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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
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-  * Copyright (c) 1998-2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+  * Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
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@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
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-  * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.18 2010/07/31 16:08:48 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.21 2013/03/09 22:11:36 tom Exp @
   * Head of terminfo man page ends here
-  * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.55 2011/12/17 23:19:59 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.61 2013/03/03 00:06:39 tom Exp @
   * Beginning of terminfo.tail file
   * This file is part of ncurses.
   * See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
        nals by giving a set of capabilities which they  have,  by
        specifying how to perform screen operations, and by speci-
        fying padding requirements and  initialization  sequences.
-       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20120107).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20130518).
 
        Entries in <EM>terminfo</EM> consist of a sequence of `,' separated
        fields (embedded commas may be escaped with a backslash or
@@ -106,14 +106,13 @@
        Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should
        be chosen using the following conventions.  The particular
        piece of hardware making up the  terminal  should  have  a
-       root  name, thus ``hp2621''.  This name should not contain
+       root  name,  thus  "hp2621".  This name should not contain
        hyphens.  Modes that the hardware can be in, or user pref-
        erences,  should  be indicated by appending a hyphen and a
        mode suffix.  Thus, a vt100 in 132 column  mode  would  be
        vt100-w.  The following suffixes should be used where pos-
        sible:
 
-
       <STRONG>Suffix</STRONG>                  <STRONG>Meaning</STRONG>                   <STRONG>Example</STRONG>
       -<EM>nn</EM>      Number of lines on the screen            aaa-60
       -<EM>n</EM>p      Number of pages of memory                c100-4p
@@ -126,14 +125,14 @@
       -ns      No status line                           hp2626-ns
       -rv      Reverse video                            c100-rv
       -s       Enable status line                       vt100-s
-
       -vb      Use visible bell instead of beep         wy370-vb
+
       -w       Wide mode (&gt; 80 columns, usually 132)    vt100-w
 
        For more on terminal naming conventions, see  the  <STRONG>term(7)</STRONG>
        manual page.
 
-   <STRONG>Capabilities</STRONG>
+   <STRONG>Predefined</STRONG> <STRONG>Capabilities</STRONG>
        The  following  is  a  complete  table of the capabilities
        included in a terminfo description block and available  to
        terminfo-using code.  In each line of the table,
@@ -176,133 +175,134 @@
        These are the boolean capabilities:
 
 
-               <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>          <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>  <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>      <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
-               <STRONG>Booleans</STRONG>          <STRONG>name</STRONG>  <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
-       auto_left_margin          bw    bw    cub1 wraps from col-
+               <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>          <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>   <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>     <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
+               <STRONG>Booleans</STRONG>          <STRONG>name</STRONG>   <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
+       auto_left_margin          bw     bw   cub1 wraps from col-
                                              umn 0 to last column
-       auto_right_margin         am    am    terminal has auto-
+       auto_right_margin         am     am   terminal has auto-
                                              matic margins
-       back_color_erase          bce   ut    screen erased with
+       back_color_erase          bce    ut   screen erased with
                                              background color
-       can_change                ccc   cc    terminal can re-
+       can_change                ccc    cc   terminal can re-
                                              define existing col-
                                              ors
-       ceol_standout_glitch      xhp   xs    standout not erased
+       ceol_standout_glitch      xhp    xs   standout not erased
                                              by overwriting (hp)
-       col_addr_glitch           xhpa  YA    only positive motion
+       col_addr_glitch           xhpa   YA   only positive motion
                                              for hpa/mhpa caps
 
 
-       cpi_changes_res           cpix  YF    changing character
+
+       cpi_changes_res           cpix   YF   changing character
                                              pitch changes reso-
                                              lution
-       cr_cancels_micro_mode     crxm  YB    using cr turns off
+       cr_cancels_micro_mode     crxm   YB   using cr turns off
                                              micro mode
-       dest_tabs_magic_smso      xt    xt    tabs destructive,
+       dest_tabs_magic_smso      xt     xt   tabs destructive,
                                              magic so char
                                              (t1061)
-       eat_newline_glitch        xenl  xn    newline ignored
+       eat_newline_glitch        xenl   xn   newline ignored
                                              after 80 cols (con-
                                              cept)
-       erase_overstrike          eo    eo    can erase over-
+       erase_overstrike          eo     eo   can erase over-
                                              strikes with a blank
-       generic_type              gn    gn    generic line type
-       hard_copy                 hc    hc    hardcopy terminal
-       hard_cursor               chts  HC    cursor is hard to
+       generic_type              gn     gn   generic line type
+       hard_copy                 hc     hc   hardcopy terminal
+       hard_cursor               chts   HC   cursor is hard to
                                              see
-       has_meta_key              km    km    Has a meta key
+       has_meta_key              km     km   Has a meta key
                                              (i.e., sets 8th-bit)
-       has_print_wheel           daisy YC    printer needs opera-
+       has_print_wheel           daisy  YC   printer needs opera-
                                              tor to change char-
                                              acter set
-       has_status_line           hs    hs    has extra status
+       has_status_line           hs     hs   has extra status
                                              line
-       hue_lightness_saturation  hls   hl    terminal uses only
+       hue_lightness_saturation  hls    hl   terminal uses only
                                              HLS color notation
                                              (Tektronix)
-       insert_null_glitch        in    in    insert mode distin-
+       insert_null_glitch        in     in   insert mode distin-
                                              guishes nulls
-       lpi_changes_res           lpix  YG    changing line pitch
+       lpi_changes_res           lpix   YG   changing line pitch
                                              changes resolution
-       memory_above              da    da    display may be
+       memory_above              da     da   display may be
                                              retained above the
                                              screen
-       memory_below              db    db    display may be
+       memory_below              db     db   display may be
                                              retained below the
                                              screen
-       move_insert_mode          mir   mi    safe to move while
+       move_insert_mode          mir    mi   safe to move while
                                              in insert mode
-       move_standout_mode        msgr  ms    safe to move while
+       move_standout_mode        msgr   ms   safe to move while
                                              in standout mode
-       needs_xon_xoff            nxon  nx    padding will not
+       needs_xon_xoff            nxon   nx   padding will not
                                              work, xon/xoff
                                              required
-       no_esc_ctlc               xsb   xb    beehive (f1=escape,
+       no_esc_ctlc               xsb    xb   beehive (f1=escape,
                                              f2=ctrl C)
-       no_pad_char               npc   NP    pad character does
+       no_pad_char               npc    NP   pad character does
                                              not exist
-       non_dest_scroll_region    ndscr ND    scrolling region is
+       non_dest_scroll_region    ndscr  ND   scrolling region is
                                              non-destructive
-       non_rev_rmcup             nrrmc NR    smcup does not
+       non_rev_rmcup             nrrmc  NR   smcup does not
                                              reverse rmcup
-       over_strike               os    os    terminal can over-
+       over_strike               os     os   terminal can over-
                                              strike
-       prtr_silent               mc5i  5i    printer will not
+       prtr_silent               mc5i   5i   printer will not
                                              echo on screen
-       row_addr_glitch           xvpa  YD    only positive motion
+       row_addr_glitch           xvpa   YD   only positive motion
                                              for vpa/mvpa caps
-       semi_auto_right_margin    sam   YE    printing in last
+       semi_auto_right_margin    sam    YE   printing in last
                                              column causes cr
-       status_line_esc_ok        eslok es    escape can be used
+       status_line_esc_ok        eslok  es   escape can be used
                                              on the status line
-       tilde_glitch              hz    hz    cannot print ~'s
+       tilde_glitch              hz     hz   cannot print ~'s
                                              (hazeltine)
 
 
-       transparent_underline     ul    ul    underline character
+       transparent_underline     ul     ul   underline character
                                              overstrikes
-       xon_xoff                  xon   xo    terminal uses
+       xon_xoff                  xon    xo   terminal uses
                                              xon/xoff handshaking
 
        These are the numeric capabilities:
 
 
-            <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>         <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>     <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>       <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>Numeric</STRONG>         <STRONG>name</STRONG>     <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
-       columns               cols     co     number of columns in
+               <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>          <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>   <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>     <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
+                <STRONG>Numeric</STRONG>          <STRONG>name</STRONG>   <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
+       columns                   cols   co   number of columns in
                                              a line
-       init_tabs             it       it     tabs initially every
+       init_tabs                 it     it   tabs initially every
                                              # spaces
-       label_height          lh       lh     rows in each label
-       label_width           lw       lw     columns in each
+       label_height              lh     lh   rows in each label
+       label_width               lw     lw   columns in each
                                              label
-       lines                 lines    li     number of lines on
+       lines                     lines  li   number of lines on
                                              screen or page
-       lines_of_memory       lm       lm     lines of memory if &gt;
+       lines_of_memory           lm     lm   lines of memory if &gt;
                                              line. 0 means varies
-       magic_cookie_glitch   xmc      sg     number of blank
+       magic_cookie_glitch       xmc    sg   number of blank
                                              characters left by
                                              smso or rmso
-       max_attributes        ma       ma     maximum combined
+       max_attributes            ma     ma   maximum combined
                                              attributes terminal
                                              can handle
-       max_colors            colors   Co     maximum number of
+       max_colors                colors Co   maximum number of
                                              colors on screen
-       max_pairs             pairs    pa     maximum number of
+       max_pairs                 pairs  pa   maximum number of
                                              color-pairs on the
                                              screen
-       maximum_windows       wnum     MW     maximum number of
+       maximum_windows           wnum   MW   maximum number of
                                              defineable windows
-       no_color_video        ncv      NC     video attributes
+       no_color_video            ncv    NC   video attributes
                                              that cannot be used
                                              with colors
-       num_labels            nlab     Nl     number of labels on
+       num_labels                nlab   Nl   number of labels on
                                              screen
-       padding_baud_rate     pb       pb     lowest baud rate
+       padding_baud_rate         pb     pb   lowest baud rate
                                              where padding needed
-       virtual_terminal      vt       vt     virtual terminal
+       virtual_terminal          vt     vt   virtual terminal
                                              number (CB/unix)
-       width_status_line     wsl      ws     number of columns in
+       width_status_line         wsl    ws   number of columns in
                                              status line
 
        The following numeric  capabilities  are  present  in  the
@@ -310,47 +310,47 @@
        man page.  They came in with SVr4's printer support.
 
