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index 05e2f9ce..16bd0c35 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-<!-- 
+<!--
   * t
   * DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND!
   * It is generated from terminfo.head,  ./../include/Caps ./../include/Caps-ncurses, and terminfo.tail.
   * Note: this must be run through tbl before nroff.
   * The magic cookie on the first line triggers this under some man programs.
   ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+  * Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
   * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -31,12 +32,37 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.36 2019/07/13 23:17:33 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.41 2021/08/15 19:32:53 tom Exp @
   * Head of terminfo man page ends here
-  * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.95 2019/07/13 23:29:04 tom Exp @
-  * Beginning of terminfo.tail file
-  * This file is part of ncurses.
-  * See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
+  ****************************************************************************
+  * Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
+  *                                                                          *
+  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
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+  * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+  * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+  * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+  * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+  *                                                                          *
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+  *                                                                          *
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+  * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.102 2021/08/21 22:55:23 tom Exp @
   *.in -2
   *.in +2
   *.in -2
@@ -61,7 +87,7 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
-       terminfo - terminal capability data base
+       terminfo - terminal capability database
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -69,12 +95,18 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
-       <EM>Terminfo</EM>  is  a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented
-       programs such as <STRONG>nvi(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>rogue(1)</STRONG> and  libraries  such  as  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       <EM>Terminfo</EM>  is  a  database describing terminals, used by screen-oriented
+       programs  such  as  <STRONG>nvi(1)</STRONG>,  <STRONG>lynx(1)</STRONG>,   <STRONG>mutt(1)</STRONG>,   and   other   curses
+       applications,  using  high-level calls to libraries such as <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       It is also used via low-level calls by  non-curses  applications  which
+       may  be  screen-oriented  (such  as  <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>)  or  non-screen (such as
+       <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>).
+
        <EM>Terminfo</EM> describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities which they
        have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
-       padding  requirements  and  initialization  sequences.   This describes
-       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190713).
+       padding requirements and initialization sequences.
+
+       This manual describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20210821).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Entry-Syntax">Terminfo Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -92,40 +124,41 @@
            entries.
 
            The  <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>  <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options rely on this to format if-then-else
-           expressions, or to enforce maximum line-width.  The resulting  for-
-           matted terminal description can be read by <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
+           expressions, or  to  enforce  maximum  line-width.   The  resulting
+           formatted terminal description can be read by <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first  field for each terminal gives the names which are known
            for the terminal, separated by "|" characters.
 
-           The first name given is the most common abbreviation for the termi-
-           nal  (its  primary name), the last name given should be a long name
-           fully identifying the terminal (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">longname(3x)</A></STRONG>), and  all  others
-           are treated as synonyms (aliases) for the primary terminal name.
+           The first name given  is  the  most  common  abbreviation  for  the
+           terminal  (its  primary name), the last name given should be a long
+           name fully identifying the terminal  (see  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">longname(3x)</A></STRONG>),  and  all
+           others  are  treated as synonyms (aliases) for the primary terminal
+           name.
 
-           X/Open  Curses  advises  that  all  names but the last should be in
-           lower case and contain no blanks; the last name  may  well  contain
+           X/Open Curses advises that all names but  the  last  should  be  in
+           lower  case  and  contain no blanks; the last name may well contain
            upper case and blanks for readability.
 
-           This  implementation  is not so strict; it allows mixed case in the
+           This implementation is not so strict; it allows mixed case  in  the
            primary name and aliases.  If the last name has no embedded blanks,
-           it  allows  that  to  be both an alias and a verbose name (but will
+           it allows that to be both an alias and a  verbose  name  (but  will
            warn about this ambiguity).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Lines beginning with a "#" in the first column are treated as  com-
-           ments.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Lines  beginning  with  a  "#"  in  the first column are treated as
+           comments.
 
            While comment lines are legal at any point, the output of <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
-           and <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> (aliases for <STRONG>tic</STRONG>) will move comments  so  they  occur
+           and  <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG>  (aliases  for <STRONG>tic</STRONG>) will move comments so they occur
            only between entries.
 
-       Terminal  names  (except  for the last, verbose entry) should be chosen
-       using the following conventions.  The particular piece of hardware mak-
-       ing  up the terminal should have a root name, thus "hp2621".  This name
-       should not contain hyphens.  Modes that the hardware can be in, or user
-       preferences,  should be indicated by appending a hyphen and a mode suf-
-       fix.  Thus, a vt100 in 132-column mode would be vt100-w.  The following
-       suffixes should be used where possible:
+       Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry)  should  be  chosen
+       using  the  following  conventions.   The  particular piece of hardware
+       making up the terminal should have a root name,  thus  "hp2621".   This
+       name should not contain hyphens.  Modes that the hardware can be in, or
+       user preferences, should be indicated by appending a hyphen and a  mode
+       suffix.   Thus,  a  vt100  in  132-column  mode  would be vt100-w.  The
+       following suffixes should be used where possible:
 
             <STRONG>Suffix</STRONG>                  <STRONG>Meaning</STRONG>                   <STRONG>Example</STRONG>
             -<EM>nn</EM>      Number of lines on the screen            aaa-60
@@ -146,96 +179,100 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Capabilities-Syntax">Terminfo Capabilities Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  terminfo  entry  consists  of several <EM>capabilities</EM>, i.e., features
-       that the terminal has, or methods for exercising  the  terminal's  fea-
-       tures.
+       The terminfo entry consists of  several  <EM>capabilities</EM>,  i.e.,  features
+       that  the  terminal  has,  or  methods  for  exercising  the terminal's
+       features.
 
        After the first field (giving the name(s) of the terminal entry), there
        should be one or more <EM>capability</EM> fields.  These are boolean, numeric or
        string names with corresponding values:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean  capabilities  are  true  when  present, false when absent.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean capabilities are true  when  present,  false  when  absent.
            There is no explicit value for boolean capabilities.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Numeric capabilities  have  a  "#"  following  the  name,  then  an
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Numeric  capabilities  have  a  "#"  following  the  name,  then an
            unsigned decimal integer value.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   String  capabilities  have a "=" following the name, then an string
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   String capabilities have a "=" following the name, then  an  string
            of characters making up the capability value.
 
-           String capabilities can be split into multiple lines, just  as  the
-           fields  comprising  a  terminal  entry  can  be split into multiple
-           lines.  While blanks between fields are  ignored,  blanks  embedded
-           within  a string value are retained, except for leading blanks on a
+           String  capabilities  can be split into multiple lines, just as the
+           fields comprising a terminal  entry  can  be  split  into  multiple
+           lines.   While  blanks  between fields are ignored, blanks embedded
+           within a string value are retained, except for leading blanks on  a
            line.
 
-       Any capability can be <EM>canceled</EM>,  i.e.,  suppressed  from  the  terminal
+       Any  capability  can  be  <EM>canceled</EM>,  i.e., suppressed from the terminal
        entry, by following its name with "@" rather than a capability value.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Similar-Terminals">Similar Terminals</a></H3><PRE>
-       If  there  are  two  very  similar  terminals, one (the variant) can be
-       defined as being just like the other (the  base)  with  certain  excep-
-       tions.  In the definition of the variant, the string capability <STRONG>use</STRONG> can
-       be given with the name of the base terminal:
+       If there are two very similar  terminals,  one  (the  variant)  can  be
+       defined   as  being  just  like  the  other  (the  base)  with  certain
+       exceptions.  In the definition of the variant,  the  string  capability
+       <STRONG>use</STRONG> can be given with the name of the base terminal:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The capabilities given before <STRONG>use</STRONG> override those in the  base  type
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  capabilities  given before <STRONG>use</STRONG> override those in the base type
            named by <STRONG>use</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  there are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in reverse
-           order.  That is, the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference  is  processed  first,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If there are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in  reverse
+           order.   That  is,  the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference is processed first,
            then the one to its left, and so forth.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Capabilities  given  explicitly in the entry override those brought
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Capabilities given explicitly in the entry override  those  brought
            in by <STRONG>use</STRONG> references.
 
-       A capability can be canceled by placing <STRONG>xx@</STRONG> to the left of the use ref-
-       erence  that  imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capability.  For example, the
-       entry
+       A  capability  can  be  canceled  by placing <STRONG>xx@</STRONG> to the left of the use
+       reference that imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the  capability.   For  example,
+       the entry
 
               2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
 
        defines a 2621-nl that does not have the <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> or <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG> capabilities, and
-       hence  does  not  turn  on the function key labels when in visual mode.
-       This is useful for different modes for a  terminal,  or  for  different
+       hence does not turn on the function key labels  when  in  visual  mode.
+       This  is  useful  for  different modes for a terminal, or for different
        user preferences.
 
        An entry included via <STRONG>use</STRONG> can contain canceled capabilities, which have
-       the same effect as if those cancels were inline in the  using  terminal
+       the  same  effect as if those cancels were inline in the using terminal
        entry.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Predefined-Capabilities">Predefined Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  following  is  a  complete table of the capabilities included in a
-       terminfo description block and available to  terminfo-using  code.   In
+       The following is a complete table of the  capabilities  included  in  a
+       terminfo  description  block  and available to terminfo-using code.  In
        each line of the table,
 
-       The  <STRONG>variable</STRONG>  is  the  name  by  which the programmer (at the terminfo
+       The <STRONG>variable</STRONG> is the name by  which  the  programmer  (at  the  terminfo
        level) accesses the capability.
 
-       The <STRONG>capname</STRONG> is the short name used in the text of the database, and  is
-       used  by  a  person updating the database.  Whenever possible, capnames
+       The  <STRONG>capname</STRONG> is the short name used in the text of the database, and is
+       used by a person updating the database.   Whenever  possible,  capnames
        are chosen to be the same as or similar to the ANSI X3.64-1979 standard
-       (now  superseded  by  ECMA-48,  which  uses  identical  or very similar
-       names).  Semantics are also intended to match those of  the  specifica-
-       tion.
+       (now superseded by  ECMA-48,  which  uses  identical  or  very  similar
+       names).    Semantics   are   also   intended  to  match  those  of  the
+       specification.
 
-       The  termcap code is the old <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> capability name (some capabilities
+       The termcap code is the old <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> capability name (some  capabilities
        are new, and have names which termcap did not originate).
 
-       Capability names have no hard length limit, but an informal limit of  5
+       Capability  names have no hard length limit, but an informal limit of 5
        characters has been adopted to keep them short and to allow the tabs in
        the source file <STRONG>Caps</STRONG> to line up nicely.
 
-       Finally, the description field attempts to convey the semantics of  the
+       Finally,  the description field attempts to convey the semantics of the
        capability.  You may find some codes in the description field:
 
        (P)    indicates that padding may be specified
 
-       #[1-9] in  the  description  field  indicates that the string is passed
-              through tparm with parms as given (#<EM>i</EM>).
+       #[1-9] in the description field indicates that  the  string  is  passed
+              through <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG> with parameters as given (#<EM>i</EM>).
 
