ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200212

[ncurses.git] / man / clear.1

diff --git a/man/clear.1 b/man/clear.1
index 3d2ffd98617b9e8c526da62a20d77384979600be..a79bdf15bc1b8113845d76ec9dec04d7e8a4c298 100644 (file)
--- a/man/clear.1
+++ b/man/clear.1
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.17 2017/08/19 14:12:50 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.23 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $

 .TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
 .\" these would be fallbacks for DS/DE,
 .\" but groff changed the meaning of the macros.
 .de NS
 .TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
 .\" these would be fallbacks for DS/DE,
 .\" but groff changed the meaning of the macros.
 .de NS

-.ie \n(.sp
+.ie n  .sp

 .el    .sp .5
 .el    .sp .5

-.ie \n(.in +4
+.ie n  .in +4

 .el    .in +2
 .nf
 .ft C                  \" Courier
 .el    .in +2
 .nf
 .ft C                  \" Courier


@@ -41,14 +42,16 @@
 .de NE
 .fi
 .ft R
 .de NE
 .fi
 .ft R

-.in -4
+.ie n  .in -4
+.el    .in -2

 ..
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .de bP
 ..
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .de bP

-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2

 ..
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME
 ..
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME


@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible,
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible,

-including its scrollback buffer (if the extended \*(``E3\*('' capability is defined).
+including its scrollback buffer
+(if the extended \*(``E3\*('' capability is defined).

 \fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type
 given by the environment variable \fBTERM\fP,
 and then in the
 \fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type
 given by the environment variable \fBTERM\fP,
 and then in the


@@ -76,6 +80,8 @@ indicates the \fItype\fR of terminal.
 Normally this option is
 unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
 variable \fBTERM\fR.
 Normally this option is
 unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
 variable \fBTERM\fR.

+If \fB\-T\fR is specified, then the shell
+variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will also be ignored.

 .TP
 .B \-V
 reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
 .TP
 .B \-V
 reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.


@@ -134,7 +140,8 @@ The Linux change, part of the 3.0 release, did not mention xterm,
 although it was cited in the Red Hat bug report (#683733)
 which led to the change.
 .bP
 although it was cited in the Red Hat bug report (#683733)
 which led to the change.
 .bP

-Again, a few other terminal developers adopted the feature.  But the
+Again, a few other terminal developers adopted the feature.
+But the

 next relevant step was a change to the \fBclear\fP program in 2013
 to incorporate this extension.
 .bP
 next relevant step was a change to the \fBclear\fP program in 2013
 to incorporate this extension.
 .bP