 
-             <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>         <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>    <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>       <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>Numeric</STRONG>          <STRONG>name</STRONG>    <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
-       bit_image_entwining    bitwin  Yo     number of passes for
+               <STRONG>Variable</STRONG>          <STRONG>Cap-</STRONG>   <STRONG>TCap</STRONG>     <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
+                <STRONG>Numeric</STRONG>          <STRONG>name</STRONG>   <STRONG>Code</STRONG>
+       bit_image_entwining       bitwin Yo   number of passes for
                                              each bit-image row
-       bit_image_type         bitype  Yp     type of bit-image
+       bit_image_type            bitype Yp   type of bit-image
                                              device
-       buffer_capacity        bufsz   Ya     numbers of bytes
+       buffer_capacity           bufsz  Ya   numbers of bytes
                                              buffered before
                                              printing
-       buttons                btns    BT     number of buttons on
+       buttons                   btns   BT   number of buttons on
                                              mouse
-       dot_horz_spacing       spinh   Yc     spacing of dots hor-
+       dot_horz_spacing          spinh  Yc   spacing of dots hor-
                                              izontally in dots
                                              per inch
 
-       dot_vert_spacing       spinv   Yb     spacing of pins ver-
+       dot_vert_spacing          spinv  Yb   spacing of pins ver-
                                              tically in pins per
                                              inch
-       max_micro_address      maddr   Yd     maximum value in
+       max_micro_address         maddr  Yd   maximum value in
                                              micro_..._address
-       max_micro_jump         mjump   Ye     maximum value in
+       max_micro_jump            mjump  Ye   maximum value in
                                              parm_..._micro
-       micro_col_size         mcs     Yf     character step size
+       micro_col_size            mcs    Yf   character step size
                                              when in micro mode
-       micro_line_size        mls     Yg     line step size when
+       micro_line_size           mls    Yg   line step size when
                                              in micro mode
-       number_of_pins         npins   Yh     numbers of pins in
+       number_of_pins            npins  Yh   numbers of pins in
                                              print-head
-       output_res_char        orc     Yi     horizontal resolu-
+       output_res_char           orc    Yi   horizontal resolu-
                                              tion in units per
                                              line
-       output_res_horz_inch   orhi    Yk     horizontal resolu-
+       output_res_horz_inch      orhi   Yk   horizontal resolu-
                                              tion in units per
                                              inch
-       output_res_line        orl     Yj     vertical resolution
+       output_res_line           orl    Yj   vertical resolution
                                              in units per line
-       output_res_vert_inch   orvi    Yl     vertical resolution
+       output_res_vert_inch      orvi   Yl   vertical resolution
                                              in units per inch
-       print_rate             cps     Ym     print rate in char-
+       print_rate                cps    Ym   print rate in char-
                                              acters per second
-       wide_char_size         widcs   Yn     character step size
+       wide_char_size            widcs  Yn   character step size
                                              when in double wide
                                              mode
 
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@
                                              prototype !?
        create_window             cwin   CW   define a window #1
                                              from #2,#3 to #4,#5
-       cursor_address            cup    cm   move to row #1
-                                             columns #2
+       cursor_address            cup    cm   move to row #1 col-
+                                             umns #2
        cursor_down               cud1   do   down one line
        cursor_home               home   ho   home cursor (if no
                                              cup)
@@ -904,8 +904,8 @@
        zero_motion               zerom  Zx   No motion for subse-
                                              quent character
 
-       The  following  string  capabilities  are  present  in the
-       SVr4.0 term structure, but were originally not  documented
+       The following  string  capabilities  are  present  in  the
+       SVr4.0  term structure, but were originally not documented
        in the man page.
 
 
@@ -989,13 +989,13 @@
                                                bottom margins to
                                                #1, #2
 
-        The XSI Curses standard added  these  hardcopy  capabili-
+        The  XSI  Curses  standard added these hardcopy capabili-
         ties.  They were used in some post-4.1 versions of System
         V curses, e.g., Solaris 2.5 and IRIX 6.x.  Except for <STRONG>YI</STRONG>,
         the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> termcap names for them are invented.  Accord-
-        ing to the XSI Curses  standard,  they  have  no  termcap
+        ing  to  the  XSI  Curses  standard, they have no termcap
         names.  If your compiled terminfo entries use these, they
-        may not  be  binary-compatible  with  System  V  terminfo
+        may  not  be  binary-compatible  with  System  V terminfo
         entries after SVr4.1; beware!
 
 
@@ -1022,6 +1022,48 @@
                                              tations use sL for
                                              termcap).
 
+   <STRONG>User-Defined</STRONG> <STRONG>Capabilities</STRONG>
+       The preceding section listed the <EM>predefined</EM>  capabilities.
+       They  deal  with  some  special  features for terminals no
+       longer (or possibly never) produced.   Occasionally  there
+       are  special features of newer terminals which are awkward
+       or impossible to represent by reusing the predefined capa-
+       bilities.
+
+       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> addresses this limitation by allowing user-defined
+       capabilities.  The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> and <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> programs provide the <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
+       option  for  this  purpose.   When  <STRONG>-x</STRONG>  is set, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> treats
+       unknown capabilities as user-defined.   That  is,  if  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>
+       encounters  a capability name which it does not recognize,
+       it infers its type (boolean, number or  string)  from  the
+       syntax and makes an extended table entry for that capabil-
+       ity.  The <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG> function makes this  informa-
+       tion conditionally available to applications.  The ncurses
+       library provides the data leaving most of the behavior  to
+       applications:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   User-defined capability strings whose name begins with
+           "k" are treated as function keys.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The types (boolean, number, string) determined by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>
+           can be inferred by successful calls on <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, etc.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  capability name happens to be two characters,
+           the capability is also available through  the  termcap
+           interface.
+
+       While termcap is said to be extensible because it does not
+       use a predefined set of capabilities, in practice  it  has
+       been  limited  to  the  capabilities  defined  by terminfo
+       implementations.  As  a  rule,  user-defined  capabilities
+       intended for use by termcap applications should be limited
+       to booleans and numbers to avoid  running  past  the  1023
+       byte  limit  assumed  by termcap implementations and their
+       applications.  In particular, providing extended  sets  of
+       function  keys  (past the 60 numbered keys and the handful
+       of special named keys) is best done using the longer names
+       available using terminfo.
+
    <STRONG>A</STRONG> <STRONG>Sample</STRONG> <STRONG>Entry</STRONG>
        The following entry, describing an ANSI-standard terminal,
        is representative of what a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry  for  a  modern
@@ -1050,14 +1092,17 @@
 
        Entries  may continue onto multiple lines by placing white
        space at the beginning of  each  line  except  the  first.
-       Comments  may  be  included on lines beginning with ``#''.
-       Capabilities in <EM>terminfo</EM> are of three types: Boolean capa-
-       bilities which indicate that the terminal has some partic-
-       ular feature, numeric capabilities giving the size of  the
-       terminal  or  the  size  of  particular delays, and string
-       capabilities, which give a sequence which can be  used  to
-       perform particular terminal operations.
+       Comments  may  be  included  on  lines beginning with "#".
+       Capabilities in <EM>terminfo</EM> are of three types:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean capabilities which indicate that the  terminal
+           has some particular feature,
 
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   numeric  capabilities  giving the size of the terminal
+           or the size of particular delays, and
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   string capabilities, which give a sequence  which  can
+           be used to perform particular terminal operations.
 
    <STRONG>Types</STRONG> <STRONG>of</STRONG> <STRONG>Capabilities</STRONG>
        All  capabilities have names.  For instance, the fact that
@@ -1082,12 +1127,32 @@
        Both <STRONG>\E</STRONG> and <STRONG>\e</STRONG> map to an ESCAPE character, <STRONG>^x</STRONG>  maps  to  a
        control-x  for  any appropriate x, and the sequences <STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>\l</STRONG>
        <STRONG>\r</STRONG> <STRONG>\t</STRONG> <STRONG>\b</STRONG> <STRONG>\f</STRONG> <STRONG>\s</STRONG> give a  newline,  line-feed,  return,  tab,
-       backspace, form-feed, and space.  Other escapes include <STRONG>\^</STRONG>
-       for <STRONG>^</STRONG>, <STRONG>\\</STRONG> for <STRONG>\</STRONG>, <STRONG>\</STRONG>, for comma, <STRONG>\:</STRONG> for <STRONG>:</STRONG>, and <STRONG>\0</STRONG> for  null.
-       (<STRONG>\0</STRONG>  will  produce \200, which does not terminate a string
-       but behaves as a null character on most terminals, provid-
-       ing  CS7 is specified.  See <STRONG><A HREF="stty.1.html">stty(1)</A></STRONG>.)  Finally, characters
-       may be given as three octal digits after a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
+       backspace, form-feed, and space.  Other escapes include
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>\^</STRONG> for <STRONG>^</STRONG>,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>\\</STRONG> for <STRONG>\</STRONG>,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>\</STRONG>, for comma,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>\:</STRONG> for <STRONG>:</STRONG>,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>\0</STRONG> for null.
+
+           <STRONG>\0</STRONG>  will  produce  \200,  which  does  not terminate a
+           string but behaves as a null character on most  termi-
+           nals, providing CS7 is specified.  See <STRONG><A HREF="stty.1.html">stty(1)</A></STRONG>.
+
+           The  reason  for this quirk is to maintain binary com-
+           patibility of the compiled terminfo files  with  other
+           implementations,  e.g.,  the SVr4 systems, which docu-
+           ment this.  Compiled terminfo  files  use  null-termi-
+           nated  strings, with no lengths.  Modifying this would
+           require a new binary format, which would not work with
+           other implementations.
+
+       Finally,  characters  may  be  given as three octal digits
+       after a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
 
        A delay in milliseconds may appear anywhere  in  a  string
        capability,  enclosed in $&lt;..&gt; brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;,
@@ -1110,87 +1175,95 @@
        To do this, put a period before the capability name.   For
        example, see the second <STRONG>ind</STRONG> in the example above.
 
