ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231021

[ncurses.git] / man / term.5

diff --git a/man/term.5 b/man/term.5
index 2db2d5028c8d1e85c80f6ffd4f81a5ac4e69205c..bcc780bb7a1df1587c021455bbe343a94f165e51 100644 (file)
--- a/man/term.5
+++ b/man/term.5
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+'\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\" Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
@@ -27,35 +28,33 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.56 2023/09/16 23:38:39 tom Exp $
-.TH term 5 2023-09-16 "ncurses 6.4" "File formats"
-.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
-.el       .ds `` ``
-.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
-.el       .ds '' ''
+.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.62 2023/10/21 15:33:10 tom Exp $
+.TH term 5 2023-10-21 "ncurses 6.4" "File formats"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.ds '  \(aq
+.ds ^  \(ha
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el   .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el   .ds '' ""
+.ds       '  '
+.ds       ^  ^
+.\}
 .ie n .ds CW R
 .el   \{
 .ie \n(.g .ds CW CR
 .el       .ds CW CW
 .\}
-.de NS
-.ie n  .sp
-.el    .sp .5
-.ie n  .in +4
-.el    .in +2
-.nf
-.ft \*(CW
-..
-.de NE
-.fi
-.ft R
-.ie n  .in -4
-.el    .in -2
-..
+.
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
+.
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ The \fIstring table\fP is the last section.
 It contains all of the values of string capabilities referenced in
 the \fIstrings\fP section.
 Each string is null-terminated.
-Special characters in ^X or \ec notation are stored in their
+Special characters in \*^X or \ec notation are stored in their
 interpreted form, not the printing representation.
 Padding information $<nn> and parameter information %x are
 stored intact in uninterpreted form.
@@ -349,14 +348,17 @@ the intermediate level of a directory tree in (two-character) hexadecimal form.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 As an example, here is a description for the Lear-Siegler
 ADM\-3, a popular though rather stupid early terminal:
-.NS
+.PP
+.RS 4
+.EX
 adm3a|lsi adm3a,
         am,
         cols#80, lines#24,
-        bel=^G, clear=\032$<1>, cr=^M, cub1=^H, cud1=^J,
-        cuf1=^L, cup=\\E=%p1%{32}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c, cuu1=^K,
-        home=^^, ind=^J,
-.NE
+        bel=\*^G, clear=\e032$<1>, cr=\*^M, cub1=\*^H, cud1=\*^J,
+        cuf1=\*^L, cup=\eE=%p1%{32}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c, cuu1=\*^K,
+        home=\*^\*^, ind=\*^J,
+.EE
+.RE
 .PP
 and a hexadecimal dump of the compiled terminal description:
 .PP
@@ -367,8 +369,8 @@ lp-1f(\*(CW).
 0000  1a 01 10 00 02 00 03 00  82 00 31 00 61 64 6d 33  ........ ..1.adm3
 0010  61 7c 6c 73 69 20 61 64  6d 33 61 00 00 01 50 00  a|lsi ad m3a...P.
 0020  ff ff 18 00 ff ff 00 00  02 00 ff ff ff ff 04 00  ........ ........
-0030  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  0a 00 25 00 27 00 ff ff  ........ ..%.'...
-0040  29 00 ff ff ff ff 2b 00  ff ff 2d 00 ff ff ff ff  ).....+. ..-.....
+0030  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  0a 00 25 00 27 00 ff ff  ........ ..%.\*'...
+0040  29 00 ff ff ff ff 2b 00  ff ff 2d 00 ff ff ff ff  ).....+. ..\-.....
 0050  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ........ ........
 0060  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ........ ........
 0070  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ........ ........
@@ -402,9 +404,9 @@ Compiled entries are limited to 32768 bytes because offsets into the
 The legacy format could have supported 32768-byte entries,
 but was limited a virtual memory page's 4096 bytes.
 .SH FILES
-\*d/*/* compiled terminal capability database
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fP(3X), \fBterminfo\fP(\*n).
+.TP
+.I \*d
+compiled terminal description database
 .SH AUTHORS
 Thomas E. Dickey
 .br
@@ -417,3 +419,7 @@ extended number support for ncurses 6.1
 Eric S. Raymond
 .br
 documented legacy terminfo format, e.g., from \fIpcurses\fP.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_terminfo\fP(3X),
+\fB\%terminfo\fP(\*n)