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+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.36 2019/07/13 23:17:33 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.40 2021/06/17 21:30:22 tom Exp $
.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
\*d/*/*
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Terminfo
-is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as
+is a data base describing terminals,
+used by screen-oriented programs such as
\fBnvi\fR(1),
-\fBrogue\fR(1)
-and libraries such as
-\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+\fBlynx\fR(1),
+\fBmutt\fR(1),
+and other curses applications,
+using high-level calls to libraries such as \fBcurses\fR(3X).
+It is also used via low-level calls by non-curses applications
+which may be screen-oriented (such as \fB@CLEAR@\fP(1))
+or non-screen (such as \fB@TABS@\fP(1)).
+.PP
.I Terminfo
describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities which they
have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by
specifying padding requirements and initialization sequences.
-This describes \fBncurses\fR
+.PP
+This manual describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
.SS Terminfo Entry Syntax
.PP
.I terminfo
consist of a sequence of fields:
.bP
-Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*(''
+Each field ends with a comma \*(``,\*(''
(embedded commas may be
escaped with a backslash or written as \*(``\\054\*('').
.bP