-
    <STRONG>Fetching</STRONG> <STRONG>Compiled</STRONG> <STRONG>Descriptions</STRONG>
-       If  the environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is inter-
-       preted as the pathname of a directory containing the  com-
-       piled description you are working on.  Only that directory
-       is searched.
-
-       If TERMINFO is not set, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version  of  the  ter-
-       minfo  reader  code  will  instead  look  in the directory
-       <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled description.  If  it  fails
-       to  find  one  there,  and  the  environment variable TER-
-       MINFO_DIRS is set, it will interpret the contents of  that
-       variable  as  a  list  of colon- separated directories (or
-       database files) to be searched (an empty entry  is  inter-
-       preted as a command to search <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>).  If no
-       description is found in any of the TERMINFO_DIRS  directo-
-       ries, the fetch fails.
-
-       If  neither  TERMINFO  nor  TERMINFO_DIRS is set, the last
-       place  tried  will  be  the  system  terminfo   directory,
-       <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>.
-
-       (Neither  the  <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG>  lookups  nor TERMINFO_DIRS
-       extensions  are  supported  under  stock  System  V   ter-
-       minfo/curses.)
+       The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library searches for terminal descriptions in
+       several places.  It uses only the first description found.
+       The  library  has  a  compiled-in list of places to search
+       which can be overridden by environment variables.   Before
+       starting  to  search, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> eliminates duplicates in its
+       search list.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the environment variable TERMINFO  is  set,  it  is
+           interpreted  as the pathname of a directory containing
+           the compiled description you  are  working  on.   Only
+           that directory is searched.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  TERMINFO  is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in
+           the directory <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled  descrip-
+           tion.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Next,  if  the  environment  variable TERMINFO_DIRS is
+           set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will interpret the contents of that vari-
+           able  as  a  list  of  colon-separated directories (or
+           database files) to be searched.
+
+           An empty directory name (i.e., if the variable  begins
+           or  ends  with a colon, or contains adacent colons) is
+           interpreted as  the  system  location  <EM>/usr/share/ter-</EM>
+           <EM>minfo</EM>.
 
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Finally, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> searches these compiled-in locations:
+
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a           list           of          directories
+               (/usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo:/usr/share/ter-
+               minfo), and
+
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the system terminfo directory, <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
+               (the compiled-in default).
 
    <STRONG>Preparing</STRONG> <STRONG>Descriptions</STRONG>
-       We  now  outline how to prepare descriptions of terminals.
-       The most effective way to prepare a  terminal  description
-       is  by  imitating the description of a similar terminal in
-       <EM>terminfo</EM> and to build up a  description  gradually,  using
+       We now outline how to prepare descriptions  of  terminals.
+       The  most  effective way to prepare a terminal description
+       is by imitating the description of a similar  terminal  in
+       <EM>terminfo</EM>  and  to  build up a description gradually, using
        partial descriptions with <EM>vi</EM> or some other screen-oriented
-       program to check that they are correct.  Be aware  that  a
+       program  to  check that they are correct.  Be aware that a
        very unusual terminal may expose deficiencies in the abil-
-       ity of the <EM>terminfo</EM> file to describe it  or  bugs  in  the
+       ity  of  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  file to describe it or bugs in the
        screen-handling code of the test program.
 
-       To  get the padding for insert line right (if the terminal
+       To get the padding for insert line right (if the  terminal
        manufacturer did not document it) a severe test is to edit
-       a  large file at 9600 baud, delete 16 or so lines from the
-       middle of the screen, then hit the `u' key  several  times
-       quickly.   If the terminal messes up, more padding is usu-
-       ally needed.  A similar test can be used for insert  char-
+       a large file at 9600 baud, delete 16 or so lines from  the
+       middle  of  the screen, then hit the `u' key several times
+       quickly.  If the terminal messes up, more padding is  usu-
+       ally  needed.  A similar test can be used for insert char-
        acter.
 
-
    <STRONG>Basic</STRONG> <STRONG>Capabilities</STRONG>
-       The  number  of  columns  on each line for the terminal is
-       given by the <STRONG>cols</STRONG> numeric capability.  If the terminal  is
-       a  CRT, then the number of lines on the screen is given by
+       The number of columns on each line  for  the  terminal  is
+       given  by the <STRONG>cols</STRONG> numeric capability.  If the terminal is
+       a CRT, then the number of lines on the screen is given  by
        the <STRONG>lines</STRONG> capability.  If the terminal wraps around to the
-       beginning  of the next line when it reaches the right mar-
+       beginning of the next line when it reaches the right  mar-
        gin, then it should have the <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability.  If the termi-
-       nal  can  clear its screen, leaving the cursor in the home
-       position, then this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string  capabil-
-       ity.   If the terminal overstrikes (rather than clearing a
-       position when a character is struck over) then  it  should
-       have  the  <STRONG>os</STRONG>  capability.   If the terminal is a printing
-       terminal, with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and  <STRONG>os</STRONG>.
-       (<STRONG>os</STRONG>  applies to storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX
-       4010 series, as well as hard copy and APL terminals.)   If
+       nal can clear its screen, leaving the cursor in  the  home
+       position,  then this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capabil-
+       ity.  If the terminal overstrikes (rather than clearing  a
+       position  when  a character is struck over) then it should
+       have the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability.  If the  terminal  is  a  printing
+       terminal,  with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and <STRONG>os</STRONG>.
+       (<STRONG>os</STRONG> applies to storage scope terminals, such as  TEKTRONIX
+       4010  series, as well as hard copy and APL terminals.)  If
        there is a code to move the cursor to the left edge of the
        current row, give this as <STRONG>cr</STRONG>.  (Normally this will be car-
-       riage  return,  control M.)  If there is a code to produce
+       riage return, control M.)  If there is a code  to  produce
        an audible signal (bell, beep, etc) give this as <STRONG>bel</STRONG>.
 
-       If there is a code to move the cursor one position to  the
-       left  (such  as backspace) that capability should be given
-       as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>.  Similarly, codes to move to the right,  up,  and
+       If  there is a code to move the cursor one position to the
+       left (such as backspace) that capability should  be  given
+       as  <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>.   Similarly, codes to move to the right, up, and
        down should be given as <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cud1</STRONG>.  These local
-       cursor motions should not alter the text they  pass  over,
-       for  example,  you would not normally use `<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= ' because
+       cursor  motions  should not alter the text they pass over,
+       for example, you would not normally use  `<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= '  because
        the space would erase the character moved over.
 
-       A very important point  here  is  that  the  local  cursor
-       motions  encoded in <EM>terminfo</EM> are undefined at the left and
-       top edges  of  a  CRT  terminal.   Programs  should  never
-       attempt  to  backspace  around the left edge, unless <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is
+       A  very  important  point  here  is  that the local cursor
+       motions encoded in <EM>terminfo</EM> are undefined at the left  and
+       top  edges  of  a  CRT  terminal.   Programs  should never
+       attempt to backspace around the left edge,  unless  <STRONG>bw</STRONG>  is
        given, and never attempt to go up locally off the top.  In
-       order  to  scroll text up, a program will go to the bottom
+       order to scroll text up, a program will go to  the  bottom
        left corner of the screen and send the <STRONG>ind</STRONG> (index) string.
 
        To scroll text down, a program goes to the top left corner
@@ -1234,7 +1307,6 @@
             am, bel=^G, clear=^Z, cols#80, cr=^M, cub1=^H, cud1=^J,
             ind=^J, lines#24,
 
-
    <STRONG>Parameterized</STRONG> <STRONG>Strings</STRONG>
        Cursor  addressing  and other strings requiring parameters
        in the terminal are described by  a  parameterized  string
@@ -1256,7 +1328,6 @@
 
        The <STRONG>%</STRONG> encodings have the following meanings:
 
-
        %%   outputs `%'
 
        %<EM>[[</EM>:<EM>]flags][width[.precision]][</EM>doxXs<EM>]</EM>
@@ -1329,20 +1400,20 @@
             where ci are conditions, bi are bodies.
 
             Use the <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> or <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to see the struc-
-            ture of if-then-else's.  Some strings, e.g., <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>  can
+            ture  of if-then-else's.  Some strings, e.g., <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> can
             be very complicated when written on one line.  The <STRONG>-f</STRONG>
-            option splits the string into lines  with  the  parts
+            option  splits  the  string into lines with the parts
             indented.
 
        Binary operations are in postfix form with the operands in
-       the usual order.  That  is,  to  get  x-5  one  would  use
-       "%gx%{5}%-".   %P  and  %g variables are persistent across
+       the  usual  order.   That  is,  to  get  x-5 one would use
+       "%gx%{5}%-".  %P and %g variables  are  persistent  across
        escape-string evaluations.
 
        Consider the HP2645, which, to get to row 3 and column 12,
-       needs  to  be  sent  \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.
-       Note that the order of the rows and  columns  is  inverted
-       here,  and that the row and column are printed as two dig-
+       needs to be sent \E&amp;a12c03Y  padded  for  6  milliseconds.
+       Note  that  the  order of the rows and columns is inverted
+       here, and that the row and column are printed as two  dig-
        its.  Thus its <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is "cup=6\E&amp;%p2%2dc%p1%2dY".
 
        The Microterm ACT-IV needs the current row and column sent
@@ -1365,7 +1436,6 @@
        ter.  Then the same is  done  for  the  second  parameter.
        More complex arithmetic is possible using the stack.
 
