ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201227

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

diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 041c58f0852e6e4e11f456946bc262c4317aef72..229da5d63b6c30c5ef9c1034f970f6438a86ea11 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.64 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.67 2020/11/07 23:49:07 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
 .TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``


@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf

-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-.br

 \fB#include <term.h>\fR
 .sp
 \fBTERMINAL *cur_term;\fR
 \fB#include <term.h>\fR
 .sp
 \fBTERMINAL *cur_term;\fR


@@ -120,6 +118,14 @@ capabilities, such as programming function keys.
 For all other
 functionality, \fBcurses\fR routines are more suitable and their use is
 recommended.
 For all other
 functionality, \fBcurses\fR routines are more suitable and their use is
 recommended.

+.PP
+None of these functions use (or are aware of) multibyte character strings
+such as UTF-8:
+.bP
+capability names use the POSIX portable character set
+.bP
+capability string values have no associated encoding;
+they are strings of 8-bit characters.

 .SS Initialization
 .PP
 Initially, \fBsetupterm\fR should be called.
 .SS Initialization
 .PP
 Initially, \fBsetupterm\fR should be called.


@@ -385,7 +391,7 @@ These null-terminated arrays contain
 .bP
 the short terminfo names (\*(``codes\*(''),
 .bP
 .bP
 the short terminfo names (\*(``codes\*(''),
 .bP

-the \fBtermcap\fR names (\*(``names\*('', and
+the \fBtermcap\fR names (\*(``names\*(''), and

 .bP
 the long terminfo names (\*(``fnames\*('')
 .PP
 .bP
 the long terminfo names (\*(``fnames\*('')
 .PP