ncurses 6.3 - patch 20221210

[ncurses.git] / man / terminfo.tail

diff --git a/man/terminfo.tail b/man/terminfo.tail
index 070319c42051afa4ba0c2864f90a15c84a19b5f6..6abfda92b9b1d7142dab36f6889f032deae5cc24 100644 (file)
--- a/man/terminfo.tail
+++ b/man/terminfo.tail
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey                                *

 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *


@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.110 2021/12/25 20:14:56 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.113 2022/12/10 19:51:10 tom Exp $

 .ps +1
 .SS User-Defined Capabilities
 .
 .ps +1
 .SS User-Defined Capabilities
 .


@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ push \fIi\fP'th parameter
 \fB%P\fP\fI[a\-z]\fP
 set dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP to \fIpop()\fP
 .TP
 \fB%P\fP\fI[a\-z]\fP
 set dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP to \fIpop()\fP
 .TP

-\fB%g\fP\fI[a\-z]/\fP
+\fB%g\fP\fI[a\-z]\fP

 get dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP and push it
 .TP
 \fB%P\fP\fI[A\-Z]\fP
 get dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP and push it
 .TP
 \fB%P\fP\fI[A\-Z]\fP


@@ -511,8 +511,17 @@ variables in persistent storage, initialized to zeros.
 .bP
 Beginning with version 6.3, ncurses stores \fIstatic\fP and \fIdynamic\fP
 variables in the same manner as SVr4.
 .bP
 Beginning with version 6.3, ncurses stores \fIstatic\fP and \fIdynamic\fP
 variables in the same manner as SVr4.

+.RS
+.bP

 Unlike other implementations, ncurses zeros dynamic variables 
 before the first \fB%g\fP or \fB%P\fP operator.
 Unlike other implementations, ncurses zeros dynamic variables 
 before the first \fB%g\fP or \fB%P\fP operator.

+.bP
+Like SVr2,
+the scope of dynamic variables in ncurses
+is within the current call to
+\fBtparm\fP.
+Use static variables if persistent storage is needed.
+.RE

 .RE
 .TP
 \fB%\(aq\fP\fIc\fP\fB\(aq\fP
 .RE
 .TP
 \fB%\(aq\fP\fIc\fP\fB\(aq\fP