ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100220

[ncurses.git] / man / terminfo.head

diff --git a/man/terminfo.head b/man/terminfo.head
index 00a85106c80177342f089fa88a4f0ece7b83a4a8..448609c3f9ae0697636017361531e05b9cd4a201 100644 (file)
--- a/man/terminfo.head
+++ b/man/terminfo.head
@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.7 1997/12/14 01:49:17 tom Exp $
-.TH TERMINFO 5 "" "" "File Formats"
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\"                                                                          *
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+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\"
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.17 2009/09/19 19:59:38 tom Exp $
+.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"

 .ds n 5
 .ds n 5

-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@

 .SH NAME
 terminfo \- terminal capability data base
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 terminfo \- terminal capability data base
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -17,11 +45,13 @@ and libraries such as
 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.
 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
+version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).

 .PP
 Entries in
 .I terminfo
 consist of a sequence of `,' separated fields (embedded commas may be
 .PP
 Entries in
 .I terminfo
 consist of a sequence of `,' separated fields (embedded commas may be

-escaped with a  backslash or notated as \e072).
+escaped with a backslash or notated as \\054).

 White space after the `,' separator is ignored.
 The first entry for each terminal gives the names which are known for the
 terminal, separated by `|' characters.
 White space after the `,' separator is ignored.
 The first entry for each terminal gives the names which are known for the
 terminal, separated by `|' characters.


@@ -31,6 +61,16 @@ and all others are understood as synonyms for the terminal name.
 All names but the last should be in lower case and contain no blanks;
 the last name may well contain upper case and blanks for readability.
 .PP
 All names but the last should be in lower case and contain no blanks;
 the last name may well contain upper case and blanks for readability.
 .PP

+Lines beginning with a `#' in the first column are treated as comments.
+While comment lines are legal at any point, the output of \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fP
+and \fB@INFOTOCAP@\fP (aliases for \fB@TIC@\fP)
+will move comments so they occur only between entries.
+.PP
+Newlines and leading tabs may be used for formatting entries for readability.
+These are removed from parsed entries.
+The \fB@INFOCMP@\ -f\fP option relies on this to format if-then-else expressions:
+the result can be read by \fB@TIC@\fP.
+.PP

 Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should
 be chosen using the following conventions.
 The particular piece of hardware making up the terminal should
 Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should
 be chosen using the following conventions.
 The particular piece of hardware making up the terminal should