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diff --git a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
index 9a946e91..d92016ce 100644
--- a/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
@@ -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 20170812).
+ This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170819).
The ncurses library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known as XSI
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
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/local/ncurses/lib/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,
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@
and if that fails, it then checks
- /usr/share/terminfo/a/att4424.
+ /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo/a/att4424.
This is useful for developing experimental definitions or when write
- permission in /usr/share/terminfo is not available.
+ permission in /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo is not available.
The integer variables LINES and COLS are defined in <curses.h> and will
be filled in by initscr with the size of the screen. The constants
@@ -1091,13 +1091,14 @@
o /usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo (corre-
sponding to the TERMINFO_DIRS variable)
- o /usr/share/terminfo (corresponding to the TERMINFO variable)
+ o /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo (corresponding to the TER-
+ MINFO variable)
- Specifies a list of locations to search for terminal descriptions.
- Each location in the list is a terminal database as described in the
- section on the TERMINFO variable. The list is separated by colons
+ Specifies a list of locations to search for terminal descriptions.
+ Each location in the list is a terminal database as described in the
+ section on the TERMINFO variable. The list is separated by colons
(i.e., ":") on Unix, semicolons on OS/2 EMX.
There is no corresponding feature in System V terminfo; it is an exten-
@@ -1105,11 +1106,11 @@
- If TERMCAP does not hold a file name then ncurses checks the TERMPATH
- environment variable. This is a list of filenames separated by spaces
+ If TERMCAP does not hold a file name then ncurses checks the TERMPATH
+ environment variable. This is a list of filenames separated by spaces
or colons (i.e., ":") on Unix, semicolons on OS/2 EMX.
- If the TERMPATH environment variable is not set, ncurses looks in the
+ If the TERMPATH environment variable is not set, ncurses looks in the
files
/etc/termcap, /usr/share/misc/termcap and $HOME/.termcap,
@@ -1117,7 +1118,7 @@
in that order.
The library may be configured to disregard the following variables when
- the current user is the superuser (root), or if the application uses
+ the current user is the superuser (root), or if the application uses
setuid or setgid permissions:
$TERMINFO, $TERMINFO_DIRS, $TERMPATH, as well as $HOME.
@@ -1125,8 +1126,8 @@
Several different configurations are possible, depending on the config-
- ure script options used when building ncurses. There are a few main
- options whose effects are visible to the applications developer using
+ ure script options used when building ncurses. There are a few main
+ options whose effects are visible to the applications developer using
ncurses:
--disable-overwrite
@@ -1134,19 +1135,19 @@
#include <curses.h>
- This option is used to avoid filename conflicts when ncurses is
+ 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-
+ is installed disabling overwrite, it puts its headers in a subdi-
rectory, e.g.,
#include <ncurses/curses.h>
- It also omits a symbolic link which would allow you to use
+ It also omits a symbolic link which would allow you to use
-lcurses to build executables.
--enable-widec
- The configure script renames the library and (if the --dis-
- able-overwrite option is used) puts the header files in a differ-
+ The configure script renames the library and (if the --dis-
+ able-overwrite option is used) puts the header files in a differ-
ent subdirectory. All of the library names have a "w" appended to
them, i.e., instead of
@@ -1157,23 +1158,23 @@
-lncursesw
You must also define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED when compiling for the
- wide-character library to use the extended (wide-character) func-
- tions. The curses.h file which is installed for the wide-charac-
+ wide-character library to use the extended (wide-character) func-
+ tions. The curses.h file which is installed for the wide-charac-
ter library is designed to be compatible with the normal library's
- header. Only the size of the WINDOW structure differs, and very
- few applications require more than a pointer to WINDOWs. If the
+ header. Only the size of the WINDOW structure differs, and very
+ few applications require more than a pointer to WINDOWs. If the
headers are installed allowing overwrite, the wide-character
- library's headers should be installed last, to allow applications
+ library's headers should be installed last, to allow applications
to be built using either library from the same set of headers.
--with-pthread
- The configure script renames the library. All of the library
- names have a "t" appended to them (before any "w" added by
+ The configure script renames the library. All of the library
+ names have a "t" appended to them (before any "w" added by
--enable-widec).
The global variables such as LINES are replaced by macros to allow
read-only access. At the same time, setter-functions are provided
- to set these values. Some applications (very few) may require
+ to set these values. Some applications (very few) may require
changes to work with this convention.
--with-shared
@@ -1183,22 +1184,23 @@
--with-debug
--with-profile
- The shared and normal (static) library names differ by their suf-
- fixes, e.g., libncurses.so and libncurses.a. The debug and pro-
- filing libraries add a "_g" and a "_p" to the root names respec-
+ The shared and normal (static) library names differ by their suf-
+ fixes, e.g., libncurses.so and libncurses.a. The debug and pro-
+ filing libraries add a "_g" and a "_p" to the root names respec-
tively, e.g., libncurses_g.a and libncurses_p.a.
--with-trace
- The trace function normally resides in the debug library, but it
+ The trace function normally resides in the debug library, but it
is sometimes useful to configure this in the shared library. Con-
- figure scripts should check for the function's existence rather
+ figure scripts should check for the function's existence rather
than assuming it is always in the debug library.
/usr/share/tabset
- directory containing initialization files for the terminal capa-
- bility database /usr/share/terminfo terminal capability database
+ directory containing initialization files for the terminal capa-
+ bility database /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo terminal capabil-
+ ity database