Some improvements to the man pages

4 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index c834f0af..c6ca7591 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1638,6 +1638,7 @@ Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
  for fixing converting the port number in the "connect from..." log message of SVDRP
  for reporting that there are places where ntohs() is assigned to different types
  for adapting cThread::ThreadId() to recent kernels
+ for some improvements to the man pages
 
 Steffen Beyer <cpunk@reactor.de>
  for fixing setting the colored button help after deleting a recording in case the next
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index f46e5f96..45ec6499 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4985,3 +4985,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - Fixed displaying the replay mode symbol in case of "Multi speed mode" (reported
   by Marco Schlüßler).
+
+2006-11-19: Version 1.4.4-1
+
+- Some improvements to the man pages (thanks to Ville Skyttä).
diff --git a/vdr.1 b/vdr.1
index 86f5bdf7..b18f3b4f 100644
--- a/vdr.1
+++ b/vdr.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.26 2006/06/24 10:07:16 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.1 1.27 2006/11/19 10:02:31 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 1 "30 Apr 2006" "1.4.0" "Video Disk Recorder"
 .SH NAME
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as
 well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.
 
 At least one DVB card is required to run \fBvdr\fR. With it you can watch
-live tv while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder.
+live TV while recording one or more other broadcasts from the same transponder.
 It is also possible to start watching a recorded programme before the live
 broadcast has ended (\fBtime shifting\fR). In order to record from different
 transponders simultaneously two or more DVB cards are necessary.
 By default \fBvdr\fR can support up to four
-DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your tv set is connected to) has
+DVB cards. The primary DVB card (the one your TV set is connected to) has
 to be a "full featured" card, which means it must contain an MPEG decoder
 and provide audio and video signal outputs.
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Set logging to \fIlevel\fR.
 \fB0\fR\ =\ no logging, \fB1\fR\ =\ errors only,
 \fB2\fR\ =\ errors and info, \fB3\fR\ =\ errors, info and debug.
 The default logging level is \fB3\fR.
-If logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of
+If logging should be done to LOG_LOCAL\fIn\fR instead of
 LOG_USER, add '.n' to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7).
 .TP
 .BI \-L\  dir ,\ \-\-lib= dir
@@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ Use a serial port remote control device.
 If \fIpath\fR is omitted, vdr uses \fI/dev/ttyS1\fR.
 .TP
 .BI \-r\  cmd ,\ \-\-record= cmd
-Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording.
+Call \fIcmd\fR before and after a recording. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for
+more information.
 .TP
 .BI \-s\  cmd ,\ \-\-shutdown= cmd
-Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer.
+Call \fIcmd\fR to shutdown the computer. See the file \fIINSTALL\fR for more
+information.
 .TP
 .BI \-t\  tty ,\ \-\-terminal= tty
 Set the controlling terminal.
diff --git a/vdr.5 b/vdr.5
index 12e34f39..2e77f1ea 100644
--- a/vdr.5
+++ b/vdr.5
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the
 .\" vdr distribution.
 .\"
-.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.59 2006/04/29 13:30:00 kls Exp $
+.\" $Id: vdr.5 1.60 2006/11/19 10:02:33 kls Exp $
 .\"
 .TH vdr 5 "30 Apr 2006" "1.4.0" "Video Disk Recorder Files"
 .SH NAME
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ to right):
 .B Name
 The channel's name (if the name originally contains a ':' character
 it has to be replaced by '|').
-Some tv stations provide a way of deriving a "short name" from the
+Some TV stations provide a way of deriving a "short name" from the
 channel name, which can be used in situations where there is not
 much space for displaying a long name. If a short name is available
 for this channel, it follows the full name and is delimited by a comma,
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ cause the timer to record on that day. Example:
 
 .B MTWTF\-\-
 
-will define a timer that records on Monday thru Friday and does not record
+will define a timer that records on Monday through Friday and does not record
 on weekends. The same result could be achieved with \fBABCDE\-\-\fR (this is
 used to allow setting the days with language specific characters).
 Note that only letters may be used here, no digits.
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ so a complete definition could look like this:
 
 \fBMTWTF\-\-@2002\-02\-18\fR
 
-which would implement a timer that records Monday thru Friday, and will hit
+which would implement a timer that records Monday through Friday, and will hit
 for the first time on or after February 18, 2002.
 This \fBfirst day\fR feature can be used to disable a repeating timer for a couple
 of days, or for instance to define a new Mon...Fri timer on Wednesday, which