[PATCH] Make text about supplying X server arguments via startx more generic

Jon TURNEY jon.turney at dronecode.org.uk
Mon Oct 26 06:55:35 PDT 2009


Make text about supplying X server arguments via startx more generic,
rather than assuming the started server will be Xorg, and hence will
take Xorg's arguments.

Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney at dronecode.org.uk>
---
 startx.man |   12 +++---------
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/startx.man b/startx.man
index a4dede0..65167f1 100644
--- a/startx.man
+++ b/startx.man
@@ -56,15 +56,9 @@ command are used to start a client in the same manner as
 The special argument
 .RB '--'
 marks the end of client arguments and the beginning of server options.
-It may be convenient to specify server options with startx to change on a
-per-session basis the
-default color depth, the server's notion of the number of dots-per-inch the
-display device presents, or take advantage of a different server layout, as
-permitted by the
-.BR __XSERVERNAME__ (__appmansuffix__)
-server and specified in the
-.BR __XCONFIGFILEMAN__
-configuration.  Some examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult
+It may be convenient to specify server options with startx to change them on a
+per-session basis.
+Some examples of specifying server arguments follow; consult
 the manual page for your X server to determine which arguments are legal.
 .RS
 .PP
-- 
1.6.4.2



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