-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.6 1997/01/05 01:03:16 tom Exp $
-.TH TERMINFO 5 "" "" "File Formats"
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+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.16 2007/03/04 00:09:46 tom Exp $
+.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
.ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
terminfo \- terminal capability data base
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Terminfo
is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as
-.IR nvi (1),
-.IR rogue (1)
+\fBnvi\fR(1),
+\fBrogue\fR(1)
and libraries such as
-.IR curses (3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X).
.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
+version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
.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.
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
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