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Re: typo in "man xterm"

From: Thomas Dickey <dickey at his dot com>
To: Paul Maier <svn-user at web dot de>
Cc: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, dickey at his dot com
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:50:51 -0400
Subject: Re: typo in "man xterm"
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Reply-to: dickey at his dot com
Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 02:24:52PM +0200, Paul Maier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the word "not" should be added to this description:
> 
> 
> man xterm
>        [...]
>        +maximized
>                This option indicates that xterm should ask the window manager to maximize its layout on startup.
> 
> 
> It should read:
> ... should *not* ask the window manager ...

The immediate call is made via the X server, but the window manager
is in control of the subsequent reconfiguration requests, and as
a result can keep xterm's window from changing size.  To simplify
the manpage, xterm does "ask".

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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