ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200926

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_mouse.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_mouse.3x b/man/curs_mouse.3x
index f48cb1e822a9f9a79ce2f8785cedff90c9ebfb69..775bc33f01db5f4b94b4360b86e74bd154613ff0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_mouse.3x
+++ b/man/curs_mouse.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2015,2017 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            *


@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.50 2018/12/29 23:40:47 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.52 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $

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


@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ report sequence will appear in the string read.
 .PP
 Mouse events under xterm will not be detected correctly in a window with
 its keypad bit off, since they are interpreted as a variety of function key.
 .PP
 Mouse events under xterm will not be detected correctly in a window with
 its keypad bit off, since they are interpreted as a variety of function key.

-Your terminfo description should have \fBkmous\fR set to "\\E[M"
+Your terminfo description should have \fBkmous\fR set to \*(``\\E[M\*(''

 (the beginning of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
 Other values for \fBkmous\fR are permitted,
 but under the same assumption,
 (the beginning of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
 Other values for \fBkmous\fR are permitted,
 but under the same assumption,


@@ -402,11 +403,13 @@ i.e., it is the beginning of the response.
 .PP
 Because there are no standard terminal responses that would serve to identify
 terminals which support the xterm mouse protocol, \fBncurses\fR assumes that
 .PP
 Because there are no standard terminal responses that would serve to identify
 terminals which support the xterm mouse protocol, \fBncurses\fR assumes that

-if your $TERM environment variable contains \*(``xterm\*('',
-or \fBkmous\fR is defined in
-the terminal description, then the terminal may send mouse events.
-The \fBkmous\fP capability is checked first, allowing the
-use of newer xterm mouse protocols.
+if \fBkmous\fR is defined in the terminal description,
+or if the terminal description's primary name or aliases
+contain the string \*(``xterm\*('',
+then the terminal may send mouse events.
+The \fBkmous\fP capability is checked first,
+allowing the use of newer xterm mouse protocols
+such as xterm's private mode 1006.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X),