-       (P*)   indicates that padding may vary in proportion to the  number  of
+              If  no  parameters  are  listed  in the description, passing the
+              string through <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG> may give unexpected results,  e.g.,  if
+              it contains percent (%%) signs.
+
+       (P*)   indicates  that  padding may vary in proportion to the number of
               lines affected
 
        (#<EM>i</EM>)   indicates the <EM>i</EM>th parameter.
@@ -246,49 +283,53 @@
 
                   <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>            <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>      <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>       <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
                   <STRONG>Booleans</STRONG>            <STRONG>name</STRONG>      <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
-          auto_left_margin            bw        bw     cub1 wraps from col-
-                                                       umn 0 to last column
-          auto_right_margin           am        am     terminal has auto-
-                                                       matic margins
+
+
+
+          auto_left_margin            bw        bw     cub1 wraps from
+                                                       column 0 to last
+                                                       column
+          auto_right_margin           am        am     terminal has
+                                                       automatic margins
           back_color_erase            bce       ut     screen erased with
                                                        background color
           can_change                  ccc       cc     terminal can re-
-                                                       define existing col-
-                                                       ors
+                                                       define existing
+                                                       colors
           ceol_standout_glitch        xhp       xs     standout not erased
                                                        by overwriting (hp)
           col_addr_glitch             xhpa      YA     only positive motion
                                                        for hpa/mhpa caps
-
           cpi_changes_res             cpix      YF     changing character
-                                                       pitch changes reso-
-                                                       lution
+                                                       pitch changes
+                                                       resolution
           cr_cancels_micro_mode       crxm      YB     using cr turns off
                                                        micro mode
           dest_tabs_magic_smso        xt        xt     tabs destructive,
                                                        magic so char
                                                        (t1061)
           eat_newline_glitch          xenl      xn     newline ignored
-                                                       after 80 cols (con-
-                                                       cept)
-          erase_overstrike            eo        eo     can erase over-
-                                                       strikes with a blank
+                                                       after 80 cols
+                                                       (concept)
+          erase_overstrike            eo        eo     can erase
+                                                       overstrikes with a
+                                                       blank
           generic_type                gn        gn     generic line type
           hard_copy                   hc        hc     hardcopy terminal
           hard_cursor                 chts      HC     cursor is hard to
                                                        see
           has_meta_key                km        km     Has a meta key
                                                        (i.e., sets 8th-bit)
-          has_print_wheel             daisy     YC     printer needs opera-
-                                                       tor to change char-
-                                                       acter set
+          has_print_wheel             daisy     YC     printer needs
+                                                       operator to change
+                                                       character set
           has_status_line             hs        hs     has extra status
                                                        line
           hue_lightness_saturation    hls       hl     terminal uses only
                                                        HLS color notation
                                                        (Tektronix)
-          insert_null_glitch          in        in     insert mode distin-
-                                                       guishes nulls
+          insert_null_glitch          in        in     insert mode
+                                                       distinguishes nulls
           lpi_changes_res             lpix      YG     changing line pitch
                                                        changes resolution
           memory_above                da        da     display may be
@@ -310,10 +351,11 @@
                                                        not exist
           non_dest_scroll_region      ndscr     ND     scrolling region is
                                                        non-destructive
+
           non_rev_rmcup               nrrmc     NR     smcup does not
                                                        reverse rmcup
-          over_strike                 os        os     terminal can over-
-                                                       strike
+          over_strike                 os        os     terminal can
+                                                       overstrike
           prtr_silent                 mc5i      5i     printer will not
                                                        echo on screen
           row_addr_glitch             xvpa      YD     only positive motion
@@ -324,8 +366,6 @@
                                                        on the status line
           tilde_glitch                hz        hz     cannot print ~'s
                                                        (Hazeltine)
-
-
           transparent_underline       ul        ul     underline character
                                                        overstrikes
           xon_xoff                    xon       xo     terminal uses
@@ -372,11 +412,12 @@
           width_status_line           wsl       ws     number of columns in
                                                        status line
 
-       The following numeric capabilities  are  present  in  the  SVr4.0  term
-       structure,  but  are  not yet documented in the man page.  They came in
+       The  following  numeric  capabilities  are  present  in the SVr4.0 term
+       structure, but are not yet documented in the man page.   They  came  in
        with SVr4's printer support.
 
