ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201227

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

diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 54eb08a88eaa779318bbfa14c3e1da9b2d24d4a1..229da5d63b6c30c5ef9c1034f970f6438a86ea11 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.65 2020/09/29 20:07:42 Rueben.Thomas 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 `` ``
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-.br
 \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.
+.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.