Manual pages: scriptlive.1: Miscellaneous wording, grammar, and formatting fixes

Nothing too contentious here, I think, so I'm rolling all
of the edits into one patch.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2020-07-15 10:15:45 +02:00 committed by Karel Zak
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@ -9,17 +9,23 @@ scriptlive \- re-run session typescripts, using timing information
.RB [ \-I|\-B ]
.I typescript
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program re-run a typescript, using stdin typescript and timing information to ensure that
This program re-runs a typescript,
using stdin typescript and timing information to ensure that
input happens in the same rhythm as it originally appeared when the script
was recorded.
.PP
The \fBsession is executed\fR in newly created pseudo terminal with user's $SHELL
The \fBsession is executed\fR in a newly created pseudoterminal with
the user's $SHELL
(or defaults to /bin/bash).
.PP
.B Be careful!
Do not forget that the typescript may contains arbitrary commands.
It is recommended to use \fB"scriptreplay \-\-stream in \-\-log\-in typescript"\fR
(or with --log-io instead of --log-in) to verify the typescript before it is executed by
(or with
.B \-\-log\-io
instead of
.BR \-\-log\-in\)
to verify the typescript before it is executed by
.BR scriptlive (1).
.PP
The timing information is what
@ -47,17 +53,18 @@ File containing \fBscript\fR's timing output. This option overrides old-style a
.BR \-T , " \-\-log\-timing " \fIfile\fR
Aliased to \fB\-t\fR, maintained for compatibility with
.BR script (1)
command line options.
command-line options.
.TP
.BR \-d , " \-\-divisor " \fInumber\fR
Speed up the replay displaying this
.I number
of times. The argument is a floating point number. It's called divisor
of times. The argument is a floating-point number. It's called divisor
because it divides the timings by this factor. This option overrides old-style arguments.
.TP
.BR \-m , " \-\-maxdelay " \fInumber\fR
Set the maximum delay between updates to
.I number
of seconds. The argument is a floating point number. This can be used to
of seconds. The argument is a floating-point number. This can be used to
avoid long pauses in the typescript replay.
.TP
.BR \-V , " \-\-version"