 
+
                   <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>            <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>      <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>       <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
                    <STRONG>Numeric</STRONG>            <STRONG>name</STRONG>      <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
           bit_image_entwining         bitwin    Yo     number of passes for
@@ -388,13 +429,12 @@
                                                        printing
           buttons                     btns      BT     number of buttons on
                                                        mouse
-          dot_horz_spacing            spinh     Yc     spacing of dots hor-
-                                                       izontally in dots
+          dot_horz_spacing            spinh     Yc     spacing of dots
+                                                       horizontally in dots
+                                                       per inch
+          dot_vert_spacing            spinv     Yb     spacing of pins
+                                                       vertically in pins
                                                        per inch
-
-          dot_vert_spacing            spinv     Yb     spacing of pins ver-
-                                                       tically in pins per
-                                                       inch
           max_micro_address           maddr     Yd     maximum value in
                                                        micro_..._address
           max_micro_jump              mjump     Ye     maximum value in
@@ -405,18 +445,19 @@
                                                        in micro mode
           number_of_pins              npins     Yh     numbers of pins in
                                                        print-head
-          output_res_char             orc       Yi     horizontal resolu-
-                                                       tion in units per
-                                                       line
-          output_res_horz_inch        orhi      Yk     horizontal resolu-
-                                                       tion in units per
-                                                       inch
+          output_res_char             orc       Yi     horizontal
+                                                       resolution in units
+                                                       per line
+          output_res_horz_inch        orhi      Yk     horizontal
+                                                       resolution in units
+                                                       per inch
           output_res_line             orl       Yj     vertical resolution
                                                        in units per line
           output_res_vert_inch        orvi      Yl     vertical resolution
                                                        in units per inch
-          print_rate                  cps       Ym     print rate in char-
-                                                       acters per second
+          print_rate                  cps       Ym     print rate in
+                                                       characters per
+                                                       second
           wide_char_size              widcs     Yn     character step size
                                                        when in double wide
                                                        mode
@@ -441,8 +482,10 @@
                                                        lines per inch to #1
           change_res_horz             chr       ZC     Change horizontal
                                                        resolution to #1
-          change_res_vert             cvr       ZD     Change vertical res-
-                                                       olution to #1
+
+
+          change_res_vert             cvr       ZD     Change vertical
+                                                       resolution to #1
           change_scroll_region        csr       cs     change region to
                                                        line #1 to line #2
                                                        (P)
@@ -456,8 +499,6 @@
                                                        home cursor (P*)
           clr_bol                     el1       cb     Clear to beginning
                                                        of line
-
-
           clr_eol                     el        ce     clear to end of line
                                                        (P)
           clr_eos                     ed        cd     clear to end of
@@ -469,17 +510,18 @@
                                                        prototype !?
           create_window               cwin      CW     define a window #1
                                                        from #2,#3 to #4,#5
-          cursor_address              cup       cm     move to row #1 col-
-                                                       umns #2
+          cursor_address              cup       cm     move to row #1
+                                                       columns #2
           cursor_down                 cud1      do     down one line
           cursor_home                 home      ho     home cursor (if no
                                                        cup)
-          cursor_invisible            civis     vi     make cursor invisi-
-                                                       ble
+          cursor_invisible            civis     vi     make cursor
+                                                       invisible
           cursor_left                 cub1      le     move left one space
-          cursor_mem_address          mrcup     CM     memory relative cur-
-                                                       sor addressing, move
-                                                       to row #1 columns #2
+          cursor_mem_address          mrcup     CM     memory relative
+                                                       cursor addressing,
+                                                       move to row #1
+                                                       columns #2
           cursor_normal               cnorm     ve     make cursor appear
                                                        normal (undo
                                                        civis/cvvis)
@@ -507,11 +549,12 @@
                                                        character set (P)
           enter_am_mode               smam      SA     turn on automatic
                                                        margins
+
           enter_blink_mode            blink     mb     turn on blinking
           enter_bold_mode             bold      md     turn on bold (extra
                                                        bright) mode
-          enter_ca_mode               smcup     ti     string to start pro-
-                                                       grams using cup
+          enter_ca_mode               smcup     ti     string to start
+                                                       programs using cup
           enter_delete_mode           smdc      dm     enter delete mode
           enter_dim_mode              dim       mh     turn on half-bright
                                                        mode
@@ -521,9 +564,8 @@
                                                        mode
           enter_insert_mode           smir      im     enter insert mode
           enter_italics_mode          sitm      ZH     Enter italic mode
-          enter_leftward_mode         slm       ZI     Start leftward car-
-                                                       riage motion
-
+          enter_leftward_mode         slm       ZI     Start leftward
+                                                       carriage motion
           enter_micro_mode            smicm     ZJ     Start micro-motion
                                                        mode
           enter_near_letter_quality   snlq      ZK     Enter NLQ mode
@@ -534,8 +576,8 @@
           enter_reverse_mode          rev       mr     turn on reverse
                                                        video mode
           enter_secure_mode           invis     mk     turn on blank mode
-                                                       (characters invisi-
-                                                       ble)
+                                                       (characters
+                                                       invisible)
           enter_shadow_mode           sshm      ZM     Enter shadow-print
                                                        mode
           enter_standout_mode         smso      so     begin standout mode
@@ -543,20 +585,20 @@
           enter_superscript_mode      ssupm     ZO     Enter superscript
                                                        mode
           enter_underline_mode        smul      us     begin underline mode
-          enter_upward_mode           sum       ZP     Start upward car-
-                                                       riage motion
+          enter_upward_mode           sum       ZP     Start upward
+                                                       carriage motion
           enter_xon_mode              smxon     SX     turn on xon/xoff
                                                        handshaking
           erase_chars                 ech       ec     erase #1 characters
                                                        (P)
-          exit_alt_charset_mode       rmacs     ae     end alternate char-
-                                                       acter set (P)
+          exit_alt_charset_mode       rmacs     ae     end alternate
+                                                       character set (P)
           exit_am_mode                rmam      RA     turn off automatic
                                                        margins
           exit_attribute_mode         sgr0      me     turn off all
                                                        attributes
-          exit_ca_mode                rmcup     te     strings to end pro-
-                                                       grams using cup
+          exit_ca_mode                rmcup     te     strings to end
+                                                       programs using cup
           exit_delete_mode            rmdc      ed     end delete mode
           exit_doublewide_mode        rwidm     ZQ     End double-wide mode
           exit_insert_mode            rmir      ei     exit insert mode
@@ -570,12 +612,14 @@
           exit_subscript_mode         rsubm     ZV     End subscript mode
           exit_superscript_mode       rsupm     ZW     End superscript mode
           exit_underline_mode         rmul      ue     exit underline mode
-          exit_upward_mode            rum       ZX     End reverse charac-
-                                                       ter motion
+          exit_upward_mode            rum       ZX     End reverse
+                                                       character motion
+
+
           exit_xon_mode               rmxon     RX     turn off xon/xoff
                                                        handshaking
-          fixed_pause                 pause     PA     pause for 2-3 sec-
-                                                       onds
+          fixed_pause                 pause     PA     pause for 2-3
+                                                       seconds
           flash_hook                  hook      fh     flash switch hook
           flash_screen                flash     vb     visible bell (may
                                                        not move cursor)
@@ -589,11 +633,10 @@
                                                        string
           init_2string                is2       is     initialization
                                                        string
-
           init_3string                is3       i3     initialization
                                                        string
-          init_file                   if        if     name of initializa-
-                                                       tion file
+          init_file                   if        if     name of
+                                                       initialization file
           init_prog                   iprog     iP     path name of program
                                                        for initialization
           initialize_color            initc     Ic     initialize color #1
@@ -607,15 +650,15 @@
           insert_padding              ip        ip     insert padding after
                                                        inserted character
           key_a1                      ka1       K1     upper left of keypad
-          key_a3                      ka3       K3     upper right of key-
-                                                       pad
+          key_a3                      ka3       K3     upper right of
+                                                       keypad
           key_b2                      kb2       K2     center of keypad
           key_backspace               kbs       kb     backspace key
           key_beg                     kbeg      @1     begin key
           key_btab                    kcbt      kB     back-tab key
           key_c1                      kc1       K4     lower left of keypad
-          key_c3                      kc3       K5     lower right of key-
-                                                       pad
+          key_c3                      kc3       K5     lower right of
+                                                       keypad
           key_cancel                  kcan      @2     cancel key
           key_catab                   ktbc      ka     clear-all-tabs key
           key_clear                   kclr      kC     clear-screen or
@@ -638,6 +681,7 @@
                                                        screen key
           key_exit                    kext      @9     exit key
           key_f0                      kf0       k0     F0 function key
+
           key_f1                      kf1       k1     F1 function key
           key_f10                     kf10      k;     F10 function key
           key_f11                     kf11      F1     F11 function key
@@ -655,7 +699,6 @@
           key_f22                     kf22      FC     F22 function key
           key_f23                     kf23      FD     F23 function key
           key_f24                     kf24      FE     F24 function key
-
           key_f25                     kf25      FF     F25 function key
           key_f26                     kf26      FG     F26 function key
           key_f27                     kf27      FH     F27 function key
@@ -704,6 +747,7 @@
           key_f9                      kf9       k9     F9 function key
           key_find                    kfnd      @0     find key
           key_help                    khlp      %1     help key
+
           key_home                    khome     kh     home key
           key_ic                      kich1     kI     insert-character key
           key_il                      kil1      kA     insert-line key
@@ -721,7 +765,6 @@
           key_previous                kprv      %8     previous key
           key_print                   kprt      %9     print key
           key_redo                    krdo      %0     redo key
-
           key_reference               kref      &amp;1     reference key
           key_refresh                 krfr      &amp;2     refresh key
           key_replace                 krpl      &amp;3     replace key
@@ -734,8 +777,8 @@
           key_scommand                kCMD      *1     shifted command key
           key_scopy                   kCPY      *2     shifted copy key
           key_screate                 kCRT      *3     shifted create key
-          key_sdc                     kDC       *4     shifted delete-char-
-                                                       acter key
+          key_sdc                     kDC       *4     shifted delete-
+                                                       character key
           key_sdl                     kDL       *5     shifted delete-line
                                                        key
           key_select                  kslt      *6     select key
@@ -747,8 +790,8 @@
           key_sfind                   kFND      *0     shifted find key
           key_shelp                   kHLP      #1     shifted help key
           key_shome                   kHOM      #2     shifted home key
-          key_sic                     kIC       #3     shifted insert-char-
-                                                       acter key
+          key_sic                     kIC       #3     shifted insert-
+                                                       character key
           key_sleft                   kLFT      #4     shifted left-arrow
                                                        key
           key_smessage                kMSG      %a     shifted message key
@@ -770,10 +813,13 @@
           key_suspend                 kspd      &amp;7     suspend key
           key_undo                    kund      &amp;8     undo key
           key_up                      kcuu1     ku     up-arrow key
-          keypad_local                rmkx      ke     leave 'key-
-                                                       board_transmit' mode
-          keypad_xmit                 smkx      ks     enter 'key-
-                                                       board_transmit' mode
+
+          keypad_local                rmkx      ke     leave
+                                                       'keyboard_transmit'
+                                                       mode
+          keypad_xmit                 smkx      ks     enter
+                                                       'keyboard_transmit'
+                                                       mode
           lab_f0                      lf0       l0     label on function
                                                        key f0 if not f0
           lab_f1                      lf1       l1     label on function
@@ -786,8 +832,6 @@
                                                        key f3 if not f3
           lab_f4                      lf4       l4     label on function
                                                        key f4 if not f4
-
-
           lab_f5                      lf5       l5     label on function
                                                        key f5 if not f5
           lab_f6                      lf6       l6     label on function
@@ -830,21 +874,25 @@
                                                        (P*)
           parm_delete_line            dl        DL     delete #1 lines (P*)
           parm_down_cursor            cud       DO     down #1 lines (P*)
-          parm_down_micro             mcud      Zf     Like parm_down_cur-
-                                                       sor in micro mode
+          parm_down_micro             mcud      Zf     Like
+                                                       parm_down_cursor in
+                                                       micro mode
           parm_ich                    ich       IC     insert #1 characters
                                                        (P*)
+
           parm_index                  indn      SF     scroll forward #1
                                                        lines (P)
           parm_insert_line            il        AL     insert #1 lines (P*)
           parm_left_cursor            cub       LE     move #1 characters
                                                        to the left (P)
-          parm_left_micro             mcub      Zg     Like parm_left_cur-
-                                                       sor in micro mode
+          parm_left_micro             mcub      Zg     Like
+                                                       parm_left_cursor in
+                                                       micro mode
           parm_right_cursor           cuf       RI     move #1 characters
                                                        to the right (P*)
-          parm_right_micro            mcuf      Zh     Like parm_right_cur-
-                                                       sor in micro mode
+          parm_right_micro            mcuf      Zh     Like
+                                                       parm_right_cursor in
+                                                       micro mode
           parm_rindex                 rin       SR     scroll back #1 lines
                                                        (P)
           parm_up_cursor              cuu       UP     up #1 lines (P*)
@@ -852,8 +900,6 @@
                                                        in micro mode
           pkey_key                    pfkey     pk     program function key
                                                        #1 to type string #2
-
-
           pkey_local                  pfloc     pl     program function key
                                                        #1 to execute string
                                                        #2
@@ -869,8 +915,8 @@
           prtr_off                    mc4       pf     turn off printer
           prtr_on                     mc5       po     turn on printer
           pulse                       pulse     PU     select pulse dialing
-          quick_dial                  qdial     QD     dial number #1 with-
-                                                       out checking
+          quick_dial                  qdial     QD     dial number #1
+                                                       without checking
           remove_clock                rmclk     RC     remove clock
           repeat_char                 rep       rp     repeat char #1 #2
                                                        times (P*)
@@ -898,6 +944,8 @@
                                                        #1
           set_bottom_margin           smgb      Zk     Set bottom margin at
                                                        current line
+
+
           set_bottom_margin_parm      smgbp     Zl     Set bottom margin at
                                                        line #1 or (if smgtp
                                                        is not given) #2
@@ -909,17 +957,15 @@
           set_foreground              setf      Sf     Set foreground color
                                                        #1
           set_left_margin             smgl      ML     set left soft margin
-                                                       at current col-
-                                                       umn.     See smgl.
-                                                       (ML is not in BSD
-                                                       termcap).
+                                                       at current
+                                                       column.     See
+                                                       smgl. (ML is not in
+                                                       BSD termcap).
           set_left_margin_parm        smglp     Zm     Set left (right)
                                                        margin at column #1
-          set_right_margin            smgr      MR     set right soft mar-
-                                                       gin at current col-
-                                                       umn
-
-
+          set_right_margin            smgr      MR     set right soft
+                                                       margin at current
+                                                       column
           set_right_margin_parm       smgrp     Zn     Set right margin at
                                                        column #1
           set_tab                     hts       st     set a tab in every
@@ -941,10 +987,12 @@
                                                        image graphics
           stop_char_set_def           rcsd      Zt     End definition of
                                                        character set #1
-          subscript_characters        subcs     Zu     List of subscript-
-                                                       able characters
-          superscript_characters      supcs     Zv     List of superscript-
-                                                       able characters
+          subscript_characters        subcs     Zu     List of
+                                                       subscriptable
+                                                       characters
+          superscript_characters      supcs     Zv     List of
+                                                       superscriptable
+                                                       characters
           tab                         ht        ta     tab to next 8-space
                                                        hardware tab stop
           these_cause_cr              docr      Zw     Printing any of
@@ -963,6 +1011,7 @@
           user3                       u3        u3     User string #3
           user4                       u4        u4     User string #4
           user5                       u5        u5     User string #5
+
           user6                       u6        u6     User string #6
           user7                       u7        u7     User string #7
           user8                       u8        u8     User string #8
@@ -970,40 +1019,39 @@
           wait_tone                   wait      WA     wait for dial-tone
           xoff_character              xoffc     XF     XOFF character
           xon_character               xonc      XN     XON character
-          zero_motion                 zerom     Zx     No motion for subse-
-                                                       quent character
+          zero_motion                 zerom     Zx     No motion for
+                                                       subsequent character
 
-       The following string capabilities are present in the SVr4.0 term struc-
-       ture, but were originally not documented in the man page.
+       The  following  string  capabilities  are  present  in  the SVr4.0 term
+       structure, but were originally not documented in the man page.
 
 
                   <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>            <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>       <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>      <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
                    <STRONG>String</STRONG>             <STRONG>name</STRONG>       <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
           alt_scancode_esc            scesa      S8     Alternate escape
-                                                        for scancode emu-
-                                                        lation
+                                                        for scancode
+                                                        emulation
           bit_image_carriage_return   bicr       Yv     Move to beginning
                                                         of same row
-
-
           bit_image_newline           binel      Zz     Move to next row
                                                         of the bit image
           bit_image_repeat            birep      Xy     Repeat bit image
                                                         cell #1 #2 times
           char_set_names              csnm       Zy     Produce #1'th item
-                                                        from list of char-
-                                                        acter set names
+                                                        from list of
+                                                        character set
+                                                        names
           code_set_init               csin       ci     Init sequence for
                                                         multiple codesets
           color_names                 colornm    Yw     Give name for
                                                         color #1
           define_bit_image_region     defbi      Yx     Define rectangular
                                                         bit image region
-          device_type                 devt       dv     Indicate lan-
-                                                        guage/codeset sup-
-                                                        port
-          display_pc_char             dispc      S1     Display PC charac-
-                                                        ter #1
+          device_type                 devt       dv     Indicate
+                                                        language/codeset
+                                                        support
+          display_pc_char             dispc      S1     Display PC
+                                                        character #1
           end_bit_image_region        endbi      Yy     End a bit-image
                                                         region
           enter_pc_charset_mode       smpch      S2     Enter PC character
@@ -1028,10 +1076,12 @@
                                                         key #1 to type
                                                         string #2 and show
                                                         string #3
+
+
           req_mouse_pos               reqmp      RQ     Request mouse
                                                         position
-          scancode_escape             scesc      S7     Escape for scan-
-                                                        code emulation
+          scancode_escape             scesc      S7     Escape for
+                                                        scancode emulation
           set0_des_seq                s0ds       s0     Shift to codeset 0
                                                         (EUC set 0, ASCII)
           set1_des_seq                s1ds       s1     Shift to codeset 1
@@ -1048,21 +1098,19 @@
           set_lr_margin               smglr      ML     Set both left and
                                                         right margins to
                                                         #1, #2.  (ML is
-                                                        not in BSD term-
-                                                        cap).
-
-
+                                                        not in BSD
+                                                        termcap).
           set_page_length             slines     YZ     Set page length to
                                                         #1 lines
           set_tb_margin               smgtb      MT     Sets both top and
                                                         bottom margins to
                                                         #1, #2
 
-        The XSI Curses standard added these hardcopy capabilities.  They  were
-        used  in  some post-4.1 versions of System V curses, e.g., Solaris 2.5
-        and IRIX 6.x.  Except for <STRONG>YI</STRONG>, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> termcap names for  them  are
-        invented.   According to the XSI Curses standard, they have no termcap
-        names.  If your compiled terminfo entries use these, they may  not  be
+        The  XSI Curses standard added these hardcopy capabilities.  They were
+        used in some post-4.1 versions of System V curses, e.g.,  Solaris  2.5
+        and  IRIX  6.x.  Except for <STRONG>YI</STRONG>, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> termcap names for them are
+        invented.  According to the XSI Curses standard, they have no  termcap
+        names.   If  your compiled terminfo entries use these, they may not be
         binary-compatible with System V terminfo entries after SVr4.1; beware!
 
