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authortls <tls@NetBSD.org>1997-01-07 11:40:24 +0000
committertls <tls@NetBSD.org>1997-01-07 11:40:24 +0000
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.6 1995/04/22 11:55:13 cgd Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: banner.6,v 1.7 1997/01/07 11:40:24 tls 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
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
.\" 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
@@ -47,17 +47,15 @@
.Nm Banner
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