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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2021-08-26 13:52:27 -0400
committerWilly Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>2021-10-13 00:51:44 +0700
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system/fbterm: Add checkfb man page.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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-FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer device
-or a VESA video card.
+fbterm (fast framebuffer based terminal emulator for linux)
+
+FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer
+device or a VESA video card.
fbterm supports the mouse (provided gpm is running) and is able to
-share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer -vo
-fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with lovely
-antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better Unicode
-support than the plain Linux framebuffer console.
+share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer
+-vo fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with
+lovely antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better
+Unicode support than the plain Linux framebuffer console.
Also included is a handy utility called checkfb, which simply checks
-for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows its
-resolution and bit depth.
+for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows
+its resolution and bit depth.
This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with
elevated privileges (required for keyboard shortcuts and console