 
@@ -1074,63 +1122,63 @@
                                                        mode
           enter_low_hl_mode           elohlm    Xo     Enter low highlight
                                                        mode
-          enter_right_hl_mode         erhlm     Xr     Enter right high-
-                                                       light mode
+          enter_right_hl_mode         erhlm     Xr     Enter right
+                                                       highlight mode
           enter_top_hl_mode           ethlm     Xt     Enter top highlight
                                                        mode
-          enter_vertical_hl_mode      evhlm     Xv     Enter vertical high-
-                                                       light mode
+          enter_vertical_hl_mode      evhlm     Xv     Enter vertical
+                                                       highlight mode
           set_a_attributes            sgr1      sA     Define second set of
                                                        video attributes
                                                        #1-#6
           set_pglen_inch              slength   YI     Set page length to
                                                        #1 hundredth of an
-                                                       inch (some implemen-
-                                                       tations use sL for
-                                                       termcap).
+                                                       inch (some
+                                                       implementations use
+                                                       sL for termcap).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-User-Defined-Capabilities">User-Defined Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  preceding  section  listed the <EM>predefined</EM> capabilities.  They deal
-       with some special features for terminals no longer (or possibly  never)
-       produced.   Occasionally  there are special features of newer terminals
-       which are awkward or impossible to represent by reusing the  predefined
+       The preceding section listed the <EM>predefined</EM>  capabilities.   They  deal
+       with  some special features for terminals no longer (or possibly never)
+       produced.  Occasionally there are special features of  newer  terminals
+       which  are awkward or impossible to represent by reusing the predefined
        capabilities.
 
-       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  addresses  this  limitation by allowing user-defined capabili-
-       ties.  The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> and <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> programs provide the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option for this pur-
-       pose.  When <STRONG>-x</STRONG> is set, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> treats unknown capabilities as user-defined.
-       That is, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> encounters a capability name which it does  not  recog-
-       nize,  it  infers  its type (boolean, number or string) from the syntax
-       and  makes  an  extended  table  entry  for   that   capability.    The
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">use_extended_names(3x)</A></STRONG>  function  makes  this information conditionally
-       available to applications.  The ncurses library provides the data leav-
-       ing most of the behavior to applications:
-
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   User-defined  capability  strings  whose  name  begins with "k" are
+       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>   addresses   this   limitation   by   allowing    user-defined
+       capabilities.   The  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> and <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> programs provide the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option for
+       this purpose.  When <STRONG>-x</STRONG> is set, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> treats unknown capabilities as user-
+       defined.   That  is,  if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> encounters a capability name which it does
+       not recognize, it infers its type (boolean, number or string) from  the
+       syntax  and  makes  an  extended  table entry for that capability.  The
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">use_extended_names(3x)</A></STRONG> function makes  this  information  conditionally
+       available  to  applications.   The  ncurses  library  provides the data
+       leaving most of the behavior to applications:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   User-defined capability strings whose  name  begins  with  "k"  are
            treated as function keys.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The types (boolean,  number,  string)  determined  by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  can  be
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  types  (boolean,  number,  string)  determined  by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> can be
            inferred by successful calls on <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, etc.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the capability name happens to be two characters, the capability
            is also available through the termcap interface.
 
-       While termcap is said to be extensible because it does not use a prede-
-       fined set of capabilities, in practice it has been limited to the capa-
-       bilities defined by terminfo implementations.  As a rule,  user-defined
-       capabilities intended for use by termcap applications should be limited
-       to booleans and numbers to avoid  running  past  the  1023  byte  limit
-       assumed by termcap implementations and their applications.  In particu-
-       lar, providing extended sets of function keys  (past  the  60  numbered
-       keys  and  the  handful  of  special named keys) is best done using the
-       longer names available using terminfo.
+       While  termcap  is  said  to  be  extensible  because it does not use a
+       predefined set of capabilities, in practice it has been limited to  the
+       capabilities  defined  by  terminfo  implementations.  As a rule, user-
+       defined capabilities intended for use by termcap applications should be
+       limited  to  booleans  and  numbers to avoid running past the 1023 byte
+       limit assumed by termcap implementations and  their  applications.   In
+       particular,  providing  extended  sets  of  function  keys (past the 60
+       numbered keys and the handful of special named keys) is best done using
+       the longer names available using terminfo.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-A-Sample-Entry">A Sample Entry</a></H3><PRE>
-       The following entry, describing an ANSI-standard terminal, is represen-
-       tative  of  what a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry for a modern terminal typically looks
-       like.
+       The   following   entry,   describing  an  ANSI-standard  terminal,  is
+       representative of what a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry for a modern terminal typically
+       looks like.
 
        ansi|ansi/pc-term compatible with color,
                am, mc5i, mir, msgr,
@@ -1163,37 +1211,37 @@
                smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n,
                u8=\E[?%[;0123456789]c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
 
-       Entries may continue onto multiple lines by placing white space at  the
-       beginning  of  each line except the first.  Comments may be included on
+       Entries  may continue onto multiple lines by placing white space at the
+       beginning of each line except the first.  Comments may be  included  on
        lines beginning with "#".  Capabilities in <EM>terminfo</EM> are of three types:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean capabilities which indicate that the terminal has some par-
-           ticular feature,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean  capabilities  which  indicate  that  the terminal has some
+           particular feature,
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   numeric capabilities giving the size of the terminal or the size of
            particular delays, and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   string capabilities, which give a sequence which  can  be  used  to
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   string  capabilities,  which  give  a sequence which can be used to
            perform particular terminal operations.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Types-of-Capabilities">Types of Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
        All capabilities have names.  For instance, the fact that ANSI-standard
-       terminals have <EM>automatic</EM> <EM>margins</EM> (i.e., an automatic return  and  line-
-       feed  when the end of a line is reached) is indicated by the capability
-       <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  Hence the description of ansi includes <STRONG>am</STRONG>.   Numeric  capabilities
-       are  followed  by  the  character  "#" and then a positive value.  Thus
+       terminals  have  <EM>automatic</EM> <EM>margins</EM> (i.e., an automatic return and line-
+       feed when the end of a line is reached) is indicated by the  capability
+       <STRONG>am</STRONG>.   Hence  the description of ansi includes <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  Numeric capabilities
+       are followed by the character "#" and  then  a  positive  value.   Thus
        <STRONG>cols</STRONG>, which indicates the number of columns the terminal has, gives the
-       value  "80" for ansi.  Values for numeric capabilities may be specified
-       in decimal, octal or hexadecimal, using the C programming language con-
-       ventions (e.g., 255, 0377 and 0xff or 0xFF).
+       value "80" for ansi.  Values for numeric capabilities may be  specified
+       in  decimal,  octal  or  hexadecimal,  using the C programming language
+       conventions (e.g., 255, 0377 and 0xff or 0xFF).
 
-       Finally,  string  valued capabilities, such as <STRONG>el</STRONG> (clear to end of line
-       sequence) are given by the two-character  code,  an  "=",  and  then  a
+       Finally, string valued capabilities, such as <STRONG>el</STRONG> (clear to end  of  line
+       sequence)  are  given  by  the  two-character  code, an "=", and then a
        string ending at the next following ",".
 
-       A number of escape sequences are provided in the string valued capabil-
-       ities for easy encoding of characters there:
+       A number  of  escape  sequences  are  provided  in  the  string  valued
+       capabilities for easy encoding of characters there:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Both <STRONG>\E</STRONG> and <STRONG>\e</STRONG> map to an ESCAPE character,
 
@@ -1210,9 +1258,9 @@
            respectively.
 
        X/Open Curses does not say what "appropriate <EM>x</EM>" might be.  In practice,
-       that  is a printable ASCII graphic character.  The special case "^?" is
-       interpreted as DEL (127).  In all other cases, the character  value  is
-       AND'd  with 0x1f, mapping to ASCII control codes in the range 0 through
+       that is a printable ASCII graphic character.  The special case "^?"  is
+       interpreted  as  DEL (127).  In all other cases, the character value is
+       AND'd with 0x1f, mapping to ASCII control codes in the range 0  through
        31.
 
        Other escapes include
@@ -1228,71 +1276,70 @@
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>\0</STRONG> for null.
 
            <STRONG>\0</STRONG> will produce \200, which does not terminate a string but behaves
-           as  a null character on most terminals, providing CS7 is specified.
+           as a null character on most terminals, providing CS7 is  specified.
            See <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG>.
 
-           The reason for this quirk is to maintain  binary  compatibility  of
-           the  compiled  terminfo files with other implementations, e.g., the
-           SVr4 systems, which document this.   Compiled  terminfo  files  use
-           null-terminated  strings,  with  no  lengths.  Modifying this would
-           require a new binary format, which would not work with other imple-
-           mentations.
+           The  reason  for  this quirk is to maintain binary compatibility of
+           the compiled terminfo files with other implementations,  e.g.,  the
+           SVr4  systems,  which  document  this.  Compiled terminfo files use
+           null-terminated strings, with no  lengths.   Modifying  this  would
+           require  a  new  binary  format,  which  would  not work with other
+           implementations.
 
        Finally, characters may be given as three octal digits after a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
 
-       A  delay  in  milliseconds  may appear anywhere in a string capability,
-       enclosed in $&lt;..&gt; brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;,  and  padding  characters
+       A delay in milliseconds may appear anywhere  in  a  string  capability,
+       enclosed  in  $&lt;..&gt;  brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;, and padding characters
        are supplied by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tputs(3x)</A></STRONG> to provide this delay.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The delay must be a number with at most one decimal place of preci-
-           sion; it may be followed by suffixes "*" or "/" or both.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The delay must be a number  with  at  most  one  decimal  place  of
+           precision; it may be followed by suffixes "*" or "/" or both.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A "*" indicates that the padding required is  proportional  to  the
-           number  of lines affected by the operation, and the amount given is
-           the per-affected-unit padding required.  (In  the  case  of  insert
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A  "*"  indicates  that the padding required is proportional to the
+           number of lines affected by the operation, and the amount given  is
+           the  per-affected-unit  padding  required.   (In the case of insert
            character, the factor is still the number of <EM>lines</EM> affected.)
 
