ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240525

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

diff --git a/man/curs_termcap.3x b/man/curs_termcap.3x
index f292f9d8fce85e955c04b0598853c186606e23d6..6bd2a66a0b55e025e7731df8489441183468ea75 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_termcap.3x
+++ b/man/curs_termcap.3x
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.83 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_termcap 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.85 2024/04/20 19:13:12 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_termcap 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"

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


@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ as do other \fItermcap\fP implementations conforming to portions of
 X/Open Curses now withdrawn.
 The BSD \fItermcap\fP library would store a copy of the terminal type
 description in the area referenced by this pointer.
 X/Open Curses now withdrawn.
 The BSD \fItermcap\fP library would store a copy of the terminal type
 description in the area referenced by this pointer.

-\fI\%ncurses\fP stores terminal type descriptions in compiled form,
+\fI\%term\%info\fP stores terminal type descriptions in compiled form,

 which is not the same thing.
 .bP
 The meanings of the return values differ.
 which is not the same thing.
 .bP
 The meanings of the return values differ.


@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ be aware that it is returned in \fI\%term\%info\fP notation,
 not the older and not-quite-compatible \fItermcap\fP notation.
 This does not cause problems if all you do with it is call \fB\%tgoto\fP
 or \fB\%tparm\fP,
 not the older and not-quite-compatible \fItermcap\fP notation.
 This does not cause problems if all you do with it is call \fB\%tgoto\fP
 or \fB\%tparm\fP,

-which both expand \fI\%term\%info\fP-style strings as \fI\%term\%info\fP
-does.
+which both parametrically expand \fI\%term\%info\fP-style string
+capabilities as \fI\%term\%info\fP does.

 (If
 .I \%ncurses
 is configured to support \fItermcap,\fP
 (If
 .I \%ncurses
 is configured to support \fItermcap,\fP