-
    <STRONG>Cursor</STRONG> <STRONG>Motions</STRONG>
        If the terminal has a fast way to home the cursor (to very
        upper left corner of screen) then this  can  be  given  as
@@ -1405,7 +1475,6 @@
        <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> sequence is output (to the state prior to outputting
        <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>), specify <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG>.
 
-
    <STRONG>Area</STRONG> <STRONG>Clears</STRONG>
        If the terminal can clear from the current position to the
        end of the line, leaving the  cursor  where  it  is,  this
@@ -1418,7 +1487,6 @@
        (Thus,  it can be simulated by a request to delete a large
        number of lines, if a true <STRONG>ed</STRONG> is not available.)
 
-
    <STRONG>Insert/delete</STRONG> <STRONG>line</STRONG> <STRONG>and</STRONG> <STRONG>vertical</STRONG> <STRONG>motions</STRONG>
        If the terminal can open a new blank line before the  line
        where  the cursor is, this should be given as <STRONG>il1</STRONG>; this is
@@ -1481,7 +1549,6 @@
        lines up from below or that scrolling  back  with  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  may
        bring down non-blank lines.
 
-
    <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG>
        There  are  two  basic kinds of intelligent terminals with
        respect to insert/delete character which can be  described
@@ -1492,34 +1559,36 @@
        Elmer  Owl,  make  a distinction between typed and untyped
        blanks on the screen, shifting upon an  insert  or  delete
        only  to  an  untyped  blank on the screen which is either
-       eliminated, or expanded to two untyped  blanks.   You  can
-       determine  the  kind  of terminal you have by clearing the
-       screen and then typing text separated by  cursor  motions.
-       Type  "abc    def" using local cursor motions (not spaces)
-       between the "abc" and the "def".  Then position the cursor
-       before  the "abc" and put the terminal in insert mode.  If
-       typing characters causes the rest of  the  line  to  shift
-       rigidly and characters to fall off the end, then your ter-
-       minal does not  distinguish  between  blanks  and  untyped
-       positions.   If  the  "abc" shifts over to the "def" which
-       then move together around the end of the current line  and
-       onto  the  next as you insert, you have the second type of
-       terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>, which  stands
-       for "insert null".  While these are two logically separate
-       attributes (one line versus multi-line  insert  mode,  and
-       special  treatment of untyped spaces) we have seen no ter-
-       minals whose insert mode cannot be described with the sin-
-       gle attribute.
+       eliminated, or expanded to two untyped blanks.
+
+       You can determine the kind of terminal you have by  clear-
+       ing  the  screen  and then typing text separated by cursor
+       motions.  Type "abc    def"  using  local  cursor  motions
+       (not  spaces) between the "abc" and the "def".  Then posi-
+       tion the cursor before the "abc" and put the  terminal  in
+       insert  mode.  If typing characters causes the rest of the
+       line to shift rigidly and characters to fall off the  end,
+       then your terminal does not distinguish between blanks and
+       untyped positions.  If the "abc" shifts over to the  "def"
+       which  then  move  together  around the end of the current
+       line and onto the next as you insert, you have the  second
+       type of terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>, which
+       stands for "insert null".
+
+       While these are two  logically  separate  attributes  (one
+       line  versus multi-line insert mode, and special treatment
+       of untyped spaces) we have seen no terminals whose  insert
+       mode cannot be described with the single attribute.
 
        Terminfo  can describe both terminals which have an insert
        mode, and terminals which send a simple sequence to open a
        blank  position  on  the  current  line.  Give as <STRONG>smir</STRONG> the
        sequence to get  into  insert  mode.   Give  as  <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>  the
        sequence  to  leave  insert  mode.   Now  give as <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> any
-       sequence  needed  to  be  sent  just  before  sending  the
-       character  to  be  inserted.   Most  terminals with a true
-       insert mode will not give <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>;  terminals  which  send  a
-       sequence to open a screen position should give it here.
+       sequence needed to be sent just before sending the charac-
+       ter  to  be  inserted.   Most terminals with a true insert
+       mode will not give <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>; terminals which send  a  sequence
+       to open a screen position should give it here.
 
        If  your terminal has both, insert mode is usually prefer-
        able to <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>.   Technically,  you  should  not  give  both
@@ -1546,8 +1615,8 @@
        of <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> times.
 
        If padding is necessary between characters typed while not
-       in insert mode, give this  as  a  number  of  milliseconds
-       padding in <STRONG>rmp</STRONG>.
+       in insert mode, give this as a number of milliseconds pad-
+       ding in <STRONG>rmp</STRONG>.
 
        It  is  occasionally  necessary  to  move  around while in
        insert mode to delete characters on the same  line  (e.g.,
@@ -1568,7 +1637,6 @@
        <EM>n</EM>  blanks  without  moving the cursor) can be given as <STRONG>ech</STRONG>
        with one parameter.
 
-
    <STRONG>Highlighting,</STRONG> <STRONG>Underlining,</STRONG> <STRONG>and</STRONG> <STRONG>Visible</STRONG> <STRONG>Bells</STRONG>
        If  your  terminal  has  one  or  more  kinds  of  display
        attributes,  these  can be represented in a number of dif-
@@ -1579,155 +1647,183 @@
        plus half-bright is good, or reverse  video  alone.)   The
        sequences  to  enter  and  exit standout mode are given as
        <STRONG>smso</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmso</STRONG>, respectively.  If the code to  change  into
-       or  out  of  standout  mode  leaves  one or even two blank
-       spaces on the screen, as the TVI 912 and Teleray 1061  do,
+       or  out of standout mode leaves one or even two blank spa-
+       ces on the screen, as the TVI 912  and  Teleray  1061  do,
        then <STRONG>xmc</STRONG> should be given to tell how many spaces are left.
 
-       Codes to begin underlining  and  end  underlining  can  be
-       given  as <STRONG>smul</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmul</STRONG> respectively.  If the terminal has
-       a code to underline the current  character  and  move  the
+       Codes  to  begin  underlining  and  end underlining can be
+       given as <STRONG>smul</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmul</STRONG> respectively.  If the terminal  has
+       a  code  to  underline  the current character and move the
        cursor one space to the right, such as the Microterm Mime,
        this can be given as <STRONG>uc</STRONG>.
 
-       Other capabilities to  enter  various  highlighting  modes
-       include  <STRONG>blink</STRONG>  (blinking) <STRONG>bold</STRONG> (bold or extra bright) <STRONG>dim</STRONG>
-       (dim or half-bright) <STRONG>invis</STRONG> (blanking  or  invisible  text)
-       <STRONG>prot</STRONG>  (protected)  <STRONG>rev</STRONG>  (reverse video) <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG> (turn off <EM>all</EM>
-       attribute modes)  <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>  (enter  alternate  character  set
-       mode)  and  <STRONG>rmacs</STRONG>  (exit  alternate  character  set mode).
-       Turning on any of these modes singly may or may  not  turn
+       Other  capabilities  to  enter  various highlighting modes
+       include <STRONG>blink</STRONG> (blinking) <STRONG>bold</STRONG> (bold or extra  bright)  <STRONG>dim</STRONG>
+       (dim  or  half-bright)  <STRONG>invis</STRONG> (blanking or invisible text)
+       <STRONG>prot</STRONG> (protected) <STRONG>rev</STRONG> (reverse video) <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG>  (turn  off  <EM>all</EM>
+       attribute  modes)  <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>  (enter  alternate  character set
+       mode) and  <STRONG>rmacs</STRONG>  (exit  alternate  character  set  mode).
+       Turning  on  any of these modes singly may or may not turn
        off other modes.
 
-       If  there  is  a sequence to set arbitrary combinations of
-       modes, this should be given as <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes),  tak-
-       ing  9 parameters.  Each parameter is either 0 or nonzero,
+       If there is a sequence to set  arbitrary  combinations  of
+       modes,  this should be given as <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes), tak-
+       ing 9 parameters.  Each parameter is either 0 or  nonzero,
        as the corresponding attribute is on or off.  The 9 param-
-       eters  are, in order: standout, underline, reverse, blink,
-       dim, bold, blank, protect, alternate character  set.   Not
-       all  modes  need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those for which
+       eters are, in order: standout, underline, reverse,  blink,
+       dim,  bold,  blank, protect, alternate character set.  Not
+       all modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those  for  which
        corresponding separate attribute commands exist.
 
        For example, the DEC vt220 supports most of the modes:
 
-
-            <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> <STRONG>parameter</STRONG>   <STRONG>attribute</STRONG>    <STRONG>escape</STRONG> <STRONG>sequence</STRONG>
-
-            none              none         \E[0m
-            p1                standout     \E[0;1;7m
-            p2                underline    \E[0;4m
-            p3                reverse      \E[0;7m
-            p4                blink        \E[0;5m
-            p5                dim          not available
-            p6                bold         \E[0;1m
-            p7                invis        \E[0;8m
-            p8                protect      not used
-            p9                altcharset   ^O (off) ^N (on)
-
-       We begin each escape sequence by turning off any  existing
-       modes,  since  there  is no quick way to determine whether
+        <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> <STRONG>parameter</STRONG>      <STRONG>attribute</STRONG>        <STRONG>escape</STRONG> <STRONG>sequence</STRONG>
+
+        none                 none             \E[0m
+        p1                   standout         \E[0;1;7m
+        p2                   underline        \E[0;4m
+        p3                   reverse          \E[0;7m
+        p4                   blink            \E[0;5m
+        p5                   dim              not available
+        p6                   bold             \E[0;1m
+        p7                   invis            \E[0;8m
+        p8                   protect          not used
+        p9                   altcharset       ^O (off) ^N (on)
+
+       We  begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing
+       modes, since there is no quick way  to  determine  whether
        they are active.  Standout is set up to be the combination
-       of  reverse  and  bold.   The vt220 terminal has a protect
-       mode, though it is not commonly used  in  sgr  because  it
-       protects  characters  on  the  screen from the host's era-
-       sures.  The altcharset mode also is different in  that  it
-       is  either ^O or ^N, depending on whether it is off or on.
-       If all modes are turned  on,  the  resulting  sequence  is
+       of reverse and bold.  The vt220  terminal  has  a  protect
+       mode,  though  it  is  not commonly used in sgr because it
+       protects characters on the screen  from  the  host's  era-
+       sures.   The  altcharset mode also is different in that it
+       is either ^O or ^N, depending on whether it is off or  on.
+       If  all  modes  are  turned  on, the resulting sequence is
        \E[0;1;4;5;7;8m^N.
 
