.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.31 2010/01/09 19:43:39 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
\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
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
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
\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),