            Normally, padding is advisory if the device has the <STRONG>xon</STRONG> capability;
            it is used for cost computation but does not trigger delays.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A "/" suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory and  forces  a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A  "/"  suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory and forces a
            delay of the given number of milliseconds even on devices for which
            <STRONG>xon</STRONG> is present to indicate flow control.
 
-       Sometimes individual capabilities must be commented out.  To  do  this,
-       put  a  period before the capability name.  For example, see the second
+       Sometimes  individual  capabilities must be commented out.  To do this,
+       put a period before the capability name.  For example, see  the  second
        <STRONG>ind</STRONG> in the example above.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Fetching-Compiled-Descriptions">Fetching Compiled Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
-       The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library  searches  for  terminal  descriptions  in  several
-       places.   It  uses only the first description found.  The library has a
-       compiled-in list of places to search which can be overridden  by  envi-
-       ronment  variables.   Before  starting  to  search,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> eliminates
+       The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  library  searches  for  terminal  descriptions in several
+       places.  It uses only the first description found.  The library  has  a
+       compiled-in  list  of  places  to  search  which  can  be overridden by
+       environment variables.  Before starting to search,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  eliminates
        duplicates in its search list.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is  interpreted  as
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is interpreted as
            the pathname of a directory containing the compiled description you
            are working on.  Only that directory is searched.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in the  directory
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in the directory
            <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled description.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Next,  if  the  environment  variable TERMINFO_DIRS is set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
-           will interpret the contents of that variable as a  list  of  colon-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Next, if the environment variable  TERMINFO_DIRS  is  set,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
+           will  interpret  the  contents of that variable as a list of colon-
            separated directories (or database files) to be searched.
 
-           An  empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins or ends with
-           a colon, or contains adjacent colons) is interpreted as the  system
+           An empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins or ends  with
+           a  colon, or contains adjacent colons) is interpreted as the system
            location <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Finally, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> searches these compiled-in locations:
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a    list    of    directories   (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
-               minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a list of directories (no default value), and
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the system terminfo directory,  <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>  (the  com-
-               piled-in default).
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the  system  terminfo   directory,   <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>   (the
+               compiled-in default).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Preparing-Descriptions">Preparing Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -1319,15 +1366,15 @@
        wraps  around  to  the  beginning  of the next line when it reaches the
        right margin, then it should have the <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability.  If  the  terminal
        can  clear  its  screen,  leaving the cursor in the home position, then
-       this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capability.  If  the  terminal  over-
-       strikes  (rather  than  clearing  a position when a character is struck
+       this is  given  by  the  <STRONG>clear</STRONG>  string  capability.   If  the  terminal
+       overstrikes (rather than clearing a position when a character is struck
        over) then it should have the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability.   If  the  terminal  is  a
        printing terminal, with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and <STRONG>os</STRONG>.  (<STRONG>os</STRONG>
        applies to storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX 4010  series,  as
        well  as  hard copy and APL terminals.)  If there is a code to move the
        cursor to the left edge of the current row, give this as <STRONG>cr</STRONG>.  (Normally
-       this  will  be carriage return, control/M.)  If there is a code to pro-
-       duce an audible signal (bell, beep, etc) give this as <STRONG>bel</STRONG>.
+       this  will  be  carriage  return,  control/M.)   If  there is a code to
+       produce an audible signal (bell, beep, etc) give this as <STRONG>bel</STRONG>.
 
        If there is a code to move the cursor one position to the left (such as
        backspace)  that  capability should be given as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>.  Similarly, codes
@@ -1360,14 +1407,14 @@
        the effect is undefined.  This is useful for drawing a box  around  the
        edge of the screen, for example.  If the terminal has switch selectable
        automatic margins, the <EM>terminfo</EM> file usually assumes that this  is  on;
-       i.e.,  <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  If the terminal has a command which moves to the first col-
-       umn of the next line, that command can be given as <STRONG>nel</STRONG>  (newline).   It
-       does  not  matter  if  the  command clears the remainder of the current
+       i.e.,  <STRONG>am</STRONG>.   If  the  terminal  has  a command which moves to the first
+       column of the next line, that command can be given  as  <STRONG>nel</STRONG>  (newline).
+       It  does  not matter if the command clears the remainder of the current
        line, so if the terminal has no <STRONG>cr</STRONG> and <STRONG>lf</STRONG> it may still be  possible  to
        craft a working <STRONG>nel</STRONG> out of one or both of them.
 
-       These capabilities suffice to describe hard-copy and "glass-tty" termi-
-       nals.  Thus the model 33 teletype is described as
+       These  capabilities  suffice  to  describe  hard-copy  and  "glass-tty"
+       terminals.  Thus the model 33 teletype is described as
 
        33|tty33|tty|model 33 teletype,
                bel=^G, cols#72, cr=^M, cud1=^J, hc, ind=^J, os,
@@ -1380,21 +1427,21 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Parameterized-Strings">Parameterized Strings</a></H3><PRE>
-       Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters in the  termi-
-       nal  are  described  by a parameterized string capability, with <EM>printf</EM>-
-       like escapes such as <EM>%x</EM> in it.  For example, to address the cursor, the
-       <STRONG>cup</STRONG>  capability  is  given, using two parameters: the row and column to
-       address to.  (Rows and columns are numbered from zero and refer to  the
-       physical screen visible to the user, not to any unseen memory.)  If the
-       terminal has memory relative cursor addressing, that can  be  indicated
-       by <STRONG>mrcup</STRONG>.
+       Cursor  addressing  and  other  strings  requiring  parameters  in  the
+       terminal  are  described  by  a  parameterized  string capability, with
+       <EM>printf</EM>-like escapes such as <EM>%x</EM> in it.   For  example,  to  address  the
+       cursor,  the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is given, using two parameters: the row and
+       column to address to.  (Rows and columns are  numbered  from  zero  and
+       refer  to  the  physical  screen visible to the user, not to any unseen
+       memory.)  If the terminal has memory relative cursor  addressing,  that
+       can be indicated by <STRONG>mrcup</STRONG>.
 
        The  parameter mechanism uses a stack and special <STRONG>%</STRONG> codes to manipulate
        it.  Typically a sequence will push one  of  the  parameters  onto  the
-       stack  and  then print it in some format.  Print (e.g., "%d") is a spe-
-       cial case.  Other operations, including "%t" pop their operand from the
-       stack.   It  is noted that more complex operations are often necessary,
-       e.g., in the <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> string.
+       stack  and  then  print  it  in  some  format.  Print (e.g., "%d") is a
+       special case.  Other operations, including "%t" pop their operand  from
+       the  stack.   It  is  noted  that  more  complex  operations  are often
+       necessary, e.g., in the <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> string.
 
        The <STRONG>%</STRONG> encodings have the following meanings:
 
@@ -1428,7 +1475,27 @@
             these are simply two different sets of variables, whose values are
             not reset between calls to <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG>.  However, that fact  is  not
             documented in other implementations.  Relying on it will adversely
-            impact portability to other implementations.
+            impact portability to other implementations:
+
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   SVr4 curses  stores  the  <EM>static</EM>  variables  in  the  <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG>
+                structure  (declared  in <STRONG>term.h</STRONG>), and the <EM>dynamic</EM> <EM>variables</EM> on
+                the stack in  the  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>  function.   The  former  are  zeroed
+                automatically  when the <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> function allocates the data.
+                The latter are set only by a <STRONG>%P</STRONG> operator.  A <STRONG>%g</STRONG>  for  a  given
+                variable   without   first   setting  it  with  <STRONG>%P</STRONG>  will  give
+                unpredictable results.
+
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Solaris XPG4 curses does not distinguish between  <EM>dynamic</EM>  and
+                <EM>static</EM>  variables.  They are the same.  Like SVr4 curses, XPG4
+                curses does not initialize these explicitly.
+
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Before version 6.3, ncurses stores  both  <EM>dynamic</EM>  and  <EM>static</EM>
+                variables in persistent storage, initialized to zeros.
+
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Beginning  with version 6.3, ncurses stores <EM>static</EM> and <EM>dynamic</EM>
+                variables  in  the  same  manner  as   SVr4.    Unlike   other
+                implementations,  ncurses  zeros  dynamic variables before the
+                first <STRONG>%g</STRONG> or <STRONG>%P</STRONG> operator.
 
        <STRONG>%'</STRONG><EM>c</EM><STRONG>'</STRONG> char constant <EM>c</EM>
 
@@ -1471,8 +1538,8 @@
             with the parts indented.
 
        Binary operations are in postfix form with the operands  in  the  usual
-       order.  That is, to get x-5 one would use "%gx%{5}%-".  <STRONG>%P</STRONG> and <STRONG>%g</STRONG> vari-
-       ables are persistent across escape-string evaluations.
+       order.   That  is,  to  get  x-5  one would use "%gx%{5}%-".  <STRONG>%P</STRONG> and <STRONG>%g</STRONG>
+       variables are persistent across escape-string evaluations.
 
        Consider the HP2645, which, to get to row 3 and column 12, needs to  be
        sent  \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.  Note that the order of the
@@ -1506,31 +1573,31 @@
        involve going up with <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG> from the home position, but a program should
        never do this itself (unless <STRONG>ll</STRONG> does) because it can make no assumption
        about  the  effect  of moving up from the home position.  Note that the
-       home position is the same as addressing to (0,0): to the top left  cor-
-       ner of the screen, not of memory.  (Thus, the \EH sequence on HP termi-
-       nals cannot be used for <STRONG>home</STRONG>.)
+       home position is the same as addressing  to  (0,0):  to  the  top  left
+       corner  of  the  screen,  not of memory.  (Thus, the \EH sequence on HP
+       terminals cannot be used for <STRONG>home</STRONG>.)
 
        If the terminal has row or column absolute cursor addressing, these can
        be  given  as  single  parameter  capabilities <STRONG>hpa</STRONG> (horizontal position
        absolute) and <STRONG>vpa</STRONG> (vertical position absolute).   Sometimes  these  are
        shorter  than  the  more  general  two  parameter sequence (as with the
-       hp2645) and can be used in preference to <STRONG>cup</STRONG>.  If there are  parameter-
-       ized  local  motions  (e.g.,  move  <EM>n</EM> spaces to the right) these can be
-       given as <STRONG>cud</STRONG>, <STRONG>cub</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuf</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cuu</STRONG> with a single parameter indicating  how
-       many  spaces  to move.  These are primarily useful if the terminal does
-       not have <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, such as the TEKTRONIX 4025.
+       hp2645)  and  can  be  used  in  preference  to  <STRONG>cup</STRONG>.   If  there   are
+       parameterized  local  motions  (e.g., move <EM>n</EM> spaces to the right) these
+       can be given as  <STRONG>cud</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cub</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cuf</STRONG>,  and  <STRONG>cuu</STRONG>  with  a  single  parameter
+       indicating  how many spaces to move.  These are primarily useful if the
+       terminal does not have <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, such as the TEKTRONIX 4025.
 
