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 <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>                                   <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>SP</STRONG>, <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>,
        <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>,
        <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> terminfo global variables
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
        <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>acs_map[];</STRONG>
+
+       <STRONG>SCREEN</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>SP;</STRONG>
+
+       <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>cur_term;</STRONG>
+
+       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>ttytype[];</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolcodes;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolfnames;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolnames;</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>cur_term;</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numcodes;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numfnames;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numnames;</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strcodes;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strfnames;</STRONG>
        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strnames;</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>ttytype[];</STRONG>
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
        This  page summarizes variables provided by the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> li-
        brary's low-level terminfo interface.  A more complete de-
        scription is given in the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.
@@ -83,7 +87,8 @@
        plications should treat them as read-only to avoid confus-
        ing the library.
 
-   <STRONG>Alternate</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG> <STRONG>Set</STRONG> <STRONG>Mapping</STRONG>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></H3><PRE>
        After  initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the
        <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG> array holds information used  to  translate  cells
        with  the  <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>  video attribute into line-drawing
        The comparable data for the wide-character  library  is  a
        private variable.
 
-   <STRONG>Current</STRONG> <STRONG>Terminal</STRONG> <STRONG>Data</STRONG>
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></H3><PRE>
        After  initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the
        <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> contains data describing  the  current  terminal.
-       This variable is also set as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="set_term.3x.html">set_term(3x)</A></STRONG>
-       and <STRONG><A HREF="delscreen.3x.html">delscreen(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       This variable is also set as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+       and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
        It is possible to save a value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> for  subsequent
        use  as  a  parameter  to  <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, for switching between
        screens.  Alternatively, one can  save  the  return  value
        from <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> or <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> to reuse in <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>.
 
-   <STRONG>Terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>Names</STRONG>
-       The  <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1.html">tic(1)</A></STRONG>  and <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1.html">infocmp(1)</A></STRONG> programs use lookup tables for
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
+       The  <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>  and <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> programs use lookup tables for
        the long and short names of terminfo capabilities, as well
        as  the  corresponding  names  for  termcap  capabilities.
-       These are available  to  other  applications,  though  the
-       hash-tables are not available.
+       These are available to other  applications,  although  the
+       hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap functions are
+       not available.
 
-       The  long  terminfo  capability  names  use a "l" (ell) in
-       their names: boolfnames numfnames strfnames
+       The long terminfo capability names  use  a  "l"  (ell)  in
+       their names: <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>.
 
-       These are the short names for terminfo capabilities: bool-
-       names, numnames, and strnames.
+       These are the short names for terminfo capabilities: <STRONG>bool-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>names</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>.
 
-       These  are  the  corresponding  names used for termcap de-
-       scriptions: boolcodes, numcodes, and strcodes.
+       These are the corresponding names  used  for  termcap  de-
+       scriptions: <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>.
 
-   <STRONG>Terminal</STRONG> <STRONG>Type</STRONG>
-       On initialization of the curses  or  terminfo  interfaces,
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></H3><PRE>
+       On  initialization  of  the curses or terminfo interfaces,
        <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
-       The  low-level terminfo interface is initialized using <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="setupterm.3x.html">tupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.  The upper-level curses  interface  uses  the
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
+       In addition to the variables, <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG> also defines a sym-
+       bol  for each terminfo capability <EM>long</EM> <EM>name</EM>.  These are in
+       terms of the symbol <STRONG>CUR</STRONG>, which is defined
+
+       #define CUR cur_term-&gt;type.
+
+       These symbols provide a faster method of accessing termin-
+       fo capabilities than using <STRONG><A HREF="tigetstr.3x.html">tigetstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, etc.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+       The  low-level  terminfo  interface  is  initialized using
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>.  The upper-level curses interface uses  the
        low-level terminfo interface, internally.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
        X/Open  Curses  does  not describe any of these except for
        <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.  (The inclusion of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>  appears  to  be  an
        oversight, since other comparable low-level information is
        implementations  provide the variables in their libraries,
        but omit them from the header files.
 
+       All implementations which provide terminfo interfaces  add
+       definitions  as  described  in the <STRONG>Terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>Names</STRONG> section.
+       Most, but not all, base the definition upon  the  <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>
+       variable.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG>termin-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.3x.html">fo(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,      <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>,      <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 
                                                      <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
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+<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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