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<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> File formats <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
padding requirements and initialization sequences.
- This manual describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.4 (patch 20231223).
+ This manual describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.4 (patch 20231230).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-terminfo-Entry-Syntax"><EM>terminfo</EM> Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
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
+ 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.
- There is no explicit value for boolean capabilities.
+ There is no explicit value for Boolean capabilities.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Numeric capabilities have a "#" following the name, then an
unsigned decimal integer value.
(#<EM>i</EM>) indicates the <EM>i</EM>th parameter.
- These are the boolean capabilities:
+ These are the Boolean capabilities:
<STRONG>Variable</STRONG> <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG> <STRONG>TCap</STRONG> <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
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
+ 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 <EM>ncurses</EM> library provides the data
<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
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
+ 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
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
+ 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
A command to erase or blank the status line may be specified as <STRONG>dsl</STRONG>.
- The boolean capability <STRONG>eslok</STRONG> specifies that escape sequences, tabs,
+ The Boolean capability <STRONG>eslok</STRONG> specifies that escape sequences, tabs,
etc., work ordinarily in the status line.
The <EM>ncurses</EM> implementation does not yet use any of these capabilities.
color pairs to their default values for the terminal. Some terminals
(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>.
+ these should have the Boolean capability <STRONG>bce</STRONG>.
While the curses library works with <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM> (reflecting the
inability of some devices to set foreground and background colors
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
+ 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.
-ncurses 6.4 2023-12-
23 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-12-
30 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
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