        If the terminal needs to be in a special mode when  running  a  program
        that uses these capabilities, the codes to enter and exit this mode can
        be given as <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>.  This arises, for example, from  terminals
        like  the  Concept  with more than one page of memory.  If the terminal
-       has only memory relative cursor addressing and not screen relative cur-
-       sor addressing, a one screen-sized window must be fixed into the termi-
-       nal for cursor addressing to work properly.  This is also used for  the
-       TEKTRONIX  4025,  where  <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sets the command character to be the one
-       used by terminfo.  If the <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sequence will not  restore  the  screen
-       after  an  <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>  sequence  is output (to the state prior to outputting
-       <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>), specify <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG>.
+       has only memory relative cursor  addressing  and  not  screen  relative
+       cursor  addressing,  a  one  screen-sized window must be fixed into the
+       terminal for cursor addressing to work properly.  This is also used for
+       the  TEKTRONIX  4025,  where <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sets the command character to be the
+       one used by terminfo.  If the  <STRONG>smcup</STRONG>  sequence  will  not  restore  the
+       screen  after  an  <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>  sequence  is  output  (to  the state prior to
+       outputting <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>), specify <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Area-Clears">Area Clears</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -1541,8 +1608,8 @@
        given as <STRONG>el1</STRONG>.  If the terminal can clear from the current  position  to
        the  end  of  the display, then this should be given as <STRONG>ed</STRONG>.  <STRONG>Ed</STRONG> is only
        defined from the first column of a line.  (Thus, it can be simulated by
-       a request to delete a large number of lines, if a true <STRONG>ed</STRONG> is not avail-
-       able.)
+       a  request  to  delete  a  large  number  of lines, if a true <STRONG>ed</STRONG> is not
+       available.)
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_delete-line-and-vertical-motions">Insert/delete line and vertical motions</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -1561,53 +1628,55 @@
        The cursor position is, alas, undefined after using this command.
 
        It is possible to get the effect of insert or delete line using <STRONG>csr</STRONG>  on
-       a  properly chosen region; the <STRONG>sc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (save and restore cursor) com-
-       mands may be useful for ensuring that  your  synthesized  insert/delete
+       a  properly  chosen  region;  the  <STRONG>sc</STRONG>  and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (save and restore cursor)
+       commands may be useful for ensuring that your synthesized insert/delete
        string  does  not  move the cursor.  (Note that the <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> library
        does  this  synthesis  automatically,   so   you   need   not   compose
        insert/delete strings for an entry with <STRONG>csr</STRONG>).
 
-       Yet another way to construct insert and delete might be to use a combi-
-       nation of index with the memory-lock feature found  on  some  terminals
-       (like the HP-700/90 series, which however also has insert/delete).
+       Yet  another  way  to  construct  insert  and  delete might be to use a
+       combination of  index  with  the  memory-lock  feature  found  on  some
+       terminals   (like   the   HP-700/90  series,  which  however  also  has
+       insert/delete).
 
-       Inserting  lines  at  the  top or bottom of the screen can also be done
-       using <STRONG>ri</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a  true  insert/delete  line,
+       Inserting lines at the top or bottom of the screen  can  also  be  done
+       using  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a true insert/delete line,
        and is often faster even on terminals with those features.
 
-       The boolean <STRONG>non_dest_scroll_region</STRONG> should be set if each scrolling win-
-       dow is effectively a view port on a screen-sized canvas.  To  test  for
-       this capability, create a scrolling region in the middle of the screen,
-       write something to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top  of  the
-       region, and do <STRONG>ri</STRONG> followed by <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG>.  If the data scrolled off the
-       bottom of the region by the  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  re-appears,  then  scrolling  is  non-
-       destructive.   System  V  and XSI Curses expect that <STRONG>ind</STRONG>, <STRONG>ri</STRONG>, <STRONG>indn</STRONG>, and
-       <STRONG>rin</STRONG> will simulate destructive scrolling; their  documentation  cautions
-       you  not to define <STRONG>csr</STRONG> unless this is true.  This <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementation
-       is more liberal and will do explicit erases after scrolling if <STRONG>ndsrc</STRONG> is
-       defined.
-
-       If  the  terminal has the ability to define a window as part of memory,
-       which all commands affect, it should  be  given  as  the  parameterized
-       string  <STRONG>wind</STRONG>.  The four parameters are the starting and ending lines in
+       The boolean <STRONG>non_dest_scroll_region</STRONG> should  be  set  if  each  scrolling
+       window  is  effectively  a view port on a screen-sized canvas.  To test
+       for this capability, create a scrolling region in  the  middle  of  the
+       screen,  write something to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top
+       of the region, and do <STRONG>ri</STRONG> followed by <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG>.  If the data  scrolled
+       off  the  bottom  of the region by the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> re-appears, then scrolling is
+       non-destructive.  System V and XSI Curses expect that  <STRONG>ind</STRONG>,  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>,  <STRONG>indn</STRONG>,
+       and  <STRONG>rin</STRONG>  will  simulate  destructive  scrolling;  their  documentation
+       cautions you not to define  <STRONG>csr</STRONG>  unless  this  is  true.   This  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
+       implementation  is  more  liberal  and  will  do  explicit erases after
+       scrolling if <STRONG>ndsrc</STRONG> is defined.
+
+       If the terminal has the ability to define a window as part  of  memory,
+       which  all  commands  affect,  it  should be given as the parameterized
+       string <STRONG>wind</STRONG>.  The four parameters are the starting and ending lines  in
        memory and the starting and ending columns in memory, in that order.
 
        If the terminal can retain display memory above, then the <STRONG>da</STRONG> capability
-       should  be  given;  if  display  memory  can be retained below, then <STRONG>db</STRONG>
-       should be given.  These indicate that deleting a line or scrolling  may
-       bring  non-blank lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG> may
+       should be given; if display memory  can  be  retained  below,  then  <STRONG>db</STRONG>
+       should  be given.  These indicate that deleting a line or scrolling may
+       bring non-blank lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  may
        bring down non-blank lines.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_Delete-Character">Insert/Delete Character</a></H3><PRE>
-       There are two basic kinds of  intelligent  terminals  with  respect  to
-       insert/delete  character  which  can  be described using <EM>terminfo.</EM>  The
-       most common insert/delete character operations affect only the  charac-
-       ters  on  the current line and shift characters off the end of the line
-       rigidly.  Other terminals, such as the Concept 100 and the Perkin Elmer
-       Owl, make a distinction between typed and untyped blanks on the screen,
-       shifting upon an insert or delete only  to  an  untyped  blank  on  the
-       screen which is either eliminated, or expanded to two untyped blanks.
+       There  are  two  basic  kinds  of intelligent terminals with respect to
+       insert/delete character which can be  described  using  <EM>terminfo.</EM>   The
+       most   common   insert/delete  character  operations  affect  only  the
+       characters on the current line and shift characters off the end of  the
+       line  rigidly.  Other terminals, such as the Concept 100 and the Perkin
+       Elmer Owl, make a distinction between typed and untyped blanks  on  the
+       screen,  shifting  upon an insert or delete only to an untyped blank on
+       the screen which is either  eliminated,  or  expanded  to  two  untyped
+       blanks.
 
        You  can determine the kind of terminal you have by clearing the screen
        and then typing text separated by cursor  motions.   Type  "abc    def"
@@ -1617,9 +1686,9 @@
        shift rigidly and characters to fall off the end,  then  your  terminal
        does  not  distinguish  between  blanks  and untyped positions.  If the
        "abc" shifts over to the "def" which then move together around the  end
-       of  the current line and onto the next as you insert, you have the sec-
-       ond type of terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>,  which  stands
-       for "insert null".
+       of  the  current  line  and  onto  the next as you insert, you have the
+       second type of terminal, and  should  give  the  capability  <STRONG>in</STRONG>,  which
+       stands for "insert null".
 
        While  these  are  two  logically  separate attributes (one line versus
        multi-line insert mode, and special treatment  of  untyped  spaces)  we
@@ -1704,8 +1773,8 @@
        parameter  is either 0 or nonzero, as the corresponding attribute is on
        or off.  The 9 parameters are, in order: standout, underline,  reverse,
        blink,  dim,  bold,  blank,  protect, alternate character set.  Not all
-       modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those for which corresponding sep-
-       arate attribute commands exist.
+       modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>,  only  those  for  which  corresponding
+       separate attribute commands exist.
 
        For example, the DEC vt220 supports most of the modes:
 
@@ -1724,15 +1793,15 @@
 
        We  begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing modes, since
        there is no quick way to determine whether they are  active.   Standout
-       is  set up to be the combination of reverse and bold.  The vt220 termi-
-       nal has a protect mode, though it is not commonly used in  sgr  because
-       it  protects  characters  on  the screen from the host's erasures.  The
-       altcharset mode also is different in  that  it  is  either  ^O  or  ^N,
+       is  set  up  to  be  the  combination  of  reverse and bold.  The vt220
+       terminal has a protect mode, though it is  not  commonly  used  in  sgr
+       because  it protects characters on the screen from the host's erasures.
+       The altcharset mode also is different in that it is either  ^O  or  ^N,
        depending  on whether it is off or on.  If all modes are turned on, the
        resulting sequence is \E[0;1;4;5;7;8m^N.
 
-       Some sequences are common to different modes.  For example, ;7 is  out-
-       put  when  either  p1  or  p3  is  true, that is, if either standout or
+       Some sequences are common to  different  modes.   For  example,  ;7  is
+       output  when  either  p1  or p3 is true, that is, if either standout or
        reverse modes are turned on.
 
        Writing out the above sequences, along with their dependencies yields
@@ -1754,19 +1823,19 @@
                %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
 
        Remember that if you specify sgr, you must also  specify  sgr0.   Also,
-       some  implementations  rely on sgr being given if sgr0 is, Not all ter-
-       minfo entries necessarily have an sgr string, however.   Many  terminfo
-       entries are derived from termcap entries which have no sgr string.  The
-       only drawback to adding an sgr string is that termcap also assumes that
-       sgr0 does not exit alternate character set mode.
-
-       Terminals  with  the "magic cookie" glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit special "cook-
-       ies" when they receive mode-setting sequences, which affect the display
-       algorithm  rather than having extra bits for each character.  Some ter-
-       minals, such as the HP 2621, automatically  leave  standout  mode  when
-       they  move  to  a  new line or the cursor is addressed.  Programs using
-       standout mode should exit standout mode before  moving  the  cursor  or
-       sending  a  newline,  unless  the <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it is
+       some  implementations  rely  on  sgr  being  given  if sgr0 is, Not all
+       terminfo  entries  necessarily  have  an  sgr  string,  however.   Many
+       terminfo  entries  are  derived  from termcap entries which have no sgr
+       string.  The only drawback to adding an sgr string is that termcap also
+       assumes that sgr0 does not exit alternate character set mode.
+
+       Terminals   with  the  "magic  cookie"  glitch  (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>)  deposit  special
+       "cookies" when they receive mode-setting sequences,  which  affect  the
+       display  algorithm  rather  than  having extra bits for each character.
+       Some terminals, such as the HP 2621, automatically leave standout  mode
+       when  they  move  to  a  new line or the cursor is addressed.  Programs
+       using standout mode should exit standout mode before moving the  cursor
+       or  sending a newline, unless the <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it is
        safe to move in standout mode, is present.
 
