ncurses 5.1

[ncurses.git] / man / tput.1

diff --git a/man/tput.1 b/man/tput.1
index 3dcb46804db667ec80964a1b0596144b669280e4..84b64b2588a19c82091773e8742171361063d9a7 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tput.1
+++ b/man/tput.1
@@ -1,4 +1,33 @@
 '\" t
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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            *
+.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+.\"                                                                          *
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+.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+.\"                                                                          *
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+.\"                                                                          *
+.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+.\" authorization.                                                           *
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\"
+.\" $Id: tput.1,v 1.12 1999/01/24 02:44:26 Jeffrey.C.Honig Exp $
 .TH tput 1 ""
 .ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
 .ds n 5
@@ -26,19 +55,22 @@ the attribute is of type boolean, \fBtput\fR simply sets the exit code
 (\fB0\fR for TRUE if the terminal has the capability, \fB1\fR for
 FALSE if it does not), and produces no output.  Before using a value
 returned on standard output, the user should test the exit code
-[\fB$?\fR, see \fBsh\fR(1)] to be sure it is \fB0\fR.  (See the \fBEXIT
-CODES\fR and \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR sections.)  For a complete list of capabilities
+[\fB$?\fR, see \fBsh\fR(1)] to be sure it is \fB0\fR.
+(See the \fBEXIT CODES\fR and \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR sections.)
+For a complete list of capabilities
 and the \fIcapname\fR associated with each, see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
 .TP
 \fB-T\fR\fItype\fR
 indicates the \fItype\fR of terminal.  Normally this option is
 unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
 variable \fBTERM\fR.  If \fB-T\fR is specified, then the shell
-variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will be ignored,and the 
+variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will be ignored,and the
 operating system will not be queried for the actual screen size.
 .TP
 \fIcapname\fR
-indicates the attribute from the \fBterminfo\fR database.
+indicates the attribute from the \fBterminfo\fR database.  When
+\fBtermcap\fR support is compiled in, the \fBtermcap\fR name for
+the attribute is also accepted.
 .TP
 \fIparms\fR
 If the attribute is a string that takes parameters, the arguments