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authorB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-12-23 14:50:24 -0500
committerB. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>2024-12-23 14:50:24 -0500
commit734994ddaf7522f9d763cacc0f7cde63b9c7188a (patch)
treec2a8f3b5dc57d58c7a2765fdc9ac16606b6d7629 /uxd.1
parente7d59f1e6ef99573b7432dbbeab25da6d7289c4b (diff)
downloaduxd-734994ddaf7522f9d763cacc0f7cde63b9c7188a.tar.gz
improve -c parsing and doc
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@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ terminal and its color settings. Ignored if \fB\-m\fP given.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.BI \-c \ nnnnn
-Set the colors to use. Must be 2 to 5 digits, from 0 to 7. These are
+Set the colors to use. Must be 1 to 5 digits, from 0 to 7. These are
standard ANSI colors:
.INDENT 7.0
.TP
@@ -125,15 +125,19 @@ white
The first 2 digits are the alternating colors for
normal characters, the 3rd and 4th (optional) are the alternating colors for non\-printable
and space characters, and the 5th (optional) is for invalid UTF\-8
-sequences. Default: \fB23561\fP\&. This option also disables a prior \fB\-m\fP
-option.
+sequences.
+.sp
+Default colors are \fB23561\fP\&. If fewer than 5 colors are supplied,
+the remaining colors keep their default values.
.sp
Note that the default color set doesn\(aqt include white or black:
usually one of these is the terminal\(aqs background
color. Also, it avoids blue, because blue text is hard to read on
many terminals.
+.sp
+This option also disables a prior \fB\-m\fP option.
.UNINDENT
-.\" colors (2 to 5 digits, 0 to 7).
+.\" colors (1 to 5 digits, 0 to 7).
.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP