ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170311

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

diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 7d440bf53ebca8388f5df312e241ac3dd93a232b..3072a2d6ad3aa597912188035b5a7a4ac1e9eab0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2011,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2013,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.43 2013/07/20 19:29:59 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.46 2016/10/15 17:27:48 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ If \fBERR\fR is returned, examine \fIerrret\fR:
 means that the terminal is hardcopy, cannot be used for curses applications.
 .IP
 \fBsetupterm\fP determines if the entry is a hardcopy type by
-checking the \fIhc\fP (\fIhardcopy\fP) capability.
+checking the \fBhc\fP (\fBhardcopy\fP) capability.
 .TP 5
 .B 0
 means that the terminal could not be found,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ or that it is a generic type,
 having too little information for curses applications to run.
 .IP
 \fBsetupterm\fP determines if the entry is a generic type by
-checking the \fIgn\fP (\fIgeneric\fP) capability.
+checking the \fBgn\fP (\fBgeneric\fP) capability.
 .TP 5
 .B \-1
 means that the \fBterminfo\fR database could not be found.
@@ -249,10 +249,16 @@ Its numeric parameters are integers (int) rather than longs.
 .SS Output Functions
 .PP
 The \fBtputs\fR routine applies padding information to the string
-\fIstr\fR and outputs it.  The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
+\fIstr\fR and outputs it:
+.bP
+The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
 variable or the return value from \fBtparm\fR, \fBtgetstr\fR, or
-\fBtgoto\fR.  \fIaffcnt\fR is the number of lines affected, or 1 if
-not applicable.  \fIputc\fR is a \fBputchar\fR-like routine to which
+\fBtgoto\fR.
+.bP
+\fIaffcnt\fR is the number of lines affected, or 1 if
+not applicable.
+.bP
+\fIputc\fR is a \fBputchar\fR-like routine to which
 the characters are passed, one at a time.
 .PP
 The \fBputp\fR routine calls \fBtputs(\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, 1, putchar)\fR.
@@ -387,7 +393,7 @@ Older versions of \fBncurses\fP assumed that the file descriptor passed to
 \fBsetupterm\fP from \fBinitscr\fP or \fBnewterm\fP uses buffered I/O,
 and would write to the corresponding stream.
 In addition to the limitation that the terminal was left in block-buffered
-mode on exit (like SystemV curses),
+mode on exit (like System V curses),
 it was problematic because \fBncurses\fP
 did not allow a reliable way to cleanup on receiving SIGTSTP.
 The current version uses output buffers managed directly by \fBncurses\fP.