I'm not a regular kernel developer, so feel free to ignore my
recommendations if they are not aligned with the level of documentation
usually provided.
On 2025-02-23 13:36, Günther Noack wrote:
* Indent the documented selection modes into tagged paragraphs.
* Document constants from the header file (tiocl.h) instead of numbers.
Signed-off-by: Günther Noack <gnoack3000@xxxxxxxxx>
---
man/man2const/TIOCLINUX.2const | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man2const/TIOCLINUX.2const
b/man/man2const/TIOCLINUX.2const
index c0acdd0ea..5db3f6ea6 100644
--- a/man/man2const/TIOCLINUX.2const
+++ b/man/man2const/TIOCLINUX.2const
@@ -65,11 +65,24 @@ are the ending
column and row.
(Upper left corner is row=column=1.)
.I sel_mode
-is 0 for character-by-character selection,
-1 for word-by-word selection,
-or 2 for line-by-line selection.
-The indicated screen characters are highlighted and saved
-in a kernel buffer.
+may be one of the following operations:
+.RS
+.TP
+.B TIOCL_SELCHAR
+Select character-by-character.
+The indicated screen characters are highlighted
+and saved in a kernel buffer.
I would recommend also saying
+.TP
+.B TIOCL_SELWORD
+Select word-by-word.
+The indicated screen characters are highlighted
+and saved in a kernel buffer.
I would recommend also saying something like "The start is expanded
backward and the end is expanded forwards to select entire words."
+.TP
+.B TIOCL_SELLINE
+Select line-by-line.
+The indicated screen characters are highlighted
+and saved in a kernel buffer.
+.RE
Similarly, mention how the start / end is expanded here too.
.IP
Since Linux 6.7, using this subcode requires the
.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-- MJF
