ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131221

[ncurses.git] / doc / html / man / curs_initscr.3x.html
diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html

index 2280e7b774cd9887389924e935e1e523abba2fd4..b61b21dcb60008e1e006eb44831580242f2964f6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
  <!-- 
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+  * Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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-  * @Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.17 2010/12/04 18:36:58 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.19 2013/07/20 19:34:14 tom Exp @
  -->
  <HTML>
  <HEAD>
@@ -148,11 +148,19 @@
         rather  than  exiting.   It is safe but redundant to check
         the return value of <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> in XSI Curses.
  
+       If the TERM variable is missing or empty, <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> uses the
+       value  "unknown", which normally corresponds to a terminal
+       entry with the <EM>generic</EM> (<EM>gn</EM>) capability.   Generic  entries
+       are detected by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG> and cannot be used for full-
+       screen operation.   Other  implementations  may  handle  a
+       missing/empty TERM variable differently.
+
  
  </PRE>
  <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
         <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>,       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>,
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>.