From a6564c34252ee2aa073c9643783c2870a425ce53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nia Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:32:04 +0000 Subject: rain(6): Make the default delay useful for modern terminals --- rain/rain.6 | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'rain/rain.6') diff --git a/rain/rain.6 b/rain/rain.6 index cf07f4de..441a29be 100644 --- a/rain/rain.6 +++ b/rain/rain.6 @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451