        If the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indicate  an  error
@@ -1793,8 +1862,8 @@
        pressed,  this  information can be given.  Note that it is not possible
        to handle terminals where the keypad only works in local (this applies,
        for  example, to the unshifted HP 2621 keys).  If the keypad can be set
-       to transmit or not transmit, give these codes as <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>.  Other-
-       wise the keypad is assumed to always transmit.
+       to transmit or not  transmit,  give  these  codes  as  <STRONG>smkx</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>.
+       Otherwise the keypad is assumed to always transmit.
 
        The  codes  sent  by the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow, down arrow,
        and home keys can be given as <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>khome</STRONG>
@@ -1856,8 +1925,8 @@
 
        The  capabilities  <STRONG>nlab</STRONG>,  <STRONG>lw</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>lh</STRONG> define the number of programmable
        screen labels and their width and height.  If  there  are  commands  to
-       turn  the  labels on and off, give them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>.  <STRONG>smln</STRONG> is nor-
-       mally output after one or more pln sequences  to  make  sure  that  the
+       turn  the  labels  on  and  off,  give  them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>.  <STRONG>smln</STRONG> is
+       normally output after one or more pln sequences to make sure  that  the
        change becomes visible.
 
 
@@ -1889,8 +1958,8 @@
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>, initialization strings for the terminal,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a program to be run to initialize the  ter-
-           minal,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a program  to  be  run  to  initialize  the
+           terminal,
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>if</STRONG>, the name of a file containing long initialization strings.
 
@@ -1938,8 +2007,8 @@
        The  <STRONG>reset</STRONG>  program  writes  strings including <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, etc., in the same
        order as the <EM>init</EM> program, using <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, etc., instead of  <STRONG>is1</STRONG>,  etc.   If
        any  of  <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, or <STRONG>rf</STRONG> reset capability strings are missing, the
-       <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program falls back upon the corresponding initialization capabil-
-       ity string.
+       <STRONG>reset</STRONG>  program  falls  back  upon  the   corresponding   initialization
+       capability string.
 
        If  there are commands to set and clear tab stops, they can be given as
        <STRONG>tbc</STRONG> (clear all tab stops) and <STRONG>hts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in the current column
@@ -1950,8 +2019,8 @@
        command,  although  the two programs (<STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset</STRONG>) provide different
        command-line options.
 
-       In practice, these terminfo capabilities are not often used in initial-
-       ization of tabs (though they are required for the <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program):
+       In  practice,  these  terminfo  capabilities  are  not  often  used  in
+       initialization of tabs (though they are required for the <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program):
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Almost all hardware terminals (at least those which supported tabs)
            initialized those to every <EM>eight</EM> columns:
@@ -1959,9 +2028,9 @@
            The only exception was the AT&amp;T 2300  series,  which  set  tabs  to
            every <EM>five</EM> columns.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   In  particular, developers of the hardware terminals which are com-
-           monly used as models for modern terminal emulators  provided  docu-
-           mentation demonstrating that <EM>eight</EM> columns were the standard.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   In  particular,  developers  of  the  hardware  terminals which are
+           commonly used as models  for  modern  terminal  emulators  provided
+           documentation demonstrating that <EM>eight</EM> columns were the standard.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Because of this, the terminal initialization programs <STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>tset</STRONG>
            use  the  <STRONG>tbc</STRONG>  (<STRONG>clear_all_tabs</STRONG>)  and  <STRONG>hts</STRONG>  (<STRONG>set_tab</STRONG>)   capabilities
@@ -1972,16 +2041,16 @@
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Delays-and-Padding">Delays and Padding</a></H3><PRE>
        Many older and slower terminals do not support either XON/XOFF  or  DTR
        handshaking,  including  hard copy terminals and some very archaic CRTs
-       (including, for example, DEC VT100s).  These may require padding  char-
-       acters after certain cursor motions and screen changes.
+       (including, for  example,  DEC  VT100s).   These  may  require  padding
+       characters after certain cursor motions and screen changes.
 
        If the terminal uses xon/xoff handshaking for flow control (that is, it
        automatically emits ^S back to the host  when  its  input  buffers  are
        close  to  full),  set <STRONG>xon</STRONG>.  This capability suppresses the emission of
-       padding.  You can also set it for memory-mapped console devices  effec-
-       tively  that  do  not  have  a speed limit.  Padding information should
-       still be included so that routines can make better decisions about rel-
-       ative costs, but actual pad characters will not be transmitted.
+       padding.  You  can  also  set  it  for  memory-mapped  console  devices
+       effectively that do not have a speed limit.  Padding information should
+       still be included so that routines  can  make  better  decisions  about
+       relative costs, but actual pad characters will not be transmitted.
 
        If <STRONG>pb</STRONG> (padding baud rate) is given, padding is suppressed at baud rates
        below the value of <STRONG>pb</STRONG>.  If the entry has no  padding  baud  rate,  then
@@ -2005,10 +2074,10 @@
        Some terminals with status lines need special sequences to  access  the
        status  line.  These may be expressed as a string with single parameter
        <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> which takes the cursor to a given zero-origin column on the  status
-       line.   The  capability <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> must return to the main-screen cursor posi-
-       tions before the last <STRONG>tsl</STRONG>.  You may need to embed the string values  of
-       <STRONG>sc</STRONG>  (save  cursor) and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (restore cursor) in <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> and <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> to accomplish
-       this.
+       line.   The  capability  <STRONG>fsl</STRONG>  must  return  to  the  main-screen cursor
+       positions before the last <STRONG>tsl</STRONG>.  You may need to embed the string values
+       of  <STRONG>sc</STRONG>  (save  cursor)  and  <STRONG>rc</STRONG>  (restore  cursor)  in  <STRONG>tsl</STRONG>  and <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> to
+       accomplish this.
 
        The status line is normally assumed to be the same width as  the  width
        of  the  terminal.   If  this  is  untrue,  you can specify it with the
@@ -2025,8 +2094,8 @@
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Line-Graphics">Line Graphics</a></H3><PRE>
        Many terminals have alternate character sets useful for  forms-drawing.
-       Terminfo and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> have built-in support for most of the drawing char-
-       acters supported by the VT100,  with  some  characters  from  the  AT&amp;T
+       Terminfo  and  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  have  built-in  support  for most of the drawing
+       characters supported by the VT100, with some characters from  the  AT&amp;T
        4410v1  added.   This  alternate  character set may be specified by the
        <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> capability.
 
@@ -2074,8 +2143,8 @@
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The DEC VT100 implemented graphics using  the  alternate  character
            set  feature, temporarily switching <EM>modes</EM> and sending characters in
-           the range 0x60 (96) to 0x7e (126) (the <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> <STRONG>Value</STRONG> column in the ta-
-           ble).
+           the range 0x60 (96) to 0x7e (126) (the <STRONG>acsc</STRONG>  <STRONG>Value</STRONG>  column  in  the
+           table).
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The AT&amp;T terminal added graphics characters outside that range.
 
@@ -2104,10 +2173,10 @@
            is usually 8), and can set character-cell foreground and background
            characters independently, mixing them into <EM>N</EM> * <EM>N</EM> color-pairs.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On HP-like terminals, the user must set each color  pair  up  sepa-
-           rately  (foreground and background are not independently settable).
-           Up to <EM>M</EM> color-pairs may be set up from 2*<EM>M</EM> different colors.  ANSI-
-           compatible terminals are Tektronix-like.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On HP-like  terminals,  the  user  must  set  each  color  pair  up
+           separately   (foreground   and  background  are  not  independently
+           settable).  Up to <EM>M</EM> color-pairs may be set up  from  2*<EM>M</EM>  different
+           colors.  ANSI-compatible terminals are Tektronix-like.
 
        Some basic color capabilities are independent of the color method.  The
        numeric capabilities <STRONG>colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>pairs</STRONG> specify the  maximum  numbers  of
@@ -2115,34 +2184,35 @@
        (original pair) string resets foreground and background colors to their
        default  values  for  the terminal.  The <STRONG>oc</STRONG> string resets all colors or
        color-pairs to their default values for the terminal.   Some  terminals
-       (including many PC terminal emulators) erase screen areas with the cur-
-       rent background color rather  than  the  power-up  default  background;
+       (including  many  PC  terminal  emulators)  erase screen areas with the
+       current background color rather than the power-up  default  background;
        these should have the boolean capability <STRONG>bce</STRONG>.
 
-       While the curses library works with <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM> (reflecting the inabil-
-       ity of some devices to set foreground and  background  colors  indepen-
-       dently), there are separate capabilities for setting these features:
-
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   To  change  the  current  foreground  or background color on a Tek-
-           tronix-type terminal, use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set  ANSI  foreground)  and  <STRONG>setab</STRONG>
-           (set  ANSI background) or <STRONG>setf</STRONG> (set foreground) and <STRONG>setb</STRONG> (set back-
-           ground).  These take one parameter, the  color  number.   The  SVr4
-           documentation  describes only <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says that
-           "If the terminal supports ANSI escape sequences to  set  background
-           and  foreground,  they  should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
-           tively.
-
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the terminal supports other escape sequences to  set  background
-           and  foreground,  they  should  be  coded as <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respec-
-           tively.  The <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> and the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> functions  use  the  <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>
-           and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> capabilities if they are defined.
-
-       The  <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single numeric argu-
-       ment each.  Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> are portably defined  as
-       follows  (the  middle  column  is the symbolic #define available in the
-       header for the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> or <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries).  The terminal hardware  is
-       free to map these as it likes, but the RGB values indicate normal loca-
-       tions in color space.
+       While  the  curses  library  works  with  <EM>color</EM>  <EM>pairs</EM>  (reflecting the
+       inability of some devices  to  set  foreground  and  background  colors
+       independently),  there  are  separate  capabilities  for  setting these
+       features:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   To  change  the  current  foreground  or  background  color  on   a
+           Tektronix-type  terminal, use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set ANSI foreground) and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>
+           (set ANSI background)  or  <STRONG>setf</STRONG>  (set  foreground)  and  <STRONG>setb</STRONG>  (set
+           background).  These take one parameter, the color number.  The SVr4
+           documentation describes only <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says  that
+           "If  the  terminal supports ANSI escape sequences to set background
+           and  foreground,  they  should  be  coded  as  <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>   and   <STRONG>setab</STRONG>,
+           respectively.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  terminal supports other escape sequences to set background
+           and  foreground,  they  should  be  coded   as   <STRONG>setf</STRONG>   and   <STRONG>setb</STRONG>,
+           respectively.   The  <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG>  and the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> functions use the
+           <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> capabilities if they are defined.
+
+       The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG>  capabilities  take  a  single  numeric
+       argument each.  Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> are portably defined
+       as follows (the middle column is the symbolic #define available in  the
+       header  for the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> or <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries).  The terminal hardware is
+       free to map these as it likes,  but  the  RGB  values  indicate  normal
+       locations in color space.
 
