices are obsolete and many systems
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with kernel 2.2.x or newer don't have them.
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Use /dev/ttyS<n> instead.
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You may also have /dev/modem as a symlink to the real device.
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@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ If you have modems connected to two or m
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all of them here in a list separated by space, comma or semicolon. When
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Minicom starts, it checks the list until it finds an available modem and
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uses that one. (However, you can't specify different init strings to
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-them ..at least not yet.)
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+them... at least not yet.)
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.br
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To use a UNIX socket for communication the device name must be prefixed
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with "unix#" following by the full path and the filename of the socket.
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@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ establishes, minicom goes 'online'. If t
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switches to 'offline' again.
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.TP 0.5i
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.B B - Lock file location
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-On most systems This should be /usr/spool/uucp. Linux systems use
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+On most systems This should be /usr/spool/uucp. GNU/Linux systems use
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/var/lock. If this directory does not exist,
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minicom will not attempt to use lockfiles.
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.TP 0.5i
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@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ to get the escape key, you had to press
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.PP
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As of release 1.3 this has bettered a little: now a 1-second timeout
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is builtin, like in vi. For systems that have the select() system call
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-the timeout is 0.5 seconds. And... surprise: a special Linux-dependant
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+the timeout is 0.5 seconds. And... surprise: a special Linux-dependent
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.BR hack " :-) was added. Now, minicom can separate the escape key and"
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escape-sequences. To see how dirty this was done, look into wkeys.c.
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But it works like a charm!
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@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ for new versions since 1.78, helped by s
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filipg@paranoia.com wrote the History buffer searching to 1.79.
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.br
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Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (acme@conectiva.com.br) did the internationalization
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-and the Brasilian Portuguese translations.
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+and the Brazilian Portuguese translations.
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.br
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Jim Seymour (jseymour@jimsun.LinxNet.com) wrote the multiple modem support
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and the filename selection window used since 1.80.
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