ncurses 5.9 - patch 20111119

[ncurses.git] / man / infocmp.1m

diff --git a/man/infocmp.1m b/man/infocmp.1m
index 575defb5631a17926eb6409df1ab860c6cced8c5..454d716a3a38a6461fa5b19d81f8600fd339b0f0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/infocmp.1m
+++ b/man/infocmp.1m
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 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            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.45 2010/07/31 16:09:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.49 2011/08/06 17:46:28 tom Exp $
 .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ E\
 F\
 G\
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+K\
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@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ l l .
 \fB\-L\fR/use the long C variable name listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
 \fB\-C\fR/use the \fBtermcap\fR names
 \fB\-r\fR/when using \fB\-C\fR, put out all capabilities in \fBtermcap\fR form
+\fB\-K\fR/modifies the \fB\-C\fP option, improving BSD-compatibility.
 .TE
 .PP
 If no \fItermnames\fR are given, the environment variable \fBTERM\fR will be
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@ are derivable from other \fBterminfo\fR variables, will be output.  Not all
 part of \fBtermcap\fR will normally be output.  Specifying the \fB\-r\fR option
 will take off this restriction, allowing all capabilities to be output in
 \fItermcap\fR form.
+Normally you would use both the \fB\-C\fP and \fB\-r\fP options.
+The actual format used incorporates some improvements for escaped characters
+from terminfo format.
+For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, use the \fB\-K\fR option
+rather than \fB\-C\fP.
 .PP
 Note that because padding is collected to the beginning of the capability, not
 all capabilities are output.  Mandatory padding is not supported.  Because
@@ -202,6 +209,9 @@ databases.  This is useful for comparing descriptions for the same terminal
 created by different people.
 .SS Other Options
 .TP 5
+\fB\-0\fR
+causes the fields to be printed on one line, without wrapping.
+.TP 5
 \fB\-1\fR
 causes the fields to be printed out one to a line.  Otherwise,
 the fields will be printed several to a line to a maximum width
@@ -392,6 +402,8 @@ using the \fB\-x\fR option of \fBtic\fP.
 Compiled terminal description database.
 .SH EXTENSIONS
 The
+\fB\-0\fR,
+\fB\-1\fR,
 \fB\-E\fR,
 \fB\-F\fR,
 \fB\-G\fR,
@@ -429,9 +441,3 @@ Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
 and
 .br
 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End: