ncurses 6.3 - patch 20220219

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

diff --git a/man/term_variables.3x b/man/term_variables.3x
index 2644e15ac49132702ac8ef6c72efebbe5e716d2a..736c1d3f5de2334f730a5c7aac21aa28ebbde979 100644 (file)
--- a/man/term_variables.3x
+++ b/man/term_variables.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2010-2015,2017 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 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.9 2017/04/14 08:33:25 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.15 2021/12/25 22:03:30 tom Exp $
 .TH term_variables 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
@@ -49,40 +50,40 @@
 \fBstrfnames\fP,
 \fBstrnames\fP,
 \fBttytype\fP
-\- \fBcurses\fR terminfo global variables
+\- \fBcurses\fP terminfo global variables
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
+\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
 .br
-\fB#include <term.h>\fR
+\fB#include <term.h>\fP
 .PP
-\fBchtype acs_map[];\fR
+\fBchtype acs_map[];\fP
 .sp
-\fBSCREEN * SP;\fR
+\fBSCREEN * SP;\fP
 .sp
-\fBTERMINAL * cur_term;\fR
+\fBTERMINAL * cur_term;\fP
 .sp
-\fBchar ttytype[];\fR
+\fBchar ttytype[];\fP
 .sp
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * boolcodes;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolcodes[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * boolfnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolfnames[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * boolnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const boolnames[];\fP
 .sp
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * numcodes;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numcodes[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * numfnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numfnames[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * numnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const numnames[];\fP
 .sp
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * strcodes;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strcodes[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * strfnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strfnames[];\fP
 .br
-\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const * strnames;\fR
+\fBNCURSES_CONST char * const strnames[];\fP
 .br
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ low-level terminfo interface.
 A more complete description is given in the \fBcurs_terminfo\fP(3X) manual page.
 .PP
 Depending on the configuration, these may be actual variables,
-or macros (see \fBcurs_threads\fR(3X))
+or macros (see \fBcurs_threads\fP(3X))
 which provide read-only access to \fIcurses\fP's state.
 In either case, applications should treat them as read-only to avoid
 confusing the library.
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ the \fBacs_map\fP array holds information used to translate cells
 with the \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fP video attribute into line-drawing characters.
 .PP
 The encoding of the information in this array has changed periodically.
-Application developers need only know that it is used for the "ACS_"
+Application developers need only know that it is used for the \*(``ACS_\*(''
 constants in <curses.h>.
 .PP
 The comparable data for the wide-character library is a private variable.
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ It is possible to save a value of \fBcur_term\fP for subsequent
 use as a parameter to \fBset_term\fP, for switching between screens.
 Alternatively, one can save the return value from \fBnewterm\fP
 or \fBsetupterm\fP(3X) to reuse in \fBset_term\fP.
-.SS Terminfo Names
+.SS Terminfo Lookup Tables
 The \fB@TIC@\fP(1) and \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1) programs use lookup tables for
 the long and short names of terminfo capabilities,
 as well as the corresponding names for termcap capabilities.
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ These are available to other applications,
 although the hash-tables used by
 the terminfo and termcap functions are not available.
 .PP
-The long terminfo capability names use a "l" (ell) in their names:
+The long terminfo capability names use a \*(``l\*('' (ell) in their names:
 \fBboolfnames\fP,
 \fBnumfnames\fP, and
 \fBstrfnames\fP.
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ which is defined
 .ft R
 .PP
 These symbols provide a faster method of accessing terminfo capabilities
-than using \fBtigetstr\fR(3X), etc.
+than using \fBtigetstr\fP(3X), etc.
 .PP
 The actual definition of \fBCUR\fP depends upon the implementation,
 but each terminfo library provides these long names defined to point
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ into the current terminal description loaded into memory.
 .SH NOTES
 The low-level terminfo interface is initialized using
 .hy 0
-\fBsetupterm\fR(3X).
+\fBsetupterm\fP(3X).
 .hy
 The upper-level curses interface uses the low-level terminfo interface,
 internally.
@@ -186,8 +187,8 @@ as described in the \fBTerminfo Names\fP section.
 Most, but not all, base the definition upon the \fBcur_term\fP variable.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .hy 0
-\fBcurses\fR(3X),
-\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X),
-\fBcurs_threads\fR(3X),
-\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
+\fBcurses\fP(3X),
+\fBcurs_terminfo\fP(3X),
+\fBcurs_threads\fP(3X),
+\fBterminfo\fP(\*n).
 .hy