ncurses 5.7 - patch 20090912

[ncurses.git] / man / term.7

diff --git a/man/term.7 b/man/term.7
index e8f81bb6f0d734ee6f431d050651251a130e4ff9..7eda6fbd58701a2003a43446d30e707dcba941cf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/term.7
+++ b/man/term.7
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.11 1999/01/24 02:35:14 Todd.Miller Exp $
-.TH TERM 7
+.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.18 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $
+.TH term 7

 .ds n 5
 .ds n 5

-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@

 .SH NAME
 term \- conventions for naming terminal types
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SH NAME
 term \- conventions for naming terminal types
 .SH DESCRIPTION


@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ which you wish to override the system default type for your line.
 .PP
 Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data underneath
 \*d.  To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do
 .PP
 Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data underneath
 \*d.  To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do

-
-       toe | more
-
+.sp
+       @TOE@ | more
+.sp

 from your shell.  These capability files are in a binary format optimized for
 retrieval speed (unlike the old text-based \fBtermcap\fR format they replace);
 from your shell.  These capability files are in a binary format optimized for
 retrieval speed (unlike the old text-based \fBtermcap\fR format they replace);

-to examine an entry, you must use the \fBinfocmp\fR(1) command.  Invoke it as
-follows:
-
-       infocmp \fIentry-name\fR
-
+to examine an entry, you must use the \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) command.
+Invoke it as follows:
+.sp
+       @INFOCMP@ \fIentry-name\fR
+.sp

 where \fIentry-name\fR is the name of the type you wish to examine (and the
 name of its capability file the subdirectory of \*d named for its first
 letter).  This command dumps a capability file in the text format described by
 where \fIentry-name\fR is the name of the type you wish to examine (and the
 name of its capability file the subdirectory of \*d named for its first
 letter).  This command dumps a capability file in the text format described by


@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ terminals that also explains how to parse them:
 First, choose a root name.  The root will consist of a lower-case letter
 followed by up to seven lower-case letters or digits.  You need to avoid using
 punctuation characters in root names, because they are used and interpreted as
 First, choose a root name.  The root will consist of a lower-case letter
 followed by up to seven lower-case letters or digits.  You need to avoid using
 punctuation characters in root names, because they are used and interpreted as

-filenames and shell meta-characters (such as !, $, *, ? etc.) embedded in them
+filenames and shell meta-characters (such as !, $, *, ?, etc.) embedded in them

 may cause odd and unhelpful behavior.  The slash (/), or any other character
 that may be interpreted by anyone's file system (\e, $, [, ]), is especially
 dangerous (terminfo is platform-independent, and choosing names with special
 may cause odd and unhelpful behavior.  The slash (/), or any other character
 that may be interpreted by anyone's file system (\e, $, [, ]), is especially
 dangerous (terminfo is platform-independent, and choosing names with special


@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ i.e. \fBlinux\fR, \fBbsdos\fR, \fBfreebsd\fR, \fBnetbsd\fR.  It should
 multi-platform environment!  If a model number follows, it should indicate
 either the OS release level or the console driver release level.
 .PP
 multi-platform environment!  If a model number follows, it should indicate
 either the OS release level or the console driver release level.
 .PP

-The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it doesn't fit one of the
+The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it does not fit one of the

 standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be the program name or a readily
 recognizable abbreviation of it (i.e. \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR).
 .PP
 standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be the program name or a readily
 recognizable abbreviation of it (i.e. \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR).
 .PP


@@ -136,29 +136,29 @@ with another that has this suffix and uses magic cookies to support multiple
 attributes.
 .TP 5
 -am
 attributes.
 .TP 5
 -am

-Enable auto-margin (right-margin wraparound)
+Enable auto-margin (right-margin wraparound).

 .TP 5
 -m
 .TP 5
 -m

-Mono mode - suppress color support
+Mono mode - suppress color support.

 .TP 5
 -na
 No arrow keys - termcap ignores arrow keys which are actually there on the
 terminal, so the user can use the arrow keys locally.
 .TP 5
 -nam
 .TP 5
 -na
 No arrow keys - termcap ignores arrow keys which are actually there on the
 terminal, so the user can use the arrow keys locally.
 .TP 5
 -nam

-No auto-margin - suppress am capability
+No auto-margin - suppress am capability.

 .TP 5
 -nl
 .TP 5
 -nl

-No labels - suppress soft labels
+No labels - suppress soft labels.

 .TP 5
 -nsl
 .TP 5
 -nsl

-No status line - suppress status line
+No status line - suppress status line.

 .TP 5
 -pp
 Has a printer port which is used.
 .TP 5
 -rv
 .TP 5
 -pp
 Has a printer port which is used.
 .TP 5
 -rv

-Terminal in reverse video mode (black on white)
+Terminal in reverse video mode (black on white).

 .TP 5
 -s
 Enable status line.
 .TP 5
 -s
 Enable status line.


@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ should be unique within the first 14 characters.
 compiled terminal capability data base
 .TP 5
 /etc/inittab
 compiled terminal capability data base
 .TP 5
 /etc/inittab

-tty line initialization (AT&T-like UNIXes).
+tty line initialization (AT&T-like UNIXes)

 .TP 5
 /etc/ttys
 .TP 5
 /etc/ttys

-tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes).
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes)
+.SH SEE ALSO

 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBterm\fR(\*n).
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBterm\fR(\*n).
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS