ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211120

[ncurses.git] / man / tset.1

diff --git a/man/tset.1 b/man/tset.1
index a2926dba4ac4458dd4ae7b127f2f7b89b2f7371e..063f5066eea47ffe27f1a7355991d026392374de 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tset.1
+++ b/man/tset.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: tset.1,v 1.56 2021/06/17 21:26:02 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tset.1,v 1.58 2021/09/18 21:21:55 tom Exp $

 .TH @TSET@ 1 ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .TH @TSET@ 1 ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``


@@ -150,19 +150,19 @@ The options are as follows:
 .B \-c
 Set control characters and modes.
 .TP 5
 .B \-c
 Set control characters and modes.
 .TP 5

-.B \-e
+.BI \-e\  ch

 Set the erase character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP
 .B \-I
 Do not send the terminal or tab initialization strings to the terminal.
 .TP
 Set the erase character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP
 .B \-I
 Do not send the terminal or tab initialization strings to the terminal.
 .TP

-.B \-i
+.BI \-i\  ch

 Set the interrupt character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP
 Set the interrupt character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP

-.B \-k
+.BI \-k\  ch

 Set the line kill character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP
 Set the line kill character to \fIch\fR.
 .TP

-.B \-m
+.BI \-m\  mapping

 Specify a mapping from a port type to a terminal.
 See the section
 .B TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING
 Specify a mapping from a port type to a terminal.
 See the section
 .B TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING


@@ -284,33 +284,24 @@ and that \fBcsh\fR users insert a backslash character (\*(``\e\*('') before
 any exclamation marks (\*(``!\*('').
 .SH HISTORY
 .PP
 any exclamation marks (\*(``!\*('').
 .SH HISTORY
 .PP

-A \fBreset\fP command appeared in 2BSD (April 1979), written by Kurt Shoens.
+A \fBreset\fP command appeared in 1BSD (March 1978), written by Kurt Shoens.

 This program set the \fIerase\fP and \fIkill\fP characters
 to \fB^H\fP (backspace) and \fB@\fP respectively.
 Mark Horton improved that in 3BSD (October 1979), adding
 \fIintr\fP, \fIquit\fP, \fIstart\fP/\fIstop\fP and \fIeof\fP characters
 as well as changing the program to avoid modifying any user settings.
 This program set the \fIerase\fP and \fIkill\fP characters
 to \fB^H\fP (backspace) and \fB@\fP respectively.
 Mark Horton improved that in 3BSD (October 1979), adding
 \fIintr\fP, \fIquit\fP, \fIstart\fP/\fIstop\fP and \fIeof\fP characters
 as well as changing the program to avoid modifying any user settings.

+That version of \fBreset\fP did not use the termcap database.

 .PP
 .PP

-Later in 4.1BSD (December 1980),
-Mark Horton added a call to the \fBtset\fP program
-using the \fB\-I\fP and \fB\-Q\fP options, i.e.,
-using that to improve the terminal modes.
-With those options,
-that version of \fBreset\fP did not use the termcap database.
-.PP
-A separate \fBtset\fP command was provided in 2BSD by Eric Allman.
-While the oldest published source (from 1979)
-provides both \fBtset\fP and \fBreset\fP,
-Allman's comments in the 2BSD source code indicate
+A separate \fBtset\fP command was provided in 1BSD by Eric Allman,
+using the termcap database.
+Allman's comments in the source code indicate

 that he began work in October 1977,
 continuing development over the next few years.
 .PP
 that he began work in October 1977,
 continuing development over the next few years.
 .PP

-In September 1980, Eric Allman modified \fBtset\fP,
-adding the code from the existing \*(``reset\*(''
-feature when \fBtset\fP was invoked as \fBreset\fP.
-Rather than simply copying the existing program,
-in this merged version, \fBtset\fP used the termcap database
-to do additional (re)initialization of the terminal.
+According to comments in the source code,
+the \fBtset\fP program was modified in September 1980,
+to use logic copied from the 3BSD \*(``reset\*(''
+when it was invoked as \fBreset\fP.

 This version appeared in 4.1cBSD, late in 1982.
 .PP
 Other developers (e.g., Keith Bostic and Jim Bloom)
 This version appeared in 4.1cBSD, late in 1982.
 .PP
 Other developers (e.g., Keith Bostic and Jim Bloom)