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- * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.13 2006/05/13 15:35:45 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.15 2006/12/24 18:04:42 tom Exp @
* Head of terminfo man page ends here
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+ * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.47 2006/12/24 18:14:22 tom Exp @
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* This file is part of ncurses.
* See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
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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>
+<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> File Formats <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
nals by giving a set of capabilities which they have, by
specifying how to perform screen operations, and by speci-
fying padding requirements and initialization sequences.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.5 (patch 20061209).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.6 (patch 20070303).
Entries in <EM>terminfo</EM> consist of a sequence of `,' separated
fields (embedded commas may be escaped with a backslash or
Lines beginning with a `#' in the first column are treated
as comments. While comment lines are legal at any point,
- the output of <EM>captoinfo</EM> and <EM>infotocap</EM> (aliases for <EM>tic</EM>)
+ the output of <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG> and <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> (aliases for <STRONG>tic</STRONG>)
will move comments so they occur only between entries.
Newlines and leading tabs may be used for formatting
entries for readability. These are removed from parsed
- entries. The <EM>infocmp</EM> <EM>-f</EM> option relies on this to format
- if-then-else expressions: the result can be read by <EM>tic</EM>.
+ entries. The <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option relies on this to format
+ if-then-else expressions: the result can be read by <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should
be chosen using the following conventions. The particular
<STRONG>Parameterized</STRONG> <STRONG>Strings</STRONG>
Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters
in the terminal are described by a parameterized string
- capability, with <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3S.html">printf(3S)</A></STRONG> like escapes <STRONG>%x</STRONG> in it. For
+ capability, with <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG> like escapes <STRONG>%x</STRONG> in it. For
example, to address the cursor, the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is
given, using two parameters: the row and column to address
to. (Rows and columns are numbered from zero and refer to
termcap entry.
When in -C (translate to termcap) mode, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> imple-
- mentation of <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1.html">tic(1)</A></STRONG> issues warning messages when the pre-
+ mentation of <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG> issues warning messages when the pre-
tc length of a termcap translation is too long. The -c
(check) option also checks resolved (after tc expansion)
lengths.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3S.html">printf(3S)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
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- <STRONG><A HREF="TERMINFO.5.html">TERMINFO(5)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
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