- <B>init</B> If the <B>terminfo</B> database is present and an entry
- for the user's terminal exists (see <B>-T</B><I>type</I>, above),
- the following will occur: (1) if present, the ter-
- minal's initialization strings will be output (<B>is1</B>,
- <B>is2</B>, <B>is3</B>, <B>if</B>, <B>iprog</B>), (2) any delays (e.g., new-
- line) specified in the entry will be set in the tty
- driver, (3) tabs expansion will be turned on or off
- according to the specification in the entry, and
- (4) if tabs are not expanded, standard tabs will be
- set (every 8 spaces). If an entry does not contain
- the information needed for any of the four above
- activities, that activity will silently be skipped.
-
- <B>reset</B> Instead of putting out initialization strings, the
- terminal's reset strings will be output if present
- (<B>rs1</B>, <B>rs2</B>, <B>rs3</B>, <B>rf</B>). If the reset strings are not
- present, but initialization strings are, the ini-
- tialization strings will be output. Otherwise,
- <B>reset</B> acts identically to <B>init</B>.
-
- <B>longname</B>
- If the <B>terminfo</B> database is present and an entry
- for the user's terminal exists (see <B>-T</B><I>type</I> above),
+ Again, <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses a table and the presence of param-
+ eters in its input to decide whether to use <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>
+ (3x), and how to interpret the parameters.
+
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in
+ this program, and exits.
+
+ <STRONG>init</STRONG> If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
+ for the user's terminal exists (see <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM>, above),
+ the following will occur:
+
+ (1) if present, the terminal's initialization
+ strings will be output as detailed in the
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> section on <EM>Tabs</EM> <EM>and</EM> <EM>Initializa-</EM>
+ <EM>tion</EM>,
+
+ (2) any delays (e.g., newline) specified in the
+ entry will be set in the tty driver,
+
+ (3) tabs expansion will be turned on or off
+ according to the specification in the entry,
+ and
+
+ (4) if tabs are not expanded, standard tabs will
+ be set (every 8 spaces).
+
+ If an entry does not contain the information needed
+ for any of the four above activities, that activity
+ will silently be skipped.
+
+ <STRONG>reset</STRONG> Instead of putting out initialization strings, the
+ terminal's reset strings will be output if present
+ (<STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG>). If the reset strings are not
+ present, but initialization strings are, the ini-
+ tialization strings will be output. Otherwise,
+ <STRONG>reset</STRONG> acts identically to <STRONG>init</STRONG>.
+
+ <STRONG>longname</STRONG>
+ If the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database is present and an entry
+ for the user's terminal exists (see <STRONG>-T</STRONG><EM>type</EM> above),