From 208c079508f1c63cb93273ab839aaa4d4ee94798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darafei Praliaskouski Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 18:32:00 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(man): explain stripchart scale symbols --- man/mtr.8.in | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/mtr.8.in b/man/mtr.8.in index a3d05c6..14219fc 100644 --- a/man/mtr.8.in +++ b/man/mtr.8.in @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ mode. When in this mode, will run for the number of cycles specified by the .B \-c option, and then print statistics and exit. +Use report mode when you need a final result that remains in terminal +scrollback or can be redirected to a file. .TP \c This mode is useful for generating statistics about network quality. @@ -243,6 +245,13 @@ In stripchart modes, marks a probe that has not received a response, and .B > marks a response slower than the largest latency bucket shown in the scale. +The scale buckets are chosen from the current minimum and maximum visible +round-trip times; in the default stripchart, +.B . +marks the smallest bucket, digits and lowercase letters mark intermediate +buckets, and +.B > +marks values above the last displayed bucket. .TP .B \-g\fR, \fB\-\-gtk Use this option to force -- 2.47.3