ncurses 6.4 - patch 20240413

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

diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 2d235677dab180e30e62c016d7e8e9117f8eecfe..10d1fa78b6b4227983fef4822000a52611938b54 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.134 2024/03/23 20:41:15 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2024-03-23 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.136 2024/04/14 00:14:40 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2024-04-13 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ rather than a fixed-parameter list.
 Its numeric parameters are
 .IR int s
 rather than
-.IR long s.
+.IR long "s."
 .PP
 Both \fB\%tparm\fP and \fB\%tiparm\fP assume that the application passes
 parameters consistent with the terminal description.
@@ -844,10 +844,12 @@ standardized in the late 1980s.
 X/Open Curses uses
 .I \%const
 less effectively than a later design might,
-in some cases applying it needlessly to values are already constant,
-and in most cases overlooking parameters which normally would use
+sometimes applying it needlessly to values that are already constant,
+and in most cases overlooking parameters that normally would use
 .IR \%const .
-Using constant parameters for functions which do not use
+Passing
+.IR \%const -qualified
+parameters to functions that do not declare them
 .I \%const
 may prevent the program from compiling.
 On the other hand,
@@ -980,28 +982,6 @@ function,
 .I curses
 function that is not well specified.
 .PP
-X/Open notes that after calling \fB\%mvcur\fP,
-the
-.I curses
-state may not match the actual terminal state,
-and that an application should touch and refresh the window before
-resuming normal
-.I curses
-calls.
-Both
-.I \%ncurses
-and SVr4
-.I curses
-implement \fB\%mvcur\fP using the
-.I SCREEN
-data allocated in either \fB\%initscr\fP or \fB\%newterm\fP.
-So though it is documented as a
-.I \%term\%info
-function,
-\fB\%mvcur\fP is really a
-.I curses
-function that is not well specified.
-.PP
 X/Open Curses states that the old location must be given for
 \fB\%mvcur\fP to accommodate terminals that lack absolute cursor
 positioning.