From e571b0f1645bf296026f09b2c43854b178bc4e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdw <mdw>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:53:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Minor edits.

---
 xcatch.1    |  2 +-
 xgetline.1  |  2 +-
 xscsize.1   |  2 +-
 xshutdown.1 | 12 ++++++------
 xtell.1     | 12 ++++++------
 xwait.1     | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 6 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xcatch.1 b/xcatch.1
index bdd953b..aa2871b 100644
--- a/xcatch.1
+++ b/xcatch.1
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ redirected to
 otherwise,
 .B xcatch
 reads from its own standard input.
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Create the window on the named
diff --git a/xgetline.1 b/xgetline.1
index e8d11d0..d872732 100644
--- a/xgetline.1
+++ b/xgetline.1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ cmd=`xgetline -t "Shell command in window" -p "Command:"` &&
   xterm -T "$cmd" -e sh -c "$cmd"
 .ft R
 .fi
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .B \-i, \-\-invisible
 Don't echo characters to the screen when they're typed.  Useful when
diff --git a/xscsize.1 b/xscsize.1
index 230684e..ad0dcaa 100644
--- a/xscsize.1
+++ b/xscsize.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Typical use would be something like
 eval `xscsize`
 .ft R
 .fi
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Choose which display to connect to.
diff --git a/xshutdown.1 b/xshutdown.1
index 24c71cc..1a2f409 100644
--- a/xshutdown.1
+++ b/xshutdown.1
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ xshutdown \- asks for user confirmation before waking an xwait process
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]
 .if n \{\
 .br
 \h'1i'
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ xshutdown \- asks for user confirmation before waking an xwait process
 .RB [ \-t
 .IR title ]
 .RI [ \c
-.IB atom : msg , msg \c
-\&...]
+.IB atom : msg \c
+]
 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ message to a waiting
 .B xwait
 process, by setting a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ to to set the property named
 .IR atom .
 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg
 Sets
 .B xshutdown
 to set the given property to
-.IR message .
+.IR msg .
 This option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-p, \-\-prompt " prompt
diff --git a/xtell.1 b/xtell.1
index 2fd32a9..a49c972 100644
--- a/xtell.1
+++ b/xtell.1
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ xtell \- prods a waiting xwait process
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]
 .RI [ \c
-.IB atom : msg , msg \c
-\&...]
+.IB atom : msg \c
+]
 .ll -5i
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The
 program sets a named property on the X root window to a particular
 value.  This is primarily useful for communicating with
 .BR xwait (1).
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .BI "\-d, \-\-display " display
 Attempt to connect to
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ to to set the property named
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg
 Sets
 .B xtell
 to set the given property to
-.IR message .
+.IR msg .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .PP
 The
diff --git a/xwait.1 b/xwait.1
index 4c09801..c66dcf2 100644
--- a/xwait.1
+++ b/xwait.1
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 .\" -*-nroff-*-
+.de hP
+.IP
+\h'-\w'\fB\\$1\ \fP'u'\fB\\$1\ \fP\c
+..
+.ie t .ds o \(bu
+.el .ds o o
+.
 .TH xwait 1 "15 November 1998" "Edgeware tools"
 .SH NAME
 xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
@@ -11,7 +18,7 @@ xwait \- wait until prodded by another X client
 .RB [ \-a
 .IR atom ]
 .RB [ \-m
-.IR message ]
+.IR msg ]
 .RI [ \c
 .IB atom : msg , msg \c
 \&...]
@@ -33,7 +40,7 @@ The properties, and the values to listen for, can be configured at the
 command line.  When
 .B xwait
 exits, it removes the properties from the root window.
-.SS OPTIONS
+.SS Options
 .TP 5
 .B \-f, \-\-force
 Force 
@@ -53,11 +60,11 @@ to listen for the property named
 .IR atom .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .TP 5
-.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " message
+.BI "\-m, \-\-msg " msg
 Sets
 .B xwait
 to wait for the given property to be set to
-.IR message .
+.IR msg .
 Use of this option is deprecated.
 .SS "Argument format"
 The
@@ -79,6 +86,20 @@ will wait for
 .B XWAIT_PROPERTY
 to be set to
 .BR XWAIT_MESSAGE .
+.SS "Output format"
+When a message is eventually received,
+.B xwait
+prints information about it to standard output:
+.hP \*o
+If more than one property (atom) was specified, the property name is
+printed.
+.hP \*o
+If more than one message is recognized for the property, the message
+string is printed; if a property name was printed, the two are separated
+by a colon and a single space character.
+.PP
+.B xwait
+then exits with return code 0.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org).
 .SH BUGS
-- 
2.11.0