-       Some  sequences  are common to different modes.  For exam-
-       ple, ;7 is output when either p1 or p3 is true,  that  is,
+       Some sequences are common to different modes.   For  exam-
+       ple,  ;7  is output when either p1 or p3 is true, that is,
        if either standout or reverse modes are turned on.
 
-       Writing  out  the above sequences, along with their depen-
+       Writing out the above sequences, along with  their  depen-
        dencies yields
 
+      <STRONG>sequence</STRONG>             <STRONG>when</STRONG> <STRONG>to</STRONG> <STRONG>output</STRONG>      <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>translation</STRONG>
 
-          <STRONG>sequence</STRONG>   <STRONG>when</STRONG> <STRONG>to</STRONG> <STRONG>output</STRONG>      <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>translation</STRONG>
 
-          \E[0       always              \E[0
-          ;1         if p1 or p6         %?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;
-          ;4         if p2               %?%p2%|%t;4%;
-          ;5         if p4               %?%p4%|%t;5%;
-          ;7         if p1 or p3         %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;
-          ;8         if p7               %?%p7%|%t;8%;
-
-          m          always              m
-          ^N or ^O   if p9 ^N, else ^O   %?%p9%t^N%e^O%;
+      \E[0                 always              \E[0
+      ;1                   if p1 or p6         %?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;
+      ;4                   if p2               %?%p2%|%t;4%;
+      ;5                   if p4               %?%p4%|%t;5%;
+      ;7                   if p1 or p3         %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;
+      ;8                   if p7               %?%p7%|%t;8%;
+      m                    always              m
+      ^N or ^O             if p9 ^N, else ^O   %?%p9%t^N%e^O%;
 
        Putting this all together into the sgr sequence gives:
 
            sgr=\E[0%?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;
                %?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
 
-       Remember that if you specify sgr, you  must  also  specify
-       sgr0.   Also, some implementations rely on sgr being given
-       if sgr0 is, Not all terminfo entries necessarily  have  an
-       sgr  string,  however.   Many terminfo entries are derived
-       from termcap entries which have no sgr string.   The  only
-       drawback  to  adding  an  sgr  string is that termcap also
-       assumes that sgr0 does not exit  alternate  character  set
+       Remember  that  if  you specify sgr, you must also specify
+       sgr0.  Also, some implementations rely on sgr being  given
+       if  sgr0  is, Not all terminfo entries necessarily have an
+       sgr string, however.  Many terminfo  entries  are  derived
+       from  termcap  entries which have no sgr string.  The only
+       drawback to adding an sgr  string  is  that  termcap  also
+       assumes  that  sgr0  does not exit alternate character set
        mode.
 
-       Terminals  with  the ``magic cookie'' glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit
-       special  ``cookies''  when   they   receive   mode-setting
-       sequences,  which affect the display algorithm rather than
-       having extra bits for  each  character.   Some  terminals,
-       such  as  the  HP  2621, automatically leave standout mode
-       when they move to a new line or the cursor  is  addressed.
-       Programs  using  standout  mode  should exit standout mode
-       before moving the cursor or sending a newline, unless  the
-       <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>  capability,  asserting  that  it  is safe to move in
+       Terminals with the "magic  cookie"  glitch  (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>)  deposit
+       special   "cookies"   when   they   receive   mode-setting
+       sequences, which affect the display algorithm rather  than
+       having  extra  bits  for  each character.  Some terminals,
+       such as the HP 2621,  automatically  leave  standout  mode
+       when  they  move to a new line or the cursor is addressed.
+       Programs using standout mode  should  exit  standout  mode
+       before  moving the cursor or sending a newline, unless the
+       <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it  is  safe  to  move  in
        standout mode, is present.
 
-       If the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to  indi-
-       cate  an  error quietly (a bell replacement) then this can
+       If  the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indi-
+       cate an error quietly (a bell replacement) then  this  can
        be given as <STRONG>flash</STRONG>; it must not move the cursor.
 
-       If the cursor needs to be made more  visible  than  normal
+       If  the  cursor  needs to be made more visible than normal
        when it is not on the bottom line (to make, for example, a
-       non-blinking underline into an easier  to  find  block  or
+       non-blinking  underline  into  an  easier to find block or
        blinking underline) give this sequence as <STRONG>cvvis</STRONG>.  If there
-       is a way to make the  cursor  completely  invisible,  give
+       is  a  way  to  make the cursor completely invisible, give
        that as <STRONG>civis</STRONG>.  The capability <STRONG>cnorm</STRONG> should be given which
        undoes the effects of both of these modes.
 
        If your terminal correctly generates underlined characters
-       (with  no  special  codes  needed) even though it does not
-       overstrike, then you should give the capability <STRONG>ul</STRONG>.  If  a
-       character  overstriking  another leaves both characters on
+       (with no special codes needed) even  though  it  does  not
+       overstrike,  then you should give the capability <STRONG>ul</STRONG>.  If a
+       character overstriking another leaves both  characters  on
        the screen, specify the capability <STRONG>os</STRONG>.  If overstrikes are
-       erasable  with  a  blank, then this should be indicated by
+       erasable with a blank, then this should  be  indicated  by
        giving <STRONG>eo</STRONG>.
 
-
    <STRONG>Keypad</STRONG> <STRONG>and</STRONG> <STRONG>Function</STRONG> <STRONG>Keys</STRONG>
        If the terminal has a keypad that transmits codes when the
-       keys  are  pressed,  this  information can be given.  Note
+       keys are pressed, this information  can  be  given.   Note
        that it is not possible to handle terminals where the key-
        pad only works in local (this applies, for example, to the
-       unshifted HP 2621 keys).  If the  keypad  can  be  set  to
-       transmit  or  not  transmit,  give these codes as <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> and
+       unshifted  HP  2621  keys).   If  the keypad can be set to
+       transmit or not transmit, give these  codes  as  <STRONG>smkx</STRONG>  and
        <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>.  Otherwise the keypad is assumed to always transmit.
+
        The  codes  sent by the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow,
        down arrow, and home keys can be given  as  <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG>
        <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG> and <STRONG>khome</STRONG> respectively.  If there are func-
        tion keys such as f0, f1, ..., f10, the  codes  they  send
        can  be  given as <STRONG>kf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf10</STRONG>.  If these keys have
        labels other than the default f0 through f10,  the  labels
-       can  be given as <STRONG>lf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf10</STRONG>.  The codes transmit-
-       ted by certain other special keys can be given: <STRONG>kll</STRONG>  (home
-       down),  <STRONG>kbs</STRONG>  (backspace),  <STRONG>ktbc</STRONG>  (clear  all  tabs), <STRONG>kctab</STRONG>
-       (clear the tab stop in this column), <STRONG>kclr</STRONG> (clear screen or
-       erase  key), <STRONG>kdch1</STRONG> (delete character), <STRONG>kdl1</STRONG> (delete line),
-       <STRONG>krmir</STRONG> (exit insert mode), <STRONG>kel</STRONG> (clear to end of line),  <STRONG>ked</STRONG>
-       (clear to end of screen), <STRONG>kich1</STRONG> (insert character or enter
-       insert mode), <STRONG>kil1</STRONG> (insert line),  <STRONG>knp</STRONG>  (next  page),  <STRONG>kpp</STRONG>
-       (previous  page),  <STRONG>kind</STRONG> (scroll forward/down), <STRONG>kri</STRONG> (scroll
-       backward/up), <STRONG>khts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in  this  column).   In
-       addition, if the keypad has a 3 by 3 array of keys includ-
-       ing the four arrow keys, the other five keys can be  given
-       as  <STRONG>ka1</STRONG>,  <STRONG>ka3</STRONG>,  <STRONG>kb2</STRONG>,  <STRONG>kc1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>kc3</STRONG>.  These keys are useful
-       when the effects of a 3 by 3 directional pad are needed.
+       can be given as <STRONG>lf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf10</STRONG>.
+
+       The codes transmitted by certain other special keys can be
+       given:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kll</STRONG> (home down),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kbs</STRONG> (backspace),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>ktbc</STRONG> (clear all tabs),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kctab</STRONG> (clear the tab stop in this column),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kclr</STRONG> (clear screen or erase key),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kdch1</STRONG> (delete character),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kdl1</STRONG> (delete line),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>krmir</STRONG> (exit insert mode),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kel</STRONG> (clear to end of line),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>ked</STRONG> (clear to end of screen),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kich1</STRONG> (insert character or enter insert mode),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kil1</STRONG> (insert line),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>knp</STRONG> (next page),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kpp</STRONG> (previous page),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kind</STRONG> (scroll forward/down),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>kri</STRONG> (scroll backward/up),
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>khts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in this column).
+
+       In addition, if the keypad has a 3  by  3  array  of  keys
+       including  the four arrow keys, the other five keys can be
+       given as <STRONG>ka1</STRONG>, <STRONG>ka3</STRONG>, <STRONG>kb2</STRONG>, <STRONG>kc1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>kc3</STRONG>.  These keys are use-
+       ful  when  the  effects  of  a  3 by 3 directional pad are
+       needed.
 
        Strings to program function keys can be  given  as  <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG>,
        <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>,  and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG>.  A string to program screen labels should
@@ -1749,12 +1845,11 @@
        or more pln sequences to make sure that the change becomes
        visible.
 
