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- * termlib/termcap.c>.
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- * https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=3BSD/usr/src/lib/\
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- * Observe the `tncktc()`, `tnamatch()`, `tskip()`, and `tdecode()`
- * entry points disappearing from termcap.c.
- * 2BSD became a branch retaining support for non-virtual memory
- * systems (such as the PDP-11) whereas most BSD development focused on
- * the VAX and other VM-enabled systems starting with 3BSD.
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- * be confusion arising from its backport to 2.9BSD (and still present
- * in surviving sources for 2.11BSD, the "end of the line" for that
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- * jove/Makefile
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_termcap 3x 2023-12-30 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>
implementations conforming to portions of X/Open Curses now
withdrawn. The BSD <EM>termcap</EM> library would store a copy of the
terminal type description in the area referenced by this
- pointer. <EM>ncurses</EM> stores terminal type descriptions in compiled
+ pointer. <EM>terminfo</EM> stores terminal type descriptions in compiled
form, which is not the same thing.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The meanings of the return values differ. The BSD <EM>termcap</EM>
parameterized string capability, be aware that it is returned in <EM>term-</EM>
<EM>info</EM> notation, not the older and not-quite-compatible <EM>termcap</EM> notation.
This does not cause problems if all you do with it is call <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> or
- <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, which both expand <EM>terminfo</EM>-style strings as <EM>terminfo</EM> does. (If
- <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to support <EM>termcap,</EM> <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> checks whether the
- string is <EM>terminfo</EM>-style by looking for "<STRONG>%p</STRONG>" parameters or "<STRONG><</STRONG>...<STRONG>></STRONG>"
- delays, and invokes a <EM>termcap</EM>-style parser if the string appears not to
- use <EM>terminfo</EM> syntax.)
+ <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, which both parametrically expand <EM>terminfo</EM>-style string
+ capabilities as <EM>terminfo</EM> does. (If <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to support
+ <EM>termcap,</EM> <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG> checks whether the string is <EM>terminfo</EM>-style by looking
+ for "<STRONG>%p</STRONG>" parameters or "<STRONG><</STRONG>...<STRONG>></STRONG>" delays, and invokes a <EM>termcap</EM>-style
+ parser if the string appears not to use <EM>terminfo</EM> syntax.)
Because <EM>terminfo</EM>'s syntax for padding in string capabilities differs
from <EM>termcap</EM>'s, users can be surprised.
-ncurses 6.
4 2023-12-30 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.
5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>
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