X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_initscr.3x;h=0dceb973d1e6e3eadab24aaae6511cbf2ced0cf2;hb=ff4cca6e1dfc932e229643403cdd59a6dd4b1abb;hp=1a865f94ec08895b59d5ff3101f5aef7eabb5daa;hpb=55ccd2b959766810cf7db8d1c4462f338ce0afc8;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/curs_initscr.3x b/man/curs_initscr.3x index 1a865f94..0dceb973 100644 --- a/man/curs_initscr.3x +++ b/man/curs_initscr.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 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 * @@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.14 2005/05/15 16:18:01 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.19 2013/07/20 19:34:14 tom Exp $ .TH curs_initscr 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' .na .hy 0 .SH NAME @@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ \fBendwin\fR, \fBisendwin\fR, \fBset_term\fR, -\fBdelscreen\fR - \fBcurses\fR screen initialization and manipulation routines +\fBdelscreen\fR \- \fBcurses\fR screen initialization and manipulation routines .ad .hy .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -121,12 +125,19 @@ Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, may have returned a null pointer from \fBinitscr\fR when an error is detected, rather than exiting. It is safe but redundant to check the return value of \fBinitscr\fR in XSI Curses. +.PP +If the TERM variable is missing or empty, \fBinitscr\fP uses the +value \*(``unknown\*('', +which normally corresponds to a terminal entry with the \fIgeneric\fP +(\fIgn\fP) capability. +Generic entries are detected by \fBsetupterm\fP(3X) and cannot be +used for full-screen operation. +Other implementations may handle a missing/empty TERM variable differently. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_slk\fR(3X), \fBcurs_util\fR(3X) -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_slk\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_util\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).