-
    <STRONG>Tabs</STRONG> <STRONG>and</STRONG> <STRONG>Initialization</STRONG>
        If the terminal has hardware tabs, the command to  advance
        to  the  next tab stop can be given as <STRONG>ht</STRONG> (usually control
-       I).  A ``back-tab'' command which moves  leftward  to  the
-       preceding tab stop can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>.  By convention, if
+       I).  A "back-tab" command which moves leftward to the pre-
+       ceding  tab  stop  can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>.  By convention, if
        the teletype modes indicate that tabs are  being  expanded
        by  the  computer  rather than being sent to the terminal,
        programs should not  use  <STRONG>ht</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>  even  if  they  are
@@ -1854,7 +1949,6 @@
        ter as a pad, then this can be given  as  <STRONG>pad</STRONG>.   Only  the
        first character of the <STRONG>pad</STRONG> string is used.
 
-
    <STRONG>Status</STRONG> <STRONG>Lines</STRONG>
        Some  terminals  have  an extra `status line' which is not
        normally used by software (and thus  not  counted  in  the
@@ -1886,110 +1980,105 @@
        The  boolean  capability  <STRONG>eslok</STRONG>  specifies   that   escape
        sequences, tabs, etc., work ordinarily in the status line.
 
-       The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation does not yet use any  of  these
-       capabilities.   They are documented here in case they ever
+       The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  implementation does not yet use any of these
+       capabilities.  They are documented here in case they  ever
        become important.
 
-
    <STRONG>Line</STRONG> <STRONG>Graphics</STRONG>
-       Many terminals have alternate character  sets  useful  for
-       forms-drawing.   Terminfo  and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> build in support for
-       the drawing characters supported by the VT100,  with  some
-       characters  from  the  AT&amp;T  4410v1 added.  This alternate
+       Many  terminals  have  alternate character sets useful for
+       forms-drawing.  Terminfo and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> build in  support  for
+       the  drawing  characters supported by the VT100, with some
+       characters from the AT&amp;T  4410v1  added.   This  alternate
        character set may be specified by the <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> capability.
 
-
-       <STRONG>Glyph</STRONG>                      <STRONG>ACS</STRONG>            <STRONG>Ascii</STRONG>      <STRONG>VT100</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>Name</STRONG>                       <STRONG>Name</STRONG>           <STRONG>Default</STRONG>    <STRONG>Name</STRONG>
-       UK pound sign              ACS_STERLING   f          }
-       arrow pointing down        ACS_DARROW     v          .
-       arrow pointing left        ACS_LARROW     &lt;          ,
-       arrow pointing right       ACS_RARROW     &gt;          +
-       arrow pointing up          ACS_UARROW     ^          -
-       board of squares           ACS_BOARD      #          h
-       bullet                     ACS_BULLET     o          ~
-       checker board (stipple)    ACS_CKBOARD    :          a
-       degree symbol              ACS_DEGREE     \          f
-       diamond                    ACS_DIAMOND    +          `
-       greater-than-or-equal-to   ACS_GEQUAL     &gt;          z
-       greek pi                   ACS_PI         *          {
-       horizontal line            ACS_HLINE      -          q
-       lantern symbol             ACS_LANTERN    #          i
-       large plus or crossover    ACS_PLUS       +          n
-       less-than-or-equal-to      ACS_LEQUAL     &lt;          y
-       lower left corner          ACS_LLCORNER   +          m
-       lower right corner         ACS_LRCORNER   +          j
-       not-equal                  ACS_NEQUAL     !          |
-       plus/minus                 ACS_PLMINUS    #          g
-       scan line 1                ACS_S1         ~          o
-       scan line 3                ACS_S3         -          p
-       scan line 7                ACS_S7         -          r
-       scan line 9                ACS_S9         _          s
-       solid square block         ACS_BLOCK      #          0
-       tee pointing down          ACS_TTEE       +          w
-       tee pointing left          ACS_RTEE       +          u
-
-       tee pointing right         ACS_LTEE       +          t
-       tee pointing up            ACS_BTEE       +          v
-       upper left corner          ACS_ULCORNER   +          l
-       upper right corner         ACS_URCORNER   +          k
-       vertical line              ACS_VLINE      |          x
-
-       The best way to define a new device's graphics set  is  to
-       add  a  column  to a copy of this table for your terminal,
-       giving  the  character   which   (when   emitted   between
-       <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmacs</STRONG>  switches) will be rendered as the correspond-
-       ing graphic.  Then read off the VT100/your terminal  char-
-       acter  pairs  right  to left in sequence; these become the
+       <STRONG>Glyph</STRONG>                       <STRONG>ACS</STRONG>           <STRONG>Ascii</STRONG>     <STRONG>VT100</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>Name</STRONG>                        <STRONG>Name</STRONG>          <STRONG>Default</STRONG>   <STRONG>Name</STRONG>
+       UK pound sign               ACS_STERLING  f         }
+       arrow pointing down         ACS_DARROW    v         .
+       arrow pointing left         ACS_LARROW    &lt;         ,
+       arrow pointing right        ACS_RARROW    &gt;         +
+       arrow pointing up           ACS_UARROW    ^         -
+       board of squares            ACS_BOARD     #         h
+       bullet                      ACS_BULLET    o         ~
+       checker board (stipple)     ACS_CKBOARD   :         a
+       degree symbol               ACS_DEGREE    \         f
+       diamond                     ACS_DIAMOND   +         `
+       greater-than-or-equal-to    ACS_GEQUAL    &gt;         z
+       greek pi                    ACS_PI        *         {
+       horizontal line             ACS_HLINE     -         q
+       lantern symbol              ACS_LANTERN   #         i
+       large plus or crossover     ACS_PLUS      +         n
+       less-than-or-equal-to       ACS_LEQUAL    &lt;         y
+       lower left corner           ACS_LLCORNER  +         m
+       lower right corner          ACS_LRCORNER  +         j
+       not-equal                   ACS_NEQUAL    !         |
+       plus/minus                  ACS_PLMINUS   #         g
+       scan line 1                 ACS_S1        ~         o
+       scan line 3                 ACS_S3        -         p
+       scan line 7                 ACS_S7        -         r
+       scan line 9                 ACS_S9        _         s
+       solid square block          ACS_BLOCK     #         0
+       tee pointing down           ACS_TTEE      +         w
+       tee pointing left           ACS_RTEE      +         u
+       tee pointing right          ACS_LTEE      +         t
+       tee pointing up             ACS_BTEE      +         v
+       upper left corner           ACS_ULCORNER  +         l
+       upper right corner          ACS_URCORNER  +         k
+       vertical line               ACS_VLINE     |         x
+
+       The  best  way to define a new device's graphics set is to
+       add a column to a copy of this table  for  your  terminal,
+       giving   the   character   which   (when  emitted  between
+       <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> switches) will be rendered as the  correspond-
+       ing  graphic.  Then read off the VT100/your terminal char-
+       acter pairs right to left in sequence;  these  become  the
        ACSC string.
 
-
    <STRONG>Color</STRONG> <STRONG>Handling</STRONG>
-       Most color terminals are either `Tektronix-like'  or  `HP-
-       like'.   Tektronix-like terminals have a predefined set of
-       N colors (where N usually 8), and can  set  character-cell
+       Most  color  terminals are either `Tektronix-like' or `HP-
+       like'.  Tektronix-like terminals have a predefined set  of
+       N  colors  (where N usually 8), and can set character-cell
        foreground and background characters independently, mixing
-       them into N * N color-pairs.  On  HP-like  terminals,  the
+       them  into  N * N  color-pairs.  On HP-like terminals, the
        use must set each color pair up separately (foreground and
-       background are  not  independently  settable).   Up  to  M
-       color-pairs  may  be  set  up  from  2*M different colors.
+       background  are  not  independently  settable).   Up  to M
+       color-pairs may be  set  up  from  2*M  different  colors.
        ANSI-compatible terminals are Tektronix-like.
 
        Some basic color capabilities are independent of the color
        method.  The numeric capabilities <STRONG>colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>pairs</STRONG> specify
-       the maximum numbers of colors and color-pairs that can  be
-       displayed  simultaneously.   The <STRONG>op</STRONG> (original pair) string
-       resets foreground and background colors to  their  default
-       values  for the terminal.  The <STRONG>oc</STRONG> string resets all colors
-       or color-pairs to their default values for  the  terminal.
-       Some  terminals  (including  many  PC  terminal emulators)
-       erase screen  areas  with  the  current  background  color
-       rather  than the power-up default background; these should
+       the  maximum numbers of colors and color-pairs that can be
+       displayed simultaneously.  The <STRONG>op</STRONG> (original  pair)  string
+       resets  foreground  and background colors to their default
+       values for the terminal.  The <STRONG>oc</STRONG> string resets all  colors
+       or  color-pairs  to their default values for the terminal.
+       Some terminals  (including  many  PC  terminal  emulators)
+       erase  screen  areas  with  the  current  background color
+       rather than the power-up default background; these  should
        have the boolean capability <STRONG>bce</STRONG>.
 
-       To change the current foreground or background color on  a
-       Tektronix-type  terminal,  use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set ANSI foreground)
-       and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> (set ANSI background) or <STRONG>setf</STRONG>  (set  foreground)
-       and  <STRONG>setb</STRONG> (set background).  These take one parameter, the
+       To  change the current foreground or background color on a
+       Tektronix-type terminal, use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set  ANSI  foreground)
+       and  <STRONG>setab</STRONG>  (set ANSI background) or <STRONG>setf</STRONG> (set foreground)
+       and <STRONG>setb</STRONG> (set background).  These take one parameter,  the
        color  number.   The  SVr4  documentation  describes  only
-       <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>;  the  XPG4  draft  says that "If the terminal
+       <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says  that  "If  the  terminal
        supports ANSI escape sequences to set background and fore-
-       ground,  they  should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
-       tively.  If the terminal supports other  escape  sequences
-       to  set background and foreground, they should be coded as
-       <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respectively.  The <EM>vidputs()</EM>  function  and
-       the  refresh  functions  use  <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>  and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> if they are
+       ground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and  <STRONG>setab</STRONG>,  respec-
+       tively.   If  the terminal supports other escape sequences
+       to set background and foreground, they should be coded  as
+       <STRONG>setf</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respectively.  The <EM>vidputs()</EM> function and
+       the refresh functions use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>setab</STRONG>  if  they  are
        defined."
 
