X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fterm.5.html;h=221db40a87812da81fa7a88b6121e2dc006e0ecf;hb=027d0c57c4c4d6690e8d8727888d3282dbe9aa86;hp=9999ef03a69bb88abb9d3d4e899db2e8123e52d7;hpb=f70db18a0c3c6a828d8a5999be37239f01c9d98a;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/term.5.html b/doc/html/man/term.5.html index 9999ef03..221db40a 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/term.5.html +++ b/doc/html/man/term.5.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - + + + term 5 -

term 5

-
+

term 5

-
 term(5)                                                         term(5)
-

NAME

+
NAME
        term - format of compiled term file.
 
 
 

-
SYNOPSIS
+
SYNOPSIS
        term
 
 
 

-
DESCRIPTION
-   STORAGE LOCATION
+
DESCRIPTION
+
+

+
STORAGE LOCATION
        Compiled terminfo descriptions are placed under the direc-
        tory /usr/share/terminfo.   Two  configurations  are  sup-
        ported (when building the ncurses libraries):
@@ -89,13 +91,15 @@
             directory  tree  for  entries  that  correspond to an
             existing directory, and hashed database otherwise.
 
-   STORAGE FORMAT
+
+

+
STORAGE FORMAT
        The format has been chosen so that it will be the same  on
        all  hardware.   An  8 or more bit byte is assumed, but no
        assumptions about byte  ordering  or  sign  extension  are
        made.
 
-       The  compiled  file  is  created with the tic program, and
+       The  compiled  file  is  created with the tic program, and
        read by the routine setupterm.  The file is  divided  into
        six parts: the header, terminal names, boolean flags, num-
        bers, strings, and string table.
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@
             (4) the number of short integers in the numbers  sec-
             tion;
 
-            (5) the number of offsets  (short  integers)  in  the
+            (5)  the  number  of  offsets (short integers) in the
             strings section;
 
             (6) the size, in bytes, of the string table.
@@ -167,7 +171,9 @@
        the values of string capabilities referenced in the string
        section.  Each string is null terminated.
 
-   EXTENDED STORAGE FORMAT
+
+

+
EXTENDED STORAGE FORMAT
        The  previous  section describes the conventional terminfo
        binary format.  With some minor variations of the  offsets
        (see  PORTABILITY),  the same binary format is used in all
@@ -197,7 +203,7 @@
                  bytes.
 
        Using  the  counts and sizes, ncurses allocates arrays and
-       reads data for the extended capabilties in the same  order
+       reads data for the extended capabilities in the same order
        as the header information.
 
        The extended string table contains values for string capa-
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@
 
 
 

-
PORTABILITY
+
PORTABILITY
        Note that it is possible for setupterm to expect a differ-
        ent  set  of capabilities than are actually present in the
        file.  Either the database may  have  been  updated  since
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@
 
 
 

-
EXAMPLE
+
EXAMPLE
        As  an  example, here is a hex dump of the description for
        the Lear-Siegler ADM-3, a  popular  though  rather  stupid
        early terminal:
@@ -271,24 +277,24 @@
 
 
 

-
LIMITS
+
LIMITS
        Some  limitations:  total  compiled  entries cannot exceed
        4096 bytes.  The name field cannot exceed 128 bytes.
 
 
 

-
FILES
+
FILES
        /usr/share/terminfo/*/*  compiled terminal capability data
        base
 
 
 

-
SEE ALSO
+
SEE ALSO
        curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
 
 

-
AUTHORS
+
AUTHORS
        Thomas E. Dickey
        extended terminfo format for ncurses 5.0
        hashed database support for ncurses 5.6
@@ -299,10 +305,24 @@
 
                                                                 term(5)
 

-

-

-Man(1) output converted with
-man2html
-

+

+
+