- This implementation (unlike others) can accept both <EM>termcap</EM> and <EM>ter-</EM>
- <EM>minfo</EM> names for the <EM>capname</EM> feature, if <EM>termcap</EM> support is compiled in.
- However, the predefined <EM>termcap</EM> and <EM>terminfo</EM> names have two ambiguities
- in this case (and the <EM>terminfo</EM> name is assumed):
+ Besides providing more reliable operation than AT&T's utility, a
+ portability problem is introduced by this analysis: An OpenBSD
+ developer adapted the internal library function from ncurses to
+ port NetBSD's termcap-based <STRONG>tput</STRONG> to terminfo. That had been
+ modified to interpret multiple commands on a line. Portable
+ applications should not rely upon this feature; ncurses provides it
+ to support applications written specifically for OpenBSD.
+
+ This implementation (unlike others) can accept both <EM>termcap</EM> and
+ <EM>terminfo</EM> names for the <EM>capname</EM> feature, if <EM>termcap</EM> support is compiled
+ in. However, the predefined <EM>termcap</EM> and <EM>terminfo</EM> names have two
+ ambiguities in this case (and the <EM>terminfo</EM> name is assumed):