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-.\" $Id: gdc.6,v 1.2 2003/03/15 20:50:03 tom Exp $
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+.\" $Id: gdc.6,v 1.3 2006/04/22 23:02:15 tom Exp $
 .TH GDC 6
 .SH NAME
 gdc \- grand digital clock (curses)
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B gdc
+[-n] [
 [-s] [
 .I n
 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I Gdc
-runs a digital clock made of reverse-video blanks on a curses
-compatible VDU screen. With an optional numeric argument
-.I n
-it stops after
-.I n
-seconds (default never).
-The optional
+runs a digital clock made of reverse-video blanks on a terminal screen.
+If the terminal supports color, the clock is drawn in red.
+You can make the clock stop, pause or resume by pressing a ``q'',
+``s'' or space, respectively.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B -n
+redirects input to /dev/null, making it ignore the stop/pause commands.
+You can still stop it by pressing the interrupt key.
+.TP
 .B -s
-flag makes digits scroll as they change. In some curses mode implementations,
-the scrolling option has trouble keeping up.
+makes digits scroll as they change.
+When running on a fast display, the program breaks up the scrolling into
+subsecond repaints, making the operation appear smooth.
+.PP
+With an optional numeric argument
+.I num
+it stops after
+.I num
+seconds.
+Normally it runs "forever" (counting down from 2 billion seconds).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Amos Shapir, modified for curses by John Lupien.
+Improvements for ncurses by Thomas Dickey.