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-<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
File Formats Manual <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
File formats <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
(box1) box characters primary set
The memory lock/unlock capabilities were included because they were
- used in the X11R6 terminal description for <STRONG>xterm</STRONG>. The <EM>box1</EM>
+ used in the X11R6 terminal description for <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>. The <EM>box1</EM>
capability is used in tic to help with terminal descriptions
written for AIX.
predefined function-key names, to which a series of keys can be
assigned, that is insufficient for more than a dozen keys
multiplied by more than a couple of modifier combinations. The
- ncurses database uses a convention based on <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> to provide
+ ncurses database uses a convention based on <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> to provide
extended special-key names.
Fitting that into termcap's limitation of 2-character names would
The command "<STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>clear</STRONG>" does the same thing.
+ NQ used to suppress a consistency check in tic for the ncurses
+ capabilities in user6 through user9 (u6, u7, u8 and u9) which
+ tell how to query the terminal's cursor position and its device
+ attributes.
+
RGB
- <EM>boolean</EM>, <EM>number</EM> <STRONG>or</STRONG> <EM>string</EM>, to assert that the <STRONG>set_a_foreground</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>set_a_background</STRONG> capabilities correspond to <EM>direct</EM> <EM>colors</EM>,
- using an RGB (red/green/blue) convention. This capability allows
- the <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> function to return appropriate values without
- requiring the application to initialize colors using <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>.
+ <EM>boolean</EM>, <EM>number</EM> <STRONG>or</STRONG> <EM>string</EM>, used to assert that the
+ <STRONG>set_a_foreground</STRONG> and <STRONG>set_a_background</STRONG> capabilities correspond to
+ <EM>direct</EM> <EM>colors</EM>, using an RGB (red/green/blue) convention. This
+ capability allows the <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> function to return
+ appropriate values without requiring the application to
+ initialize colors using <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>.
The capability type determines the values which ncurses sees:
Set this capability to a nonzero value to enable it.
XM <EM>string</EM>, override ncurses's built-in string which enables/disables
- <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> mouse mode.
+ <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> mouse mode.
ncurses sends a character sequence to the terminal to initialize
mouse mode, and when the user clicks the mouse buttons or (in
combinations of modified special keys. There is no standard for what
those keys can send.
- Since 1999, <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> has supported <EM>shift</EM>, <EM>control</EM>, <EM>alt</EM>, and <EM>meta</EM> modifiers
- which produce distinct special-key strings. In a terminal description,
- ncurses has no special knowledge of the modifiers used. Applications
- can use the <EM>naming</EM> <EM>convention</EM> established for <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> to find these
- special keys in the terminal description.
+ Since 1999, <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> has supported <EM>shift</EM>, <EM>control</EM>, <EM>alt</EM>, and <EM>meta</EM>
+ modifiers which produce distinct special-key strings. In a terminal
+ description, ncurses has no special knowledge of the modifiers used.
+ Applications can use the <EM>naming</EM> <EM>convention</EM> established for <STRONG>xterm</STRONG> to
+ find these special keys in the terminal description.
Starting with the curses convention that <EM>key</EM> <EM>names</EM> begin with "k" and
that shifted special keys are an uppercase name, ncurses' terminal
database defines these names to which a suffix is added:
- <EM>Name</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
+ <STRONG>Name</STRONG> <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
---------------------------------------------------------------
kDC special form of kdch1 (delete character)
kDN special form of kcud1 (cursor down)
These are the suffixes used to denote the modifiers:
- <EM>Value</EM> <EM>Description</EM>
+ <STRONG>Value</STRONG> <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
----------------------------------
2 Shift
3 Alt
the terminal descriptions. Some of those features are mentioned in
<STRONG>screen(1)</STRONG> or <STRONG>tmux(1)</STRONG>.
- <EM>XTerm</EM> <EM>Control</EM> <EM>Sequences</EM> provides further information on the <STRONG>xterm</STRONG>
+ <EM>XTerm</EM> <EM>Control</EM> <EM>Sequences</EM> provides further information on the <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>
features which are used in these extended capabilities.
-
<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2023-07-01 <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
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