ncurses 6.2 - patch 20210102

[ncurses.git] / include / Caps

diff --git a/include/Caps b/include/Caps
index 5fe57deb9bd8d8e5cedb321e50037e9e2e014e49..4528cffb80ed5d33dae5a8adc27250b6edd3f8f0 100644 (file)
--- a/include/Caps
+++ b/include/Caps
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ##############################################################################
-# Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                #
+# Copyright 2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                       #
+# Copyright 1998-2015,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                    #
 #                                                                            #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a    #
 # copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), #
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 # Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995
 #    and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
 #
-# $Id: Caps,v 1.42 2019/04/13 19:54:05 tom Exp $
+# $Id: Caps,v 1.46 2020/10/17 21:30:19 tom Exp $
 #
 # This is the master termcap/terminfo capability table.
 #
@@ -188,8 +189,12 @@
 #%indicates that padding may be specified
 #%.TP
 #%#[1-9]
-#%in the description field indicates that the string is passed through tparm with
-#%parms as given (#\fIi\fP).
+#%in the description field indicates that the string is passed
+#%through \fBtparm\fP(3X) with parameters as given (#\fIi\fP).
+#%.IP
+#%If no parameters are listed in the description,
+#%passing the string through \fBtparm\fP(3X) may give unexpected results,
+#%e.g., if it contains percent (%%) signs.
 #%.TP
 #%(P*)
 #%indicates that padding may vary in proportion to the number of
@@ -843,9 +848,9 @@ gnu_has_meta_key            OTMT    bool    MT      -               -       ----E   has meta key
 # comma-separated list of capabilities for which there are corresponding keys.
 # The `kn' code is accepted but ignored.
 #
-# The `ma' capability seems to have been designed to map between the rogue(2)
-# motion keys (including jkhl) and characters emitted by arrow keys on some
-# primitive pre-ANSI terminals.  It's so obsolete it's fossilized...
+# The `ma' capability was a 4.0BSD feature used by vi version 2.
+# It consists of pairs of characters corresponding to kl, kr, ku, kd, and kh.
+# Besides being obsolete, that interpretation conflicts with max_attributes.
 #
 # Here is a description of memory_lock_above and memory_unlock:
 # "You can 'freeze' data on the screen by turning on Memory Lock in a line of
@@ -871,7 +876,7 @@ horizontal_tab_delay                OTdT    num     dT      -               -       YB-G-   padding required for ^I
 # vertical_tab_delay           OTdV    num     dV      -               -       -B---   padding required for ^V
 number_of_function_keys                OTkn    num     kn      -               -       -B-G-   count of function keys
 other_non_function_keys                OTko    str     ko      -               -       -B-G-   list of self-mapped keycaps
-arrow_key_map                  OTma    str     ma      -               -       YBC--   map arrow keys rogue(1) motion keys
+arrow_key_map                  OTma    str     ma      -               -       YBC--   map motion-keys for vi version 2
 # memory_lock_above            OTml    str     ml      -               -       -B---   lock visible screen memory above the current line
 # memory_unlock                        OTmu    str     mu      -               -       -B---   unlock visible screen memory above the current line
 has_hardware_tabs              OTpt    bool    pt      -               -       YB---   has 8-char tabs invoked with ^I