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<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG> File formats <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Background">Background</a></H3><PRE>
Before <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.0, terminfo databases used a <EM>fixed</EM> <EM>repertoire</EM> of
terminal capabilities designed for the SVr2 terminal database in 1984,
- and extended in stages through SVr4 (1989), and standardized in the
- Single Unix Specification beginning in 1995.
+ and extended in stages through SVr4 (1989), and standardized in X/Open
+ Curses starting in 1995.
Most of the <EM>extensions</EM> in this fixed repertoire were additions to the
tables of Boolean, numeric and string capabilities. Rather than change
-ncurses 6.5 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
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