-       The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take  a  single
+       The  <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>  and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single
        numeric argument each.  Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>
-       are portably defined as follows (the middle column is  the
+       are  portably defined as follows (the middle column is the
        symbolic #define available in the header for the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> or
-       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries).  The terminal hardware is free to  map
-       these  as  it  likes,  but  the RGB values indicate normal
+       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  libraries).  The terminal hardware is free to map
+       these as it likes, but  the  RGB  values  indicate  normal
        locations in color space.
 
-
              <STRONG>Color</STRONG>       <STRONG>#define</STRONG>       <STRONG>Value</STRONG>       <STRONG>RGB</STRONG>
              black     <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>       0     0, 0, 0
              red       <STRONG>COLOR_RED</STRONG>         1     max,0,0
@@ -2000,7 +2089,7 @@
              cyan      <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG>        6     0,max,max
              white     <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>       7     max,max,max
 
-       The argument values of <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG>  historically  correspond
+       The  argument  values of <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> historically correspond
        to a different mapping, i.e.,
 
              <STRONG>Color</STRONG>       <STRONG>#define</STRONG>       <STRONG>Value</STRONG>       <STRONG>RGB</STRONG>
@@ -2012,132 +2101,130 @@
              magenta   <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG>     5     max,0,max
              yellow    <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>      6     max,max,0
              white     <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>       7     max,max,max
+
        It is important to not confuse the two sets of color capa-
-       bilities; otherwise red/blue will be interchanged  on  the
+       bilities;  otherwise  red/blue will be interchanged on the
        display.
 
-       On  an  HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number
+       On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a  color-pair  number
        parameter to set which color pair is current.
 
-       On a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability  <STRONG>ccc</STRONG>  may  be
-       present  to  indicate that colors can be modified.  If so,
+       On  a  Tektronix-like  terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be
+       present to indicate that colors can be modified.   If  so,
        the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> capability will take a color number (0 to <STRONG>colors</STRONG>
-       -  1)and  three  more parameters which describe the color.
+       - 1)and three more parameters which  describe  the  color.
        These three parameters default to being interpreted as RGB
-       (Red,  Green, Blue) values.  If the boolean capability <STRONG>hls</STRONG>
+       (Red, Green, Blue) values.  If the boolean capability  <STRONG>hls</STRONG>
        is present, they are instead as HLS (Hue, Lightness, Satu-
        ration) indices.  The ranges are terminal-dependent.
 
-       On  an  HP-like  terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for
-       changing a color-pair value.  It will take  seven  parame-
-       ters;  a  color-pair  number (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two
-       triples describing first background  and  then  foreground
-       colors.   These  parameters  must be (Red, Green, Blue) or
+       On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give  a  capability  for
+       changing  a  color-pair value.  It will take seven parame-
+       ters; a color-pair number (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> -  1),  and  two
+       triples  describing  first  background and then foreground
+       colors.  These parameters must be (Red,  Green,  Blue)  or
        (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) depending on <STRONG>hls</STRONG>.
 
-       On some color terminals, colors collide  with  highlights.
+       On  some  color terminals, colors collide with highlights.
        You can register these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability.
-       This is a bit-mask of attributes not to be used when  col-
-       ors  are  enabled.  The correspondence with the attributes
+       This  is a bit-mask of attributes not to be used when col-
+       ors are enabled.  The correspondence with  the  attributes
        understood by <STRONG>curses</STRONG> is as follows:
 
-
-                      <STRONG>Attribute</STRONG>      <STRONG>Bit</STRONG>   <STRONG>Decimal</STRONG>
-                      A_STANDOUT     0     1
-                      A_UNDERLINE    1     2
-                      A_REVERSE      2     4
-                      A_BLINK        3     8
-                      A_DIM          4     16
-                      A_BOLD         5     32
-                      A_INVIS        6     64
-                      A_PROTECT      7     128
-                      A_ALTCHARSET   8     256
-
-       For example,  on  many  IBM  PC  consoles,  the  underline
-       attribute  collides  with the foreground color blue and is
-       not available in color mode.  These  should  have  an  <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>
+              <STRONG>Attribute</STRONG>                   <STRONG>Bit</STRONG>    <STRONG>Decimal</STRONG>
+              A_STANDOUT                  0     1
+              A_UNDERLINE                 1     2
+              A_REVERSE                   2     4
+              A_BLINK                     3     8
+              A_DIM                       4     16
+              A_BOLD                      5     32
+              A_INVIS                     6     64
+              A_PROTECT                   7     128
+              A_ALTCHARSET                8     256
+
+       For  example,  on  many  IBM  PC  consoles,  the underline
+       attribute collides with the foreground color blue  and  is
+       not  available  in  color  mode.  These should have an <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>
        capability of 2.
 
-       SVr4  curses  does nothing with <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>, ncurses recognizes it
+       SVr4 curses does nothing with <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>, ncurses  recognizes  it
        and optimizes the output in favor of colors.
 
-
    <STRONG>Miscellaneous</STRONG>
-       If the terminal requires other than a null (zero)  charac-
-       ter  as  a  pad,  then this can be given as pad.  Only the
-       first character of the pad string is used.  If the  termi-
+       If  the terminal requires other than a null (zero) charac-
+       ter as a pad, then this can be given  as  pad.   Only  the
+       first  character of the pad string is used.  If the termi-
        nal does not have a pad character, specify npc.  Note that
-       ncurses implements  the  termcap-compatible  <STRONG>PC</STRONG>  variable;
-       though  the  application  may  set this value to something
-       other than a null, ncurses will test  <STRONG>npc</STRONG>  first  and  use
+       ncurses  implements  the  termcap-compatible  <STRONG>PC</STRONG> variable;
+       though the application may set  this  value  to  something
+       other  than  a  null,  ncurses will test <STRONG>npc</STRONG> first and use
        napms if the terminal has no pad character.
 
-       If  the terminal can move up or down half a line, this can
-       be indicated with <STRONG>hu</STRONG>  (half-line  up)  and  <STRONG>hd</STRONG>  (half-line
+       If the terminal can move up or down half a line, this  can
+       be  indicated  with  <STRONG>hu</STRONG>  (half-line  up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG> (half-line
        down).  This is primarily useful for superscripts and sub-
-       scripts on hard-copy terminals.  If a  hard-copy  terminal
-       can  eject  to  the next page (form feed), give this as <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
+       scripts  on  hard-copy terminals.  If a hard-copy terminal
+       can eject to the next page (form feed), give  this  as  <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
        (usually control L).
 
-       If there is a command to repeat a given character a  given
-       number  of times (to save time transmitting a large number
-       of identical characters) this can be  indicated  with  the
-       parameterized  string  <STRONG>rep</STRONG>.   The  first  parameter is the
-       character to be repeated and the second is the  number  of
-       times  to repeat it.  Thus, tparm(repeat_char, 'x', 10) is
+       If  there is a command to repeat a given character a given
+       number of times (to save time transmitting a large  number
+       of  identical  characters)  this can be indicated with the
+       parameterized string <STRONG>rep</STRONG>.   The  first  parameter  is  the
+       character  to  be repeated and the second is the number of
+       times to repeat it.  Thus, tparm(repeat_char, 'x', 10)  is
        the same as `xxxxxxxxxx'.
 
-       If the terminal has a settable command character, such  as
-       the  TEKTRONIX  4025, this can be indicated with <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>.  A
+       If  the terminal has a settable command character, such as
+       the TEKTRONIX 4025, this can be indicated with  <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>.   A
        prototype command character is chosen which is used in all
-       capabilities.   This character is given in the <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG> capa-
-       bility to identify it.  The following convention  is  sup-
-       ported  on  some  UNIX  systems:  The environment is to be
-       searched for a <STRONG>CC</STRONG> variable, and if found, all  occurrences
+       capabilities.  This character is given in the <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>  capa-
+       bility  to  identify it.  The following convention is sup-
+       ported on some UNIX systems:  The  environment  is  to  be
+       searched  for a <STRONG>CC</STRONG> variable, and if found, all occurrences
        of the prototype character are replaced with the character
        in the environment variable.
 
-       Terminal descriptions that do  not  represent  a  specific
+       Terminal  descriptions  that  do  not represent a specific
        kind of known terminal, such as <EM>switch</EM>, <EM>dialup</EM>, <EM>patch</EM>, and
-       <EM>network</EM>, should include the  <STRONG>gn</STRONG>  (generic)  capability  so
-       that  programs  can  complain that they do not know how to
-       talk to the terminal.  (This capability does not apply  to
-       <EM>virtual</EM>   terminal   descriptions  for  which  the  escape
+       <EM>network</EM>,  should  include  the  <STRONG>gn</STRONG> (generic) capability so
+       that programs can complain that they do not  know  how  to
+       talk  to the terminal.  (This capability does not apply to
+       <EM>virtual</EM>  terminal  descriptions  for  which   the   escape
        sequences are known.)
 
-       If the terminal has a ``meta key'' which acts as  a  shift
-       key,  setting  the  8th  bit of any character transmitted,
-       this fact can be indicated with <STRONG>km</STRONG>.   Otherwise,  software
+       If  the  terminal  has  a "meta key" which acts as a shift
+       key, setting the 8th bit  of  any  character  transmitted,
+       this  fact  can be indicated with <STRONG>km</STRONG>.  Otherwise, software
        will assume that the 8th bit is parity and it will usually
-       be cleared.  If strings exist to turn this  ``meta  mode''
-       on and off, they can be given as <STRONG>smm</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmm</STRONG>.
+       be  cleared.  If strings exist to turn this "meta mode" on
+       and off, they can be given as <STRONG>smm</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmm</STRONG>.
 
