ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911

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

diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 4412a6a69c354b29f8faf30c8d6d612b340a0ab1..df9e09d9f6aff8b7665dd1a9256fefff02bba7d7 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2008,2010 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 1.30 2008/08/16 20:53:27 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.32 2010/07/31 14:43:29 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .na
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@
 \fBtigetflag\fR,
 \fBtigetnum\fR,
 \fBtigetstr\fR,
+\fBtiparm\fR,
 \fBtparm\fR,
 \fBtputs\fR,
 \fBvid_attr\fR,
 \fBvid_puts\fR,
 \fBvidattr\fR,
-\fBvidputs\fR - \fBcurses\fR interfaces to terminfo database
+\fBvidputs\fR \- \fBcurses\fR interfaces to terminfo database
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -88,6 +89,8 @@
 .br
 \fBchar *tigetstr(char *\fR\fIcapname\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
+\fBchar *tiparm(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, ...);\fR
+.br
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These low-level routines must be called by programs that have to deal
@@ -153,7 +156,7 @@ means that the terminal could not be found,
 or that it is a generic type,
 having too little information for curses applications to run.
 .TP 5
-.B -1
+.B \-1
 means that the \fBterminfo\fR database could not be found.
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -196,6 +199,10 @@ The \fBtparm\fR routine instantiates the string \fIstr\fR with
 parameters \fIpi\fR.  A pointer is returned to the result of \fIstr\fR
 with the parameters applied.
 .PP
+\fBtiparm\fP is a newer form of \fBtparm\fP which uses \fI<stdarg.h>\fP
+rather than a fixed-parameter list.
+Its numeric parameters are integers (int) rather than longs.
+.PP
 The \fBtputs\fR routine applies padding information to the string
 \fIstr\fR and outputs it.  The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
 variable or the return value from \fBtparm\fR, \fBtgetstr\fR, or
@@ -233,15 +240,15 @@ The \fBtigetflag\fR, \fBtigetnum\fR and \fBtigetstr\fR routines return
 the value of the capability corresponding to the \fBterminfo\fR
 \fIcapname\fR passed to them, such as \fBxenl\fR.
 .PP
-The \fBtigetflag\fR routine returns the value \fB-1\fR if
+The \fBtigetflag\fR routine returns the value \fB\-1\fR if
 \fIcapname\fR is not a boolean capability,
 or \fB0\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
 .PP
-The \fBtigetnum\fR routine returns the value \fB-2\fR if
+The \fBtigetnum\fR routine returns the value \fB\-2\fR if
 \fIcapname\fR is not a numeric capability,
-or \fB-1\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
+or \fB\-1\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
 .PP
-The \fBtigetstr\fR routine returns the value \fB(char *)-1\fR
+The \fBtigetstr\fR routine returns the value \fB(char *)\-1\fR
 if \fIcapname\fR is not a string capability,
 or \fB0\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
 .PP
@@ -319,10 +326,14 @@ That returns the length of the string, and does no error-checking.
 .PP
 X/Open Curses prototypes \fBtparm\fR with a fixed number of parameters,
 rather than a variable argument list.
-This implementation uses a variable argument list.
+This implementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
+configured to use the fixed-parameter list.
 Portable applications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
 zeroes are fine for this purpose.
 .PP
+In response to comments by Thomas E. Dickey,
+X/Open Curses Issue 7 proposed the \fBtiparam\fP function in mid-2009.
+.PP
 X/Open notes that after calling \fBmvcur\fR, the curses state may not match the
 actual terminal state, and that an application should touch and refresh
 the window before resuming normal curses calls.
@@ -332,10 +343,10 @@ So though it is documented as a terminfo function,
 \fBmvcur\fR is really a curses function which is not well specified.
 .PP
 X/Open states that the old location must be given for \fBmvcur\fP.
-This implementation allows the caller to use -1's for the old ordinates.
+This implementation allows the caller to use \-1's for the old ordinates.
 In that case, the old location is unknown.
 .PP
-Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by \fBtic\ -x\fP,
+Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by \fBtic\ \-x\fP,
 are not stored in the arrays described in this section.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),