From 0fcf7301049a1db0268337e433932037cb8eac3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:55:46 +0000 Subject: doc: stty: Clarification of some input and output settings * doc/coreutils.texi (stty invocation): Clarify any ambiguity in regard to the direction of input and output settings. Add some notes on the case changing settings. Most of the text was supplied by Dan Jacobson. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index bbc2710bb..9047925e3 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11916,6 +11916,7 @@ Enable RTS/CTS flow control. Non-@acronym{POSIX}. May be negated. @subsection Input settings @cindex input settings +These settings control operations on data received from the terminal. @table @samp @item ignbrk @@ -11988,7 +11989,8 @@ empty again. May be negated. @opindex iuclc @cindex uppercase, translating to lowercase Translate uppercase characters to lowercase. Non-@acronym{POSIX}. May be -negated. +negated. Note ilcuc is not implemented, as one would not be able to issue +almost any (lowercase) Unix command, after invoking it. @item ixany @opindex ixany @@ -12007,7 +12009,7 @@ when the input buffer is full. Non-@acronym{POSIX}. May be negated. @subsection Output settings @cindex output settings -These arguments specify output-related operations. +These settings control operations on data sent to the terminal. @table @samp @item opost @@ -12018,7 +12020,7 @@ Postprocess output. May be negated. @opindex olcuc @cindex lowercase, translating to output Translate lowercase characters to uppercase. Non-@acronym{POSIX}. May be -negated. +negated. (Note ouclc is not currently implemented.) @item ocrnl @opindex ocrnl @@ -12271,6 +12273,7 @@ as @code{tab3}. @opindex lcase @opindex LCASE Same as @code{xcase iuclc olcuc}. Non-@acronym{POSIX}. May be negated. +(Used for terminals with uppercase characters only.) @item crt @opindex crt -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2