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diff --git a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
index c4598bc3..57dc5259 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.133 2017/05/06 14:32:49 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.136 2017/11/18 23:48:44 tom Exp @
-->
-
+
ncurses 3x
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This implementation is "new curses" (ncurses) and is the approved
replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses, which has been discontinued.
- This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170506).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20180519).
The ncurses library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known as XSI
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
The library uses the locale which the calling program has initialized.
That is normally done with setlocale:
- setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
+ setlocale(LC_ALL,"");
If the locale is not initialized, the library assumes that characters
are printable as in ISO-8859-1, to work with certain legacy programs.
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@
screen oriented programs want this), the following sequence should be
used:
- initscr();cbreak();noecho();
+ initscr();cbreak();noecho();
Most programs would additionally use the sequence:
- nonl();
- intrflush(stdscr,FALSE);
- keypad(stdscr,TRUE);
+ nonl();
+ intrflush(stdscr,FALSE);
+ keypad(stdscr,TRUE);
Before a curses program is run, the tab stops of the terminal should be
set and its initialization strings, if defined, must be output. This
@@ -176,17 +176,17 @@
standard place. For example, if TERM is set to att4424, then the com-
piled terminal definition is found in
- /usr/share/terminfo/a/att4424.
+ /usr/share/terminfo/a/att4424.
(The a is copied from the first letter of att4424 to avoid creation of
huge directories.) However, if TERMINFO is set to $HOME/myterms,
curses first checks
- $HOME/myterms/a/att4424,
+ $HOME/myterms/a/att4424,
and if that fails, it then checks
- /usr/share/terminfo/a/att4424.
+ /usr/share/terminfo/a/att4424.
This is useful for developing experimental definitions or when write
permission in /usr/share/terminfo is not available.
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@
Tells ncurses where your home directory is. That is where it may read
and write auxiliary terminal descriptions:
- $HOME/.termcap
- $HOME/.terminfo
+ $HOME/.termcap
+ $HOME/.terminfo
@@ -849,9 +849,9 @@
tons on the mouse. OS/2 numbers a 3-button mouse inconsistently from
other platforms:
- 1 = left
- 2 = right
- 3 = middle.
+ 1 = left
+ 2 = right
+ 3 = middle.
This variable lets you customize the mouse. The variable must be three
numeric digits 1-3 in any order, e.g., 123 or 321. If it is not speci-
@@ -1047,11 +1047,11 @@
o If ncurses is built to use hashed databases, then each entry in
this list may be the path of a hashed database file, e.g.,
- /usr/share/terminfo.db
+ /usr/share/terminfo.db
rather than
- /usr/share/terminfo/
+ /usr/share/terminfo/
The hashed database uses less disk-space and is a little faster
than the directory tree. However, some applications assume the
@@ -1066,8 +1066,8 @@
the remainder of that variable as a compiled terminal description.
You might produce the base64 format using infocmp(1m):
- TERMINFO="$(infocmp -0 -Q2 -q)"
- export TERMINFO
+ TERMINFO="$(infocmp -0 -Q2 -q)"
+ export TERMINFO
The compiled description is used if it corresponds to the terminal
identified by the TERM variable.
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
If the TERMPATH environment variable is not set, ncurses looks in the
files
- /etc/termcap, /usr/share/misc/termcap and $HOME/.termcap,
+ /etc/termcap, /usr/share/misc/termcap and $HOME/.termcap,
in that order.
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@
the current user is the superuser (root), or if the application uses
setuid or setgid permissions:
- $TERMINFO, $TERMINFO_DIRS, $TERMPATH, as well as $HOME.
+ $TERMINFO, $TERMINFO_DIRS, $TERMPATH, as well as $HOME.
@@ -1132,14 +1132,14 @@
--disable-overwrite
The standard include for ncurses is as noted in SYNOPSIS:
- #include<curses.h>
+ #include<curses.h>
This option is used to avoid filename conflicts when ncurses is
not the main implementation of curses of the computer. If ncurses
is installed disabling overwrite, it puts its headers in a subdi-
rectory, e.g.,
- #include<ncurses/curses.h>
+ #include<ncurses/curses.h>
It also omits a symbolic link which would allow you to use
-lcurses to build executables.
@@ -1150,11 +1150,11 @@
ent subdirectory. All of the library names have a "w" appended to
them, i.e., instead of
- -lncurses
+ -lncurses
you link with
- -lncursesw
+ -lncursesw
You must also define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED when compiling for the
wide-character library to use the extended (wide-character) func-
@@ -1205,6 +1205,7 @@
terminfo(5) and related pages whose names begin "curs_" for detailed
routine descriptions.
curs_variables(3x)
+ user_caps(5) for user-defined capabilities
@@ -1222,7 +1223,7 @@
The ncurses library includes facilities for responding to window resiz-
ing events, e.g., when running in an xterm. See the resizeterm(3x) and
wresize(3x) manual pages for details. In addition, the library may be
- configured with a SIGWINCH handler.
+ configured with a SIGWINCH handler.
The ncurses library extends the fixed set of function key capabilities
of terminals by allowing the application designer to define additional