-.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.6 1995/04/22 11:55:13 cgd Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.12 2002/09/26 18:31:59 wiz Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993, 1995
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)banner.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
+.\" @(#)banner.6 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
.\"
-.Dd June 6, 1993
+.Dd April 29, 1995
.Dt BANNER 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm banner
+.Nm banner
.Nd print large banner on printer
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm banner
+.Nm
.Op Fl w Ar width
.Ar message ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Banner
+.Nm
prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
If the message is omitted, it prompts for and
-reads one line of its standard input. If
+reads one line of its standard input.
+If
.Fl w
is given, the output is scrunched down from a width of 132 to
.Ar width ,
suitable for a narrow terminal.
.Pp
-The output should be printed on a hard-copy device, up to 132 columns wide,
-with no breaks between the pages. The volume is great enough that you
-may want
-a printer or a fast hardcopy terminal, but if you are patient, a
-decwriter or other 300 baud terminal will do.
+The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
+with no breaks between the pages.
.Sh BUGS
-Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
-^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny
+Several ASCII characters are not defined, notably \*[Lt], \*[Gt], [, ], \\,
+^, _, {, }, |, and ~. Also, the characters ", ', and \*[Am] are funny
looking (but in a useful way.)
.Pp
The
The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
Sometimes it runs letters together.
.Sh AUTHOR
-Mark Horton
+.An Mark Horton