ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190601

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

diff --git a/man/curs_variables.3x b/man/curs_variables.3x
index fffad7149ecf29c0d251ea244c56869b8f23480a..5d7de8c61553082099230fbb52c390ed954f613c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_variables.3x
+++ b/man/curs_variables.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.12 2019/02/16 23:43:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.13 2019/06/01 22:51:21 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_variables 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -153,13 +153,17 @@ the physical screen with \fBmvcur\fP(3X).
 .bP
 This implementation uses the current value of \fBTABSIZE\fP only for
 updating the virtual screen.
-It uses the terminal description's \fBinit_tabs\fP capability for
-computing tab stops on the physical screen.
+It uses the terminal description's \fBit\fP (\fBinit_tabs\fP) capability for
+computing hardware tabs (i.e., tab stops on the physical screen).
 .bP
 Other implementations differ.
 For instance, NetBSD curses allows \fBTABSIZE\fP to be set through
 an environment variable.
 This implementation does not.
+.IP
+NetBSD curses does not support hardware tabs;
+it uses the \fBinit_tabs\fP capability and the \fBTABSIZE\fP variable
+only for updating the virtual screen.
 .PP
 \fBESCDELAY\fP is an extension in AIX curses:
 .bP