ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180224

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

diff --git a/man/curs_termcap.3x b/man/curs_termcap.3x
index a0800c1bb3de6800049ed93b24c561e538dc423a..cdec18d69a22fe4a2fd855ef1893c8420e3d257e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_termcap.3x
+++ b/man/curs_termcap.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 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            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.34 2017/11/18 23:47:37 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.37 2018/01/23 10:14:38 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_termcap 3X ""
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ In that case, the first parameter is merely a placeholder.
 .bP
 Normally the ncurses library is compiled with terminfo support.
 In that case, \fBtgoto\fP uses \fBtparm\fP(3X) (a more capable formatter).
+.IP
+However, \fBtparm\fP is not a \fItermcap\fP feature,
+and portable \fItermcap\fP applications should not rely upon its availability.
 .PP
 The \fBtputs\fR routine is described on the \fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X) manual
 page.  It can retrieve capabilities by either termcap or terminfo name.
@@ -256,4 +259,4 @@ extended capability names which are longer than two characters.
 \fBterm_variables\fR(3X),
 \fBputc\fR(3).
 .sp
-http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
+https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html