retitle 267744 xbase-clients: [startx,xinit] manpage command synopses are unclear severity 267744 minor tag 267744 + upstream thanks On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 10:56:21AM +0200, Zoltan Ivanfi wrote: > I see now that this constraint comes from xinit. > > man xinit says: > > xinit [ [ client ] options ] [ -- [ server ] [ display ] options ] > > man startx says: > > startx [ [ client ] options ... ] [ -- [ server ] options ... ] > > I think man xinit is nicer, since it shows you that display -- if given > -- must be the first argument. I agree that these command synopses should be improved. startx's synopsis is better in the respect that it makes clear that multiple option arguments can be specified. -- G. Branden Robinson | Men are born ignorant, not stupid. Debian GNU/Linux | They are made stupid by education. branden@debian.org | -- Bertrand Russell http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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