ncurses 5.7 - patch 20091031

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

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 703a239abfdeff19543fceec8485053326dbffa2..4bc28c15df717ebf33e96373e4a0380730b7efef 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2009 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" 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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.92 2008/10/25 23:31:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.93 2009/10/31 20:45:09 tom Exp $

 .hy 0
 .TH ncurses 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .hy 0
 .TH ncurses 3X ""
 .ds n 5


@@ -756,6 +756,10 @@ When set, change occurrences of the command_character
 (i.e., the \fBcmdch\fP capability)
 of the loaded terminfo entries to the value of this symbol.
 Very few terminfo entries provide this feature.
 (i.e., the \fBcmdch\fP capability)
 of the loaded terminfo entries to the value of this symbol.
 Very few terminfo entries provide this feature.

+.IP
+Because this name is also used in development environments to represent
+the C compiler's name, \fBncurses\fR ignores it if it does not happen to
+be a single character.

 .TP 5
 COLUMNS
 Specify the width of the screen in characters.
 .TP 5
 COLUMNS
 Specify the width of the screen in characters.