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 2e57f62..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
@@ -110,15 +112,15 @@ for some FOO; you can make \fIpterm\fP look them up under another
 name, such as \fIxyz.FOO\fP, by specifying the command-line option
 "-name xyz".
 .IP "\fBpterm.CloseOnExit\fP"
-This option should be set to 0, 1 or 2; the default is 1. It
+This option should be set to 0, 1 or 2; the default is 2. It
 controls what \fIpterm\fP does when the process running inside it
-terminates. When set to 2, \fIpterm\fP will close its window as soon
-as the process inside it terminates. When set to 0, \fIpterm\fP will
-print the process's exit status, and the window will remain present
-until a key is pressed (allowing you to inspect the scrollback, and
-copy and paste text out of it).
+terminates. When set to 2 (the default), \fIpterm\fP will close its
+window as soon as the process inside it terminates. When set to 0,
+\fIpterm\fP will print the process's exit status, and the window
+will remain present until a key is pressed (allowing you to inspect
+the scrollback, and copy and paste text out of it).
 
-When this setting is set to 1 (the default), \fIpterm\fP will close
+When this setting is set to 1, \fIpterm\fP will close
 immediately if the process exits cleanly (with an exit status of
 zero), but the window will stay around if the process exits with a
 non-zero code or on a signal. This enables you to see what went
@@ -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