ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201017

[ncurses.git] / man / terminfo.head

diff --git a/man/terminfo.head b/man/terminfo.head
index a7ba4e3cf36d1fefa4b64e2f7aa0cc89cc8343d8..f6a31c8055dc679e93262e241f0140f37ec9e04c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/terminfo.head
+++ b/man/terminfo.head
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 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            *


@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.30 2017/03/05 00:24:35 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.39 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $

 .TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@


@@ -35,7 +36,22 @@
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .de bP
 .ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
 .el       .ds '' ''
 .de bP

-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
+.de NS
+.ie n  .sp
+.el    .sp .5
+.ie n  .in +4
+.el    .in +2
+.nf
+.ft C                  \" Courier
+..
+.de NE
+.fi
+.ft R
+.ie n  .in -4
+.el    .in -2

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


@@ -43,16 +59,23 @@ terminfo \- terminal capability data base
 \*d/*/*
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I 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),
 \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.
 .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
 version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .SS Terminfo Entry Syntax
 .PP


@@ -72,7 +95,7 @@ Newlines and leading whitespace (spaces or tabs)
 may be used for formatting entries for readability.
 These are removed from parsed entries.
 .IP
 may be used for formatting entries for readability.
 These are removed from parsed entries.
 .IP

-The \fB@INFOCMP@\fP \fB\-f\fP and \fB\-W\fP options relies on this to
+The \fB@INFOCMP@\fP \fB\-f\fP and \fB\-W\fP options rely on this to

 format if-then-else expressions,
 or to enforce maximum line-width.
 The resulting formatted terminal description can be read by \fB@TIC@\fP.
 format if-then-else expressions,
 or to enforce maximum line-width.
 The resulting formatted terminal description can be read by \fB@TIC@\fP.


@@ -109,7 +132,7 @@ have a root name, thus \*(``hp2621\*(''.
 This name should not contain hyphens.
 Modes that the hardware can be in, or user preferences, should
 be indicated by appending a hyphen and a mode suffix.
 This name should not contain hyphens.
 Modes that the hardware can be in, or user preferences, should
 be indicated by appending a hyphen and a mode suffix.

-Thus, a vt100 in 132 column mode would be vt100\-w.
+Thus, a vt100 in 132-column mode would be vt100\-w.

 The following suffixes should be used where possible:
 .PP
 .TS
 The following suffixes should be used where possible:
 .PP
 .TS


@@ -132,7 +155,7 @@ l l l.
 \-w    Wide mode (> 80 columns, usually 132)   vt100\-w
 .TE
 .PP
 \-w    Wide mode (> 80 columns, usually 132)   vt100\-w
 .TE
 .PP

-For more on terminal naming conventions, see the \fBterm(7)\fR manual page.
+For more on terminal naming conventions, see the \fBterm\fP(7) manual page.

 .SS Terminfo Capabilities Syntax
 .PP
 The terminfo entry consists of several \fIcapabilities\fP,
 .SS Terminfo Capabilities Syntax
 .PP
 The terminfo entry consists of several \fIcapabilities\fP,