ncurses 5.0

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

diff --git a/man/curs_termcap.3x b/man/curs_termcap.3x
index 77e340e22eaab041763285b979ccef36e3312540..c3a0cf30212412398346dd3798d1c1fb5eb5b9cf 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_termcap.3x
+++ b/man/curs_termcap.3x
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
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+.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.12 1999/09/05 01:02:07 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_termcap 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME
@@ -33,12 +62,18 @@ It returns 1 on success, 0 if there is no such entry, and -1 if the
 terminfo database could not be found.
 The emulation ignores the buffer pointer \fIbp\fR.
 
-The \fBtgetflag\fR routine gets the boolean entry for \fIid\fR.
+The \fBtgetflag\fR routine gets the boolean entry for \fIid\fR,
+or zero if it is not available.
 
-The \fBtgetnum\fR routine gets the numeric entry for \fIid\fR.
+The \fBtgetnum\fR routine gets the numeric entry for \fIid\fR,
+or -1 if it is not available.
 
-The \fBtgetstr\fR routine returns the string entry for \fIid\fR.  Use
-\fBtputs\fR to output the returned string.
+The \fBtgetstr\fR routine returns the string entry for \fIid\fR,
+or zero if it is not available.
+Use \fBtputs\fR to output the returned string.
+The return value will also be copied to the buffer pointed to by \fIarea\fR,
+and the \fIarea\fR value will be updated to point past the null ending
+this value.
 
 The \fBtgoto\fR routine instantiates the parameters into the given capability.
 The output from this routine is to be passed to \fBtputs\fR.