ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100918

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

diff --git a/man/curs_util.3x b/man/curs_util.3x
index 5e141e668bad0bdd222a31fafddcee5a7bab8030..28e0f2b1a3306eef2fe39e301009d49d751b0e31 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_util.3x
+++ b/man/curs_util.3x
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.29 2010/09/11 18:13:16 Jason.McIntyre Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.30 2010/09/18 20:24:41 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_util 3X ""
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -79,17 +82,13 @@ a wide character.
 .PP
 The \fBkeyname\fR routine returns a character string corresponding to the key \fIc\fR:
 .RS 3
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 Printable characters are displayed as themselves, e.g., a one-character string containing the key.
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 Control characters are displayed in the \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation.
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 DEL (character 127) is displayed as \fB^?\fP.
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 Values above 128 are either meta characters
 (if the screen has not been initialized,
 or if \fBmeta\fP has been called with a TRUE parameter),
@@ -97,11 +96,9 @@ shown in the \fBM\-\fR\fIX\fR notation,
 or are displayed as themselves.
 In the latter case, the values may not be printable;
 this follows the X/Open specification.
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 Values above 256 may be the names of the names of function keys.
-.TP 3
-\-
+.bP
 Otherwise (if there is no corresponding name) the function returns null,
 to denote an error.
 X/Open also lists an "UNKNOWN KEY" return value, which some implementations
@@ -177,13 +174,11 @@ The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
 It states that \fBunctrl\fR and \fBwunctrl\fR will return a null pointer if
 unsuccessful, but does not define any error conditions.
 This implementation checks for three cases:
-.RS
-.TP 5
-\-
+.RS 3
+.bP
 the parameter is a 7-bit US\-ASCII code.
 This is the case that X/Open Curses documented.
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 the parameter is in the range 128\-159, i.e., a C1 control code.
 If \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP has been called with a \fB2\fP parameter,
 \fBunctrl\fP returns the parameter, i.e., a one-character string with
@@ -194,8 +189,7 @@ X/Open Curses does not document whether \fBunctrl\fP can be called before
 initializing curses.
 This implementation permits that,
 and returns the ``~@'', etc., values in that case.
-.TP 5
-\-
+.bP
 parameter values outside the 0 to 255 range.
 \fBunctrl\fP returns a null pointer.
 .RE