X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fuser_caps.5;fp=man%2Fuser_caps.5;h=1c8ae3686f35c2b603e7750f687d6d20e55e45db;hb=d79ff7b4d5f5ac63e7d9d7e76706d95a1ddb243c;hp=0dc8b2d3a30021940c7e1dcbe8641682a70edb41;hpb=515d83a2495606171a23c6eee948aea07536d178;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/user_caps.5 b/man/user_caps.5 index 0dc8b2d3..1c8ae368 100644 --- a/man/user_caps.5 +++ b/man/user_caps.5 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.24 2023/06/17 17:52:54 tom Exp $ -.TH user_caps 5 2023-06-17 "ncurses 6.4" "File formats" +.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.27 2023/07/01 15:46:10 tom Exp $ +.TH user_caps 5 2023-07-01 "ncurses 6.4" "File formats" .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq .el .ds `` `` .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq @@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ user_caps \- user-defined terminfo capabilities .B @TIC@ -x, @INFOCMP@ -x .SH DESCRIPTION .SS Background -.PP Before ncurses 5.0, terminfo databases used a \fIfixed repertoire\fP of terminal capabilities designed for the SVr2 terminal database in 1984, @@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ Fitting that into termcap's limitation of 2-character names would be pointless. These extended keys are available only with terminfo. .SS Recognized capabilities -.PP The ncurses library uses the user-definable capabilities. While the terminfo database may have other extensions, ncurses makes explicit checks for these: @@ -345,7 +343,6 @@ xterm mouse protocols: .fi . .SS Extended key-definitions -.PP Several terminals provide the ability to send distinct strings for combinations of modified special keys. There is no standard for what those keys can send. @@ -414,17 +411,14 @@ ask \fBtigetstr\fP(3X) for their values, and given the list of values, ask \fBkey_defined\fP(3X) for the \fIkey-code\fP which would be returned for those keys by \fBwgetch\fP(3X). -.PP .\" .SH PORTABILITY -.PP The \*(``\-x\*('' extension feature of \fB@TIC@\fP and \fB@INFOCMP@\fP has been adopted in NetBSD curses. That implementation stores user-defined capabilities, but makes no use of these capabilities itself. .\" .SH SEE ALSO -.PP \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1M), \fB@TIC@\fP(1M). .PP @@ -439,7 +433,6 @@ provides further information on the \fBxterm\fP(1) features which are used in these extended capabilities. .\" .SH AUTHORS -.PP Thomas E. Dickey .br beginning with ncurses 5.0 (1999)