ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191214

[ncurses.git] / include / Caps.keys

diff --git a/include/Caps.keys b/include/Caps.keys
index c3532d8993fc2daa6b04efc25cae0e43d8c2d6fe..a716d786c1bae97733cf1d4f1deafd48b7141fcc 100644 (file)
--- a/include/Caps.keys
+++ b/include/Caps.keys
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Author: Thomas Dickey
 #    and: Ilya Zakharevich
 #
-# $Id: Caps.keys,v 1.11 2019/04/13 19:57:03 tom Exp $
+# $Id: Caps.keys,v 1.13 2019/07/27 00:36:44 tom Exp $
 #
 # This is an adaptation of ncurses' termcap/terminfo capability table, which
 # is illustrates an experimental extension to describe alt-, shift- and
@@ -933,9 +933,9 @@ gnu_has_meta_key            OTMT    bool    MT      -               -       ----E   has meta key
 # comma-separated list of capabilities for which there are corresponding keys.
 # The `kn' code is accepted but ignored.
 #
-# The `ma' capability seems to have been designed to map between the rogue(2)
-# motion keys (including jkhl) and characters emitted by arrow keys on some
-# primitive pre-ANSI terminals.  It's so obsolete it's fossilized...
+# The `ma' capability was a 4.0BSD feature used by vi version 2.
+# It consists of pairs of characters corresponding to kl, kr, ku, kd, and kh.
+# Besides being obsolete, that interpretation conflicts with max_attributes.
 #
 # Here is a description of memory_lock_above and memory_unlock:
 # "You can 'freeze' data on the screen by turning on Memory Lock in a line of
@@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ horizontal_tab_delay                OTdT    num     dT      -               -       YB-G-   padding required for ^I
 # vertical_tab_delay           OTdV    num     dV      -               -       -B---   padding required for ^V
 number_of_function_keys                OTkn    num     kn      -               -       -B-G-   count of function keys
 other_non_function_keys                OTko    str     ko      -               -       -B-G-   list of self-mapped keycaps
-arrow_key_map                  OTma    str     ma      -               -       YBC--   map arrow keys rogue(1) motion keys
+arrow_key_map                  OTma    str     ma      -               -       YBC--   map motion-keys for vi version 2
 # memory_lock_above            OTml    str     ml      -               -       -B---   lock visible screen memory above the current line
 # memory_unlock                        OTmu    str     mu      -               -       -B---   unlock visible screen memory above the current line
 has_hardware_tabs              OTpt    bool    pt      -               -       YB---   has 8-char tabs invoked with ^I