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authornia <nia@NetBSD.org>2020-10-14 18:32:04 +0000
committernia <nia@NetBSD.org>2020-10-14 18:32:04 +0000
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rain(6): Make the default delay useful for modern terminals
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diff --git a/rain/rain.6 b/rain/rain.6
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rain.6,v 1.12 2005/09/15 02:09:41 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rain.6,v 1.13 2020/10/14 18:32:04 nia Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)rain.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\"
-.Dd May 31, 1993
+.Dd October 14, 2020
.Dt RAIN 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ The output of
is modeled after the
.Tn VAX/VMS
program of the same name.
-To obtain the proper effect, either the terminal must be set for 9600
-baud or the
-.Fl d
-option must be used to specify a delay, in milliseconds, between each
-update.
-A reasonable delay is 120; the default is 0.
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl d
+Delay between updates (in milliseconds).
+If the terminal is faster than 9600 baud, must be set to non-zero to
+obtain a proper rain effect.
+The default is 120.
+.El
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Eric P. Scott