-       If  the terminal has more lines of memory than will fit on
-       the screen at once, the number of lines of memory  can  be
-       indicated  with  <STRONG>lm</STRONG>.   A  value of <STRONG>lm</STRONG>#0 indicates that the
+       If the terminal has more lines of memory than will fit  on
+       the  screen  at once, the number of lines of memory can be
+       indicated with <STRONG>lm</STRONG>.  A value of  <STRONG>lm</STRONG>#0  indicates  that  the
        number of lines is not fixed, but that there is still more
        memory than fits on the screen.
 
        If the terminal is one of those supported by the UNIX vir-
-       tual terminal protocol, the terminal number can  be  given
+       tual  terminal  protocol, the terminal number can be given
        as <STRONG>vt</STRONG>.
 
        Media copy strings which control an auxiliary printer con-
        nected to the terminal can be given as <STRONG>mc0</STRONG>: print the con-
-       tents  of  the screen, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>: turn off the printer, and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG>:
-       turn on the printer.  When the printer  is  on,  all  text
-       sent  to  the terminal will be sent to the printer.  It is
+       tents of the screen, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>: turn off the printer,  and  <STRONG>mc5</STRONG>:
+       turn  on  the  printer.   When the printer is on, all text
+       sent to the terminal will be sent to the printer.   It  is
        undefined whether the text is also displayed on the termi-
        nal screen when the printer is on.  A variation <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> takes
        one parameter, and leaves the printer on for as many char-
-       acters  as  the  value  of  the  parameter, then turns the
-       printer off.  The parameter should not  exceed  255.   All
+       acters as the value  of  the  parameter,  then  turns  the
+       printer  off.   The  parameter should not exceed 255.  All
        text,  including  <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>,  is  transparently  passed  to  the
        printer while an <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> is in effect.
 
-
    <STRONG>Glitches</STRONG> <STRONG>and</STRONG> <STRONG>Braindamage</STRONG>
-       Hazeltine terminals, which do not allow `~' characters  to
+       Hazeltine  terminals, which do not allow `~' characters to
        be displayed should indicate <STRONG>hz</STRONG>.
 
        Terminals which ignore a line-feed immediately after an <STRONG>am</STRONG>
@@ -2152,8 +2239,8 @@
        Note:    the    variable    indicating    this    is   now
        `dest_tabs_magic_smso'; in older  versions,  it  was  tel-
        eray_glitch.  This glitch is also taken to mean that it is
-       not possible to position the cursor on top  of  a  ``magic
-       cookie'', that to erase standout mode it is instead neces-
+       not possible to position the cursor on  top  of  a  "magic
+       cookie",  that to erase standout mode it is instead neces-
        sary to use delete and insert line.  The ncurses implemen-
        tation ignores this glitch.
 
@@ -2168,7 +2255,6 @@
        Other  specific  terminal  problems  may  be  corrected by
        adding more capabilities of the form <STRONG>x</STRONG><EM>x</EM>.
 
-
    <STRONG>Similar</STRONG> <STRONG>Terminals</STRONG>
        If there are two very similar terminals, one (the variant)
        can  be  defined  as  being just like the other (the base)
@@ -2186,14 +2272,13 @@
        the  use  reference that imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capa-
        bility.  For example, the entry
 
-                   2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
+              2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
 
        defines a 2621-nl that does not  have  the  <STRONG>smkx</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>
        capabilities,  and hence does not turn on the function key
        labels when in visual mode.  This is useful for  different
        modes for a terminal, or for different user preferences.
 
-
    <STRONG>Pitfalls</STRONG> <STRONG>of</STRONG> <STRONG>Long</STRONG> <STRONG>Entries</STRONG>
        Long  terminfo  entries  are  unlikely to be a problem; to
        date, no entry has even  approached  terminfo's  4096-byte
@@ -2232,21 +2317,21 @@
        libraries  strip  off  the final newline, too (GNU termcap
        does not).  Now suppose:
 
-       *    a termcap entry before expansion is  more  than  1023
-            bytes long,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a termcap entry before expansion  is  more  than  1023
+           bytes long,
 
-       *    and the application has only allocated a 1k buffer,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and the application has only allocated a 1k buffer,
 
-       *    and  the  termcap library (like the one in BSD/OS 1.1
-            and GNU) reads the whole entry into  the  buffer,  no
-            matter  what its length, to see if it is the entry it
-            wants,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and  the  termcap  library (like the one in BSD/OS 1.1
+           and GNU) reads the whole entry  into  the  buffer,  no
+           matter  what  its length, to see if it is the entry it
+           wants,
 
-       *    and <STRONG>tgetent()</STRONG> is searching for a terminal  type  that
-            either is the long entry, appears in the termcap file
-            after the long entry, or does not appear in the  file
-            at  all  (so  that  <STRONG>tgetent()</STRONG> has to search the whole
-            termcap file).
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>tgetent()</STRONG> is searching for a  terminal  type  that
+           either  is the long entry, appears in the termcap file
+           after the long entry, or does not appear in  the  file
+           at  all  (so  that  <STRONG>tgetent()</STRONG>  has to search the whole
+           termcap file).
 
        Then <STRONG>tgetent()</STRONG> will overwrite memory, perhaps  its  stack,
        and  probably core dump the program.  Programs like telnet
@@ -2291,61 +2376,64 @@
 
 </PRE>
 <H2>EXTENSIONS</H2><PRE>
-       Some  SVr4  <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  implementations,  and  all previous to
-       SVr4, do not interpret the %A and %O operators in  parame-
+       Searching for terminal descriptions in <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> and
+       TERMINFO_DIRS is not supported by older implementations.
+
+       Some SVr4 <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  implementations,  and  all  previous  to
+       SVr4,  do not interpret the %A and %O operators in parame-
        ter strings.
 
-       SVr4/XPG4  do  not  specify whether <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> licenses movement
-       while in an alternate-character-set mode (such modes  may,
-       among  other  things,  map CR and NL to characters that do
-       not trigger local motions).   The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  implementation
-       ignores  <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>  in <STRONG>ALTCHARSET</STRONG> mode.  This raises the possi-
-       bility that an XPG4  implementation  making  the  opposite
-       interpretation  may need terminfo entries made for <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
+       SVr4/XPG4 do not specify whether  <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>  licenses  movement
+       while  in an alternate-character-set mode (such modes may,
+       among other things, map CR and NL to  characters  that  do
+       not  trigger  local  motions).  The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation
+       ignores <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> in <STRONG>ALTCHARSET</STRONG> mode.  This raises  the  possi-
+       bility  that  an  XPG4  implementation making the opposite
+       interpretation may need terminfo entries made for  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
        to have <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> turned off.
 
-       The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library handles insert-character  and  insert-
+       The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  library handles insert-character and insert-
        character modes in a slightly non-standard way to get bet-
-       ter update efficiency.  See  the  <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG>  <STRONG>Character</STRONG>
+       ter  update  efficiency.   See the <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG>
        subsection above.
 
-       The   parameter   substitutions  for  <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>dis-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>play_clock</STRONG> are not documented in SVr4 or  the  XSI  Curses
+       The  parameter  substitutions  for  <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG>   and   <STRONG>dis-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>play_clock</STRONG>  are  not  documented in SVr4 or the XSI Curses
        standard.  They are deduced from the documentation for the
        AT&amp;T 505 terminal.
 
-       Be careful assigning the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG>  capability.   The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
-       wants  to  interpret it as <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>, for use by terminals
-       and emulators like xterm that  can  return  mouse-tracking
+       Be  careful  assigning  the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability.  The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
+       wants to interpret it as <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>, for use  by  terminals
+       and  emulators  like  xterm that can return mouse-tracking
        information in the keyboard-input stream.
 
-       Different  commercial ports of terminfo and curses support
-       different subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in  some
+       Different commercial ports of terminfo and curses  support
+       different  subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in some
        cases) different extension sets.  Here is a summary, accu-
        rate as of October 1995:
 
        <STRONG>SVR4,</STRONG> <STRONG>Solaris,</STRONG> <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> -- These support all SVr4 capabili-
        ties.
 
-       <STRONG>SGI</STRONG>  --  Supports  the  SVr4  set,  adds  one undocumented
+       <STRONG>SGI</STRONG> --  Supports  the  SVr4  set,  adds  one  undocumented
        extended string capability (<STRONG>set_pglen</STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG> <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of  ter-
-       minfo  capabilities.   The booleans end with <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>; the
-       numerics with  <STRONG>width_status_line</STRONG>;  and  the  strings  with
+       <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of ter-
+       minfo capabilities.  The booleans end with  <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>;  the
+       numerics  with  <STRONG>width_status_line</STRONG>;  and  the  strings with
        <STRONG>prtr_non</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>HP/UX</STRONG>  --  Supports  the  SVr1  subset,  plus the SVr[234]
+       <STRONG>HP/UX</STRONG> -- Supports  the  SVr1  subset,  plus  the  SVr[234]
        numerics <STRONG>num_labels</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_height</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_width</STRONG>, plus func-
-       tion  keys  11  through  63, plus <STRONG>plab_norm</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>, and
+       tion keys 11 through 63,  plus  <STRONG>plab_norm</STRONG>,  <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>,  and
        <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>, plus some incompatible extensions in the string
        table.
 
-       <STRONG>AIX</STRONG>  --  Supports  the  SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11
-       through 63, plus a number  of  incompatible  string  table
+       <STRONG>AIX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset,  plus  function  keys  11
+       through  63,  plus  a  number of incompatible string table
        extensions.
 
-       <STRONG>OSF</STRONG>  -- Supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
+       <STRONG>OSF</STRONG> -- Supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
 
 
 </PRE>
