Merge lp:~bregma/unity/lp-1059275 into lp:unity

Proposed by Stephen M. Webb
Status: Merged
Approved by: Christopher Townsend
Approved revision: no longer in the source branch.
Merged at revision: 3869
Proposed branch: lp:~bregma/unity/lp-1059275
Merge into: lp:unity
Diff against target: 61 lines (+35/-10)
1 file modified
doc/unity.1 (+35/-10)
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update the unity manpage

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Updates the manpage for the unity command. Lists all the currently supported options.

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Inline comments added. Just some little nitpicks:)

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LGTM

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=== modified file 'doc/unity.1'
--- doc/unity.1 2010-12-24 20:05:57 +0000
+++ doc/unity.1 2014-09-04 12:13:36 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
1.TH unity "1" "9 December 2010" "" "Linux User's Manual"1.TH unity "1" "09 August 2014" "" "Linux User's Manual"
22
3.SH NAME3.SH NAME
4unity \- wrapper for starting the unity shell and handling fallback4unity \- wrapper for starting the unity shell and handling fallback
@@ -12,17 +12,42 @@
12The \fBunity\fP program can be used to start the Unity shell as a compiz module, and to specify how to handle logging, debugging, as well as how to deal with the user's profile.12The \fBunity\fP program can be used to start the Unity shell as a compiz module, and to specify how to handle logging, debugging, as well as how to deal with the user's profile.
1313
14.SH OPTIONS14.SH OPTIONS
15.IP \fB\-\-advanced\-debug\fP15.TP
16Runs unity under debugging (using GDB or another debugger tool) to help tracking issues. Should only be used on request from a developper following a bug report.16.BR \-\-advanced\-debug
1717Runs unity under debugging (using \fBgdb\fR or another debugger tool) to help tracking issues. Should only be used on request from a developer following a bug report.
18.IP \fB\-\-log\fP\ \fIfilename\fP18
19.TP
20.BR "-\-compiz-path \fICOMPIZ_PATH\fR"
21Runs the compositor from a non-standard location.
22
23.TP
24.BR \-\-debug
25Runs Unity under
26.B gdb
27and prints a stack trace on crash.
28
29.TP
30.BR \-h ", " \-\-help
31Prints a usage message and exits.
32
33.TP
34.BR "\-\-log \fIfilename\fR"
19This parameter, followed by a path or filename, tells the Unity shell to store logs in the specified file.35This parameter, followed by a path or filename, tells the Unity shell to store logs in the specified file.
2036
21.IP \fB\-\-reset\fP37.TP
22This option allows the user to reset profile parameters in compiz and restart the Unity shell with default settings.38.BR \-\-replace
2339Deprecated option for backwards compatibility. Has no effect.
24.IP \fB\-\-verbose\fP40
25This option turns on displaying additional debugging output for the Unity shell. It can be used by the user to debug configuration issues. This option is often used along with the \fB\-\-log\fP option to save output to a file.41.TP
42.BR \-\-reset\-icons
43Resets the default Launcher icons.
44
45.TP
46.BR \-v ", " \-\-version
47Shows the program version number and exits.
48
49.TP
50.BR \-\-verbose
2651
27.SH "SEE ALSO"52.SH "SEE ALSO"
28.B unity-panel-service53.B unity-panel-service