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diff --git a/x11vnc/help.c b/x11vnc/help.c
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@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
"these protections. See the FAQ for details how to tunnel the VNC connection\n"
"through an encrypted channel such as ssh(1). In brief:\n"
"\n"
-" ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 far-host 'x11vnc -localhost -display :0'\n"
+" ssh -t -L 5900:localhost:5900 far-host 'x11vnc -localhost -display :0'\n"
"\n"
" vncviewer -encodings 'copyrect tight zrle hextile' localhost:0\n"
"\n"
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
" a colormap histogram. Example: -shiftcmap 240\n"
"-notruecolor For 8bpp displays, force indexed color (i.e. a colormap)\n"
" even if it looks like 8bpp TrueColor (rare problem).\n"
-"-visual n Experimental option: probably does not do what you\n"
-" think. It simply *forces* the visual used for the\n"
-" framebuffer; this may be a bad thing... (e.g. messes\n"
-" up colors or cause a crash). It is useful for testing\n"
-" and for some workarounds. n may be a decimal number,\n"
-" or 0x hex. Run xdpyinfo(1) for the values. One may\n"
-" also use \"TrueColor\", etc. see <X11/X.h> for a list.\n"
-" If the string ends in \":m\" then for better or for\n"
-" worse the visual depth is forced to be m.\n"
+"-visual n This option probably does not do what you think.\n"
+" It simply *forces* the visual used for the framebuffer;\n"
+" this may be a bad thing... (e.g. messes up colors or\n"
+" cause a crash). It is useful for testing and for some\n"
+" workarounds. n may be a decimal number, or 0x hex.\n"
+" Run xdpyinfo(1) for the values. One may also use\n"
+" \"TrueColor\", etc. see <X11/X.h> for a list. If the\n"
+" string ends in \":m\" then for better or for worse the\n"
+" visual depth is forced to be m.\n"
"\n"
"-overlay Handle multiple depth visuals on one screen, e.g. 8+24\n"
" and 24+8 overlay visuals (the 32 bits per pixel are\n"
@@ -1537,10 +1537,10 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
"-bg Go into the background after screen setup. Messages to\n"
" stderr are lost unless -o logfile is used. Something\n"
" like this could be useful in a script:\n"
-" port=`ssh $host \"x11vnc -display :0 -bg\" | grep PORT`\n"
-" port=`echo \"$port\" | sed -e 's/PORT=//'`\n"
-" port=`expr $port - 5900`\n"
-" vncviewer $host:$port\n"
+" port=`ssh -t $host \"x11vnc -display :0 -bg\" | grep PORT`\n"
+" port=`echo \"$port\" | sed -e 's/PORT=//'`\n"
+" port=`expr $port - 5900`\n"
+" vncviewer $host:$port\n"
"\n"
"-modtweak Option -modtweak automatically tries to adjust the AltGr\n"
"-nomodtweak and Shift modifiers for differing language keyboards\n"
@@ -2404,8 +2404,8 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
" It may be of use in video capture-like applications,\n"
" or where window tearing is a problem.\n"
"\n"
-"-rawfb string Experimental option, instead of polling X, poll the\n"
-" memory object specified in \"string\".\n"
+"-rawfb string Instead of polling X, poll the memory object specified\n"
+" in \"string\".\n"
"\n"
" For shared memory segments string is of the\n"
" form: \"shm:N@WxHxB\" which specifies a shmid\n"
@@ -2634,16 +2634,16 @@ void print_help(int mode) {
" You can make your own freqtab by copying the xawtv\n"
" format.\n"
"\n"
-"-pipeinput cmd Another experimental option: it lets you supply an\n"
-" external command in \"cmd\" that x11vnc will pipe\n"
-" all of the user input events to in a simple format.\n"
-" In -pipeinput mode by default x11vnc will not process\n"
-" any of the user input events. If you prefix \"cmd\"\n"
-" with \"tee:\" it will both send them to the pipe\n"
-" command and process them. For a description of the\n"
-" format run \"-pipeinput tee:/bin/cat\". Another prefix\n"
-" is \"reopen\" which means to reopen pipe if it exits.\n"
-" Separate multiple prefixes with commas.\n"
+"-pipeinput cmd This option lets you supply an external command in\n"
+" \"cmd\" that x11vnc will pipe all of the user input\n"
+" events to in a simple format. In -pipeinput mode by\n"
+" default x11vnc will not process any of the user input\n"
+" events. If you prefix \"cmd\" with \"tee:\" it will\n"
+" both send them to the pipe command and process them.\n"
+" For a description of the format run \"-pipeinput\n"
+" tee:/bin/cat\". Another prefix is \"reopen\" which\n"
+" means to reopen pipe if it exits. Separate multiple\n"
+" prefixes with commas.\n"
"\n"
" In combination with -rawfb one might be able to\n"
" do amusing things (e.g. control non-X devices).\n"