man: rework systemd-vconsole-setup man page a bit (#7312)
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:14:19 +0000 (19:14 +0100)
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:14:19 +0000 (19:14 +0100)
It's not systemd that invokes the service internally as needed, it's
systemd-localed. Correct that.

Also, stop using the word "helper". To me a "helper" constitutes
something internal, not official API. I doubt systemd-vconsole-setup
really matches that description though, hence let's better avoid the
term.

Also, clean up some other wording, and be less imbiguous, by suggesting
a single command to apply vconsole.conf instead of two.

Follow-up for 597c25d2a7c61453acd723340350e8748a5106dd

man/systemd-vconsole-setup.service.xml

index 51e4ef4..b8eafcc 100644 (file)
   <refsect1>
     <title>Description</title>
 
-    <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup</filename> is a helper used to prepare either all virtual consoles, or — if
-      the optional <replaceable>TTY</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up
-      it's called by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> during vtconsole subsystem initialization.
-      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> also calls it internally as needed via
-      <filename>systemd-vconsole-setup.service</filename>. The helper calls
-      <citerefentry project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
-      <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-      internally.
+    <para><filename>systemd-vconsole-setup</filename> sets up and configures either all virtual consoles, or — if the
+    optional <replaceable>TTY</replaceable> parameter is provided — a specific one. When the system is booting up it's
+    called by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-udevd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> during
+    VT console subsystem initialization.  Also,
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-localed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> invokes
+    it as needed when language or console changes are made. Internally, this program calls <citerefentry
+    project='mankier'><refentrytitle>loadkeys</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and <citerefentry
+    project='die-net'><refentrytitle>setfont</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
     </para>
 
-    <para>
-      You may want to use this helper whenever you change <filename>vconsole.conf</filename> to
-      refresh the settings on your consoles — either through the <command>systemctl restart</command> /
-      <command>systemctl start</command> command or directly through the executable.
-    </para>
+    <para>Execute <command>systemctl restart systemd-vconsole-setup.service</command> in order to apply any manual
+    changes made to <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename>.</para>
 
-    <para>See
-    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-    for information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.</para>
+    <para>See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>vconsole.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+    information about the configuration files and kernel command line options understood by this program.</para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>