ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180728

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_scr_dump.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_scr_dump.3x b/man/curs_scr_dump.3x
index 1ff4c42d2eac462967fd15e672082f7288709da2..24b08c3e2e1d96bffa356f6d0f2bce888eff6acf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_scr_dump.3x
+++ b/man/curs_scr_dump.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_scr_dump.3x,v 1.10 2017/01/07 19:25:15 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_scr_dump.3x,v 1.13 2018/07/28 22:50:26 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_scr_dump 3X ""
+.de bP
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -49,24 +53,30 @@
 \fBint scr_set(const char *filename);\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The \fBscr_dump\fR routine dumps the current contents of the virtual screen
+The \fBscr_dump\fR routine dumps the current contents
+of the \fIvirtual screen\fP
 to the file \fIfilename\fR.
 .PP
-The \fBscr_restore\fR routine sets the virtual screen to the contents
-of \fIfilename\fR, which must have been written using \fBscr_dump\fR.  The next
-call to \fBdoupdate\fR restores the screen to the way it looked in the dump
-file.
+The \fBscr_restore\fR routine sets the \fIvirtual screen\fP to the contents
+of \fIfilename\fR, which must have been written using \fBscr_dump\fR.
+The next call to \fBdoupdate\fR restores
+the \fIphysical screen\fP to the way it looked in the dump file.
 .PP
 The \fBscr_init\fR routine reads in the contents of \fIfilename\fR and uses
 them to initialize the \fBcurses\fR data structures about what the terminal
-currently has on its screen.  If the data is determined to be valid,
+currently has on its screen.
+If the data is determined to be valid,
 \fBcurses\fR bases its next update of the screen on this information rather
-than clearing the screen and starting from scratch.  \fBscr_init\fR is used
+than clearing the screen and starting from scratch.
+\fBscr_init\fR is used
 after \fBinitscr\fR or a \fBsystem\fR call to share
 the screen with another process which has done a \fBscr_dump\fR after its
-\fBendwin\fR(3X) call.  The data is declared invalid if the terminfo capabilities
-\fBrmcup\fR and \fBnrrmc\fR exist; also if the terminal has been written to
-since the preceding \fBscr_dump\fR call.
+\fBendwin\fR(3X) call.
+The data is declared invalid
+.bP
+if the terminfo capabilities \fBrmcup\fR and \fBnrrmc\fR exist, also
+.bP
+if the terminal has been written to since the preceding \fBscr_dump\fR call.
 .PP
 The \fBscr_set\fR routine is a combination of \fBscr_restore\fR and
 \fBscr_init\fR.  It tells the program that the information in \fIfilename\fR is
@@ -92,5 +102,9 @@ The SVr4 docs merely say under \fBscr_init\fR that the dump data is also
 considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty is old" but do not define
 "old".
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X),
-\fBcurs_util\fR(3X), \fBsystem\fR(3)
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_util\fR(3X),
+\fBscr_dump\fR(5),
+\fBsystem\fR(3)