ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170826

[ncurses.git] / man / tput.1

diff --git a/man/tput.1 b/man/tput.1
index e2f44e5c633849765b8ed6ac269f6d861c3e30bb..0f984a743056c85da3fd859ce65bbfe8d5b6a756 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tput.1
+++ b/man/tput.1
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: tput.1,v 1.54 2017/01/29 00:51:08 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tput.1,v 1.55 2017/08/19 14:26:42 tom Exp $

 .TH @TPUT@ 1 ""
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .ds n 1
 .TH @TPUT@ 1 ""
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .ds n 1


@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fIcapname\fR [\fIparameters\fR]
 .br
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fIcapname\fR [\fIparameters\fR]
 .br

-\fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fBclear\fR
+\fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] [\fB\-x\fP] \fBclear\fR

 .br
 \fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fBinit\fR
 .br
 .br
 \fB@TPUT@\fR [\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR] \fBinit\fR
 .br


@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ For a complete list of capabilities
 and the \fIcapname\fR associated with each, see \fBterminfo\fR(5).
 .SS Options
 .TP
 and the \fIcapname\fR associated with each, see \fBterminfo\fR(5).
 .SS Options
 .TP

-\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR
-indicates the \fItype\fR of terminal.
-Normally this option is
-unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
-variable \fBTERM\fR.
-If \fB\-T\fR is specified, then the shell
-variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will also be ignored.
-.TP

 \fB\-S\fR
 allows more than one capability per invocation of \fB@TPUT@\fR.  The
 capabilities must be passed to \fB@TPUT@\fR from the standard input
 \fB\-S\fR
 allows more than one capability per invocation of \fB@TPUT@\fR.  The
 capabilities must be passed to \fB@TPUT@\fR from the standard input


@@ -103,12 +95,26 @@ The \fB\-S\fR option changes the
 meaning of the \fB0\fR and \fB1\fR boolean and string exit codes (see the
 EXIT CODES section).
 .IP
 meaning of the \fB0\fR and \fB1\fR boolean and string exit codes (see the
 EXIT CODES section).
 .IP

-Again, \fB@TPUT@\fR uses a table and the presence of parameters in its input
+Because some capabilities may use
+\fIstring\fP parameters rather than \fInumbers\fP,
+\fB@TPUT@\fR uses a table and the presence of parameters in its input

 to decide whether to use \fBtparm\fR(3X),
 and how to interpret the parameters.
 .TP
 to decide whether to use \fBtparm\fR(3X),
 and how to interpret the parameters.
 .TP

+\fB\-T\fR\fItype\fR
+indicates the \fItype\fR of terminal.
+Normally this option is
+unnecessary, because the default is taken from the environment
+variable \fBTERM\fR.
+If \fB\-T\fR is specified, then the shell
+variables \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR will also be ignored.
+.TP

 \fB\-V\fR
 reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
 \fB\-V\fR
 reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.

+.TP
+.B \-x
+do not attempt to clear the terminal's scrollback buffer
+using the extended \*(``E3\*('' capability.

 .SS Commands
 A few commands (\fBinit\fP, \fBreset\fP and \fBlongname\fP) are
 special; they are defined by the \fB@TPUT@\fP program.
 .SS Commands
 A few commands (\fBinit\fP, \fBreset\fP and \fBlongname\fP) are
 special; they are defined by the \fB@TPUT@\fP program.