ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201219

[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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" 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 `` ``
 .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.