curs_termcap(3x) Library calls curs_termcap(3x)
@@ -122,7 +94,7 @@
implementations conforming to portions of X/Open Curses now
withdrawn. The BSD termcap library would store a copy of the
terminal type description in the area referenced by this
- pointer. ncurses stores terminal type descriptions in compiled
+ pointer. terminfo stores terminal type descriptions in compiled
form, which is not the same thing.
o The meanings of the return values differ. The BSD termcap
@@ -361,11 +333,11 @@
parameterized string capability, be aware that it is returned in term-info notation, not the older and not-quite-compatible termcap notation.
This does not cause problems if all you do with it is call tgoto or
- tparm, which both expand terminfo-style strings as terminfo does. (If
- ncurses is configured to support termcap,tgoto checks whether the
- string is terminfo-style by looking for "%p" parameters or "<...>"
- delays, and invokes a termcap-style parser if the string appears not to
- use terminfo syntax.)
+ tparm, which both parametrically expand terminfo-style string
+ capabilities as terminfo does. (If ncurses is configured to support
+ termcap,tgoto checks whether the string is terminfo-style by looking
+ for "%p" parameters or "<...>" delays, and invokes a termcap-style
+ parser if the string appears not to use terminfo syntax.)
Because terminfo's syntax for padding in string capabilities differs
from termcap's, users can be surprised.
@@ -397,7 +369,7 @@
-ncurses 6.4 2023-12-30 curs_termcap(3x)
+ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 curs_termcap(3x)