Improve shadow bold mode: set the default shadow bold offset to +1

[u/mdw/putty] / unix / pterm.1

diff --git a/unix/pterm.1 b/unix/pterm.1
index 1643615..6d90725 100644 (file)
--- a/unix/pterm.1
+++ b/unix/pterm.1
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ resources which do not have their own command-line options. For
 example:
 
 pterm -xrm 'ScrollbarOnLeft: 1'
+.IP "\fB-help\fP, \fB--help\fP"
+Display a message summarizing the available options
 .SH X RESOURCES
 \fIpterm\fP can be more completely configured by means of X
 resources. All of these resources are of the form \fIpterm.FOO\fP
@@ -293,12 +295,13 @@ printing it twice at a one-pixel offset).
 .IP "\fBpterm.ShadowBoldOffset\fP"
 This resource can be set to an integer; the default is -1. It
 specifies the offset at which text is overprinted when using "shadow
-bold" mode. The default (-1) means that the text will be printed in
-the normal place, and also one character to the left; this seems to
+bold" mode. The default (1) means that the text will be printed in
+the normal place, and also one character to the right; this seems to
 work well for most X bitmap fonts, which have a blank line of pixels
-down the left-hand side. For some fonts, you may need to set this to
-+1, so that the text is overprinted one pixel to the right; for
-really large fonts, you may want to set it even higher.
+down the right-hand side. For some fonts, you may need to set this to
+-1, so that the text is overprinted one pixel to the left; for
+really large fonts, you may want to set it higher than 1 (in one
+direction or the other).
 .IP "\fBpterm.BoldAsColour\fP"
 This option should be set to either 0 or 1; the default is 1. It
 specifies the default state of auto wrap mode. When set to 1, bold