                     <STRONG>Color</STRONG>       <STRONG>#define</STRONG>       <STRONG>Value</STRONG>       <STRONG>RGB</STRONG>
                     black     <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>       0     0, 0, 0
@@ -2167,32 +2237,33 @@
                     yellow    <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>      6     max,max,0
                     white     <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>       7     max,max,max
 
-       It is important to not confuse the two sets of color capabilities; oth-
-       erwise red/blue will be interchanged on the display.
+       It is important to not confuse the  two  sets  of  color  capabilities;
+       otherwise red/blue will be interchanged on the display.
 
-       On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number  parameter  to
+       On  an  HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number parameter to
        set which color pair is current.
 
        Some terminals allow the <EM>color</EM> <EM>values</EM> to be modified:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On  a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be present to
-           indicate that colors can be modified.  If so, the <STRONG>initc</STRONG>  capability
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be present  to
+           indicate  that colors can be modified.  If so, the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> capability
            will take a color number (0 to <STRONG>colors</STRONG> - 1)and three more parameters
-           which describe the color.  These three parameters default to  being
-           interpreted as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values.  If the boolean capa-
-           bility <STRONG>hls</STRONG> is present, they are instead  as  HLS  (Hue,  Lightness,
+           which  describe the color.  These three parameters default to being
+           interpreted as RGB (Red,  Green,  Blue)  values.   If  the  boolean
+           capability <STRONG>hls</STRONG> is present, they are instead as HLS (Hue, Lightness,
            Saturation) indices.  The ranges are terminal-dependent.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On  an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for changing a
-           color-pair value.  It will take seven parameters; a color-pair num-
-           ber  (0  to  <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two triples describing first back-
-           ground and then foreground colors.  These parameters must be  (Red,
-           Green, Blue) or (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) depending on <STRONG>hls</STRONG>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for changing  a
+           color-pair  value.   It  will  take  seven parameters; a color-pair
+           number (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> -  1),  and  two  triples  describing  first
+           background  and  then  foreground colors.  These parameters must be
+           (Red, Green, Blue) or (Hue,  Lightness,  Saturation)  depending  on
+           <STRONG>hls</STRONG>.
 
-       On  some color terminals, colors collide with highlights.  You can reg-
-       ister these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability.  This is a bit-mask  of
-       attributes  not to be used when colors are enabled.  The correspondence
-       with the attributes understood by <STRONG>curses</STRONG> is as follows:
+       On  some  color  terminals,  colors  collide  with highlights.  You can
+       register these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability.  This is a  bit-mask
+       of   attributes   not   to  be  used  when  colors  are  enabled.   The
+       correspondence with the attributes understood by <STRONG>curses</STRONG> is as follows:
 
                   <STRONG>Attribute</STRONG>              <STRONG>Bit</STRONG>   <STRONG>Decimal</STRONG>      <STRONG>Set</STRONG> <STRONG>by</STRONG>
                   A_STANDOUT             0     1            sgr
@@ -2230,17 +2301,17 @@
        pad character.
 
        If  the terminal can move up or down half a line, this can be indicated
-       with <STRONG>hu</STRONG> (half-line up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG> (half-line down).  This is primarily use-
-       ful for superscripts and subscripts on hard-copy terminals.  If a hard-
-       copy terminal can eject to the next page (form feed), give this  as  <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
-       (usually control/L).
+       with <STRONG>hu</STRONG> (half-line up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG>  (half-line  down).   This  is  primarily
+       useful  for  superscripts  and subscripts on hard-copy terminals.  If a
+       hard-copy terminal can eject to the next page (form feed), give this as
+       <STRONG>ff</STRONG> (usually control/L).
 
        If  there  is  a  command to repeat a given character a given number of
-       times (to save time transmitting a large number  of  identical  charac-
-       ters)  this  can  be  indicated with the parameterized string <STRONG>rep</STRONG>.  The
-       first parameter is the character to be repeated and the second  is  the
-       number of times to repeat it.  Thus, tparm(repeat_char, 'x', 10) is the
-       same as "xxxxxxxxxx".
+       times  (to  save  time  transmitting  a  large  number   of   identical
+       characters)  this  can  be indicated with the parameterized string <STRONG>rep</STRONG>.
+       The first parameter is the character to be repeated and the  second  is
+       the number of times to repeat it.  Thus, tparm(repeat_char, 'x', 10) is
+       the same as "xxxxxxxxxx".
 
        If the terminal has a settable command character, such as the TEKTRONIX
        4025,  this can be indicated with <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>.  A prototype command character
@@ -2277,10 +2348,10 @@
        is on, all text sent to the terminal will be sent to the  printer.   It
        is  undefined whether the text is also displayed on the terminal screen
        when the printer is on.  A variation  <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG>  takes  one  parameter,  and
-       leaves the printer on for as many characters as the value of the param-
-       eter, then turns the printer off.  The parameter should not exceed 255.
-       All  text,  including <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>, is transparently passed to the printer while
-       an <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> is in effect.
+       leaves  the  printer  on  for  as  many  characters as the value of the
+       parameter, then turns the printer off.  The parameter should not exceed
+       255.   All  text, including <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>, is transparently passed to the printer
+       while an <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> is in effect.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Glitches-and-Braindamage">Glitches and Braindamage</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -2295,11 +2366,11 @@
 
        Teleray terminals, where tabs turn all characters moved over to blanks,
        should indicate <STRONG>xt</STRONG> (destructive tabs).  Note: the  variable  indicating
-       this  is  now  "dest_tabs_magic_smso";  in  older versions, it was tel-
-       eray_glitch.  This glitch is also taken to mean that it is not possible
-       to position the cursor on top of a "magic cookie", that to erase stand-
-       out mode it is instead necessary to use delete and  insert  line.   The
-       ncurses implementation ignores this glitch.
+       this   is   now  "dest_tabs_magic_smso";  in  older  versions,  it  was
+       teleray_glitch.  This glitch is also taken  to  mean  that  it  is  not
+       possible  to  position  the  cursor on top of a "magic cookie", that to
+       erase standout mode it is instead necessary to use  delete  and  insert
+       line.  The ncurses implementation ignores this glitch.
 
        The  Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly transmit the escape
        or control/C characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicating that the f1  key  is  used
@@ -2307,15 +2378,15 @@
        problem, depending on the ROM.)  Note that in older terminfo  versions,
        this capability was called "beehive_glitch"; it is now "no_esc_ctl_c".
 
-       Other  specific terminal problems may be corrected by adding more capa-
-       bilities of the form <STRONG>x</STRONG><EM>x</EM>.
+       Other  specific  terminal  problems  may  be  corrected  by adding more
+       capabilities of the form <STRONG>x</STRONG><EM>x</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Pitfalls-of-Long-Entries">Pitfalls of Long Entries</a></H3><PRE>
        Long terminfo entries are unlikely to be a problem; to date,  no  entry
-       has  even approached terminfo's 4096-byte string-table maximum.  Unfor-
-       tunately, the termcap translations are much more strictly  limited  (to
-       1023  bytes),  thus  termcap  translations of long terminfo entries can
+       has   even   approached   terminfo's  4096-byte  string-table  maximum.
+       Unfortunately, the termcap translations are much more strictly  limited
+       (to 1023 bytes), thus termcap translations of long terminfo entries can
        cause problems.
 
        The man pages for 4.3BSD and older versions  of  <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG>  instruct  the
@@ -2358,13 +2429,13 @@
            the whole termcap file).
 
        Then  <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG>  will  overwrite  memory, perhaps its stack, and probably
-       core dump the program.  Programs like telnet are particularly  vulnera-
-       ble;  modern telnets pass along values like the terminal type automati-
-       cally.  The results are almost as undesirable with a  termcap  library,
-       like  SunOS  4.1.3 and Ultrix 4.4, that prints warning messages when it
-       reads an overly long termcap entry.  If  a  termcap  library  truncates
-       long  entries,  like  OSF/1  3.0,  it  is immune to dying here but will
-       return incorrect data for the terminal.
+       core  dump  the  program.   Programs  like  telnet   are   particularly
+       vulnerable;  modern  telnets  pass  along values like the terminal type
+       automatically.  The results are almost as undesirable  with  a  termcap
+       library,  like SunOS 4.1.3 and Ultrix 4.4, that prints warning messages
+       when it reads an overly long  termcap  entry.   If  a  termcap  library
+       truncates  long entries, like OSF/1 3.0, it is immune to dying here but
+       will return incorrect data for the terminal.
 
        The "after tc expansion" length will  have  a  similar  effect  to  the
        above, but only for people who actually set TERM to that terminal type,
@@ -2388,14 +2459,14 @@
        It  is  not  wise  to  count  on portability of binary terminfo entries
        between commercial UNIX versions.  The problem is  that  there  are  at
        least  two  versions  of  terminfo (under HP-UX and AIX) which diverged
-       from System V terminfo after SVr1, and have added  extension  capabili-
-       ties  to the string table that (in the binary format) collide with Sys-
-       tem V and XSI Curses extensions.
+       from  System  V  terminfo  after  SVr1,  and   have   added   extension
+       capabilities  to  the  string table that (in the binary format) collide
+       with System V and XSI Curses extensions.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       Searching  for  terminal  descriptions  in  <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG>  and   TER-
-       MINFO_DIRS is not supported by older implementations.
+       Searching   for   terminal   descriptions   in   <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG>    and
+       TERMINFO_DIRS is not supported by older implementations.
 
        Some  SVr4  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  implementations,  and  all previous to SVr4, do not
        interpret the %A and %O operators in parameter strings.
@@ -2404,8 +2475,8 @@
        alternate-character-set  mode  (such modes may, among other things, map
        CR and NL to characters  that  do  not  trigger  local  motions).   The
        <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  implementation  ignores  <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> in <STRONG>ALTCHARSET</STRONG> mode.  This raises
-       the possibility that an XPG4 implementation making the opposite  inter-
-       pretation  may  need  terminfo  entries  made  for <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> to have <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>
+       the  possibility  that  an  XPG4  implementation  making  the  opposite
+       interpretation  may need terminfo entries made for <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> to have <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>
        turned off.
 
        The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library handles insert-character and insert-character modes
@@ -2429,16 +2500,16 @@
        specified, even if it is zero.
 
        Different commercial ports of terminfo  and  curses  support  different
-       subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in some cases) different exten-
-       sion sets.  Here is a summary, accurate as of October 1995:
+       subsets  of  the  XSI  Curses  standard  and  (in some cases) different
+       extension sets.  Here is a summary, accurate as of October 1995:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>SVR4,</STRONG> <STRONG>Solaris,</STRONG> <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> -- These support all SVr4 capabilities.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>SGI</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr4 set, adds one undocumented extended string
            capability (<STRONG>set_pglen</STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG> <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of terminfo capa-
-           bilities.  The  booleans  end  with  <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>;  the  numerics  with
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG>  --  These  support  a  restricted subset of terminfo
+           capabilities.  The booleans end with <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>;  the  numerics  with
            <STRONG>width_status_line</STRONG>; and the strings with <STRONG>prtr_non</STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>HP/UX</STRONG>  --  Supports  the  SVr1  subset,  plus the SVr[234] numerics
@@ -2457,8 +2528,9 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1m.html">tabs(1m)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.      <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>