--- mgetty-1.1.36/doc/mgetty.8in.man 2010-12-16 10:20:09.000000000 +0000 +++ mgetty-1.1.36/doc/mgetty.8in 2011-01-30 16:51:29.000000000 +0000 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .RI ttydevice .RI [ gettydefs ] .SH DESCRIPTION -Mgetty is a ``smart'' getty replacement, designed to be used with hayes +Mgetty is a ``smart'' getty replacement, designed for use with Hayes compatible data and data/fax modems. Mgetty knows about modem initialization, manual modem answering (so your modem doesn't answer if the machine isn't ready), UUCP locking (so you can @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ .B -D Tells .I mgetty -that the modem is to be treated as a DATA modem, no fax initalization is +that the modem is to be treated as a DATA modem, no fax initialization is attempted. .TP .B -F @@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ .I mgetty is called as .I getty. -You may want to use this if you want to make use of the two-device / +You may want to use this if you want to use the two-device / kernel-locking scheme of the Linux and SunOS operating systems -(/dev/ttyS.. and /dev/cua..). I do not recommend it, it's just include for +(/dev/ttyS.. and /dev/cua..). I do not recommend it, it's just included for completeness, and to be able to use mgetty as a full-featured getty replacement. .TP @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ speed to the first integer found after the "CONNECT" string, "foo" in this example. You need this if your modem insist on changing its DTE speed to match the line speed. I recommend against using it, better leave the port -speed locked at a fixed value. The feature is included because there -exist old modems that cannot use a fixed (locked) port speed. +speed locked at a fixed value. The feature is included because +old modems exist which cannot use a fixed (locked) port speed. .TP .B -m 'expect send ...' -Set the "chat sequence" that is used to initialize the modem. For an empty +Set the "chat sequence" used to initialize the modem. For an empty expect part, use empty double quotes (""). Since the sequence contains spaces, you have to enclose all of it in single quotes(''). Example: @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Not all of .I mgetty configuration can be done at run-time yet. Things like flow control and -file paths (log file / lock file) have to be configured by changing the +file paths (log file / lock file) must be configured by changing the source and recompiling. Users never read manuals...