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@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
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-  * It is generated from terminfo.head, Caps, and terminfo.tail.
+  * It is generated from terminfo.head,  ./../include/Caps ./../include/Caps-ncurses, and terminfo.tail.
   * Note: this must be run through tbl before nroff.
   * The magic cookie on the first line triggers this under some man programs.
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-  * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.89 2018/05/19 21:01:52 tom Exp @
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-  * This file is part of ncurses.
-  * See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
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 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
        <EM>Terminfo</EM>  is  a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented
-       programs such as <STRONG>nvi(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>rogue(1)</STRONG> and  libraries  such  as  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       programs such as <STRONG>nvi(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>lynx(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>mutt(1)</STRONG>, and  other  curses  applica-
+       tions,  using  high-level calls to libraries such as <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.  It is
+       also used via low-level calls by non-curses applications which  may  be
+       screen-oriented (such as <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>) or non-screen (such as <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>).
+
        <EM>Terminfo</EM> 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
-       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20180519).
+       padding requirements and initialization sequences.
+
+       This manual describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20201031).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Entry-Syntax">Terminfo Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
        Entries in <EM>terminfo</EM> consist of a sequence of fields:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Each field ends with a comma "," (embedded commas  may  be  escaped
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Each  field  ends  with a comma "," (embedded commas may be escaped
            with a backslash or written as "\054").
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   White space between fields is ignored.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first field in a <EM>terminfo</EM> entry begins in the first column.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Newlines  and  leading  whitespace (spaces or tabs) may be used for
-           formatting entries for readability.  These are removed from  parsed
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Newlines and leading whitespace (spaces or tabs) may  be  used  for
+           formatting  entries for readability.  These are removed from parsed
            entries.
 
-           The  <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG>  <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options rely on this to format if-then-else
-           expressions, or to enforce maximum line-width.  The resulting  for-
+           The <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options rely on this to  format  if-then-else
+           expressions,  or to enforce maximum line-width.  The resulting for-
            matted terminal description can be read by <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first  field for each terminal gives the names which are known
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first field for each terminal gives the names which  are  known
            for the terminal, separated by "|" characters.
 
            The first name given is the most common abbreviation for the termi-
-           nal  (its  primary name), the last name given should be a long name
-           fully identifying the terminal (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">longname(3x)</A></STRONG>), and  all  others
+           nal (its primary name), the last name given should be a  long  name
+           fully  identifying  the terminal (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">longname(3x)</A></STRONG>), and all others
            are treated as synonyms (aliases) for the primary terminal name.
 
-           X/Open  Curses  advises  that  all  names but the last should be in
-           lower case and contain no blanks; the last name  may  well  contain
+           X/Open Curses advises that 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.
 
-           This  implementation  is not so strict; it allows mixed case in the
+           This implementation is not so strict; it allows mixed case  in  the
            primary name and aliases.  If the last name has no embedded blanks,
-           it  allows  that  to  be both an alias and a verbose name (but will
+           it allows that to be both an alias and a  verbose  name  (but  will
            warn about this ambiguity).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Lines beginning with a "#" in the first column are treated as  com-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Lines  beginning with a "#" in the first column are treated as com-
            ments.
 
            While comment lines are legal at any point, the output of <STRONG>captoinfo</STRONG>
-           and <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG> (aliases for <STRONG>tic</STRONG>) will move comments  so  they  occur
+           and  <STRONG>infotocap</STRONG>  (aliases  for <STRONG>tic</STRONG>) will move comments so they occur
            only between entries.
 
-       Terminal  names  (except  for the last, verbose entry) should be chosen
+       Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry)  should  be  chosen
        using the following conventions.  The particular piece of hardware mak-
-       ing  up the terminal should have a root name, thus "hp2621".  This name
+       ing up the terminal should 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 suf-
-       fix.  Thus, a vt100 in 132 column mode would be vt100-w.  The following
+       preferences, should be indicated by appending a hyphen and a mode  suf-
+       fix.  Thus, a vt100 in 132-column mode would be vt100-w.  The following
        suffixes should be used where possible:
 
             <STRONG>Suffix</STRONG>                  <STRONG>Meaning</STRONG>                   <STRONG>Example</STRONG>
@@ -146,96 +177,100 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Capabilities-Syntax">Terminfo Capabilities Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  terminfo  entry  consists  of several <EM>capabilities</EM>, i.e., features
-       that the terminal has, or methods for exercising  the  terminal's  fea-
+       The terminfo entry consists of  several  <EM>capabilities</EM>,  i.e.,  features
+       that  the  terminal  has, or methods for exercising the terminal's fea-
        tures.
 
        After the first field (giving the name(s) of the terminal entry), there
        should be one or more <EM>capability</EM> fields.  These are boolean, numeric or
        string names with corresponding values:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean  capabilities  are  true  when  present, false when absent.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean capabilities are true  when  present,  false  when  absent.
            There is no explicit value for boolean capabilities.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Numeric capabilities  have  a  "#"  following  the  name,  then  an
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Numeric  capabilities  have  a  "#"  following  the  name,  then an
            unsigned decimal integer value.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   String  capabilities  have a "=" following the name, then an string
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   String capabilities have a "=" following the name, then  an  string
            of characters making up the capability value.
 
-           String capabilities can be split into multiple lines, just  as  the
-           fields  comprising  a  terminal  entry  can  be split into multiple
-           lines.  While blanks between fields are  ignored,  blanks  embedded
-           within  a string value are retained, except for leading blanks on a
+           String  capabilities  can be split into multiple lines, just as the
+           fields comprising a terminal  entry  can  be  split  into  multiple
+           lines.   While  blanks  between fields are ignored, blanks embedded
+           within a string value are retained, except for leading blanks on  a
            line.
 
-       Any capability can be <EM>canceled</EM>,  i.e.,  suppressed  from  the  terminal
+       Any  capability  can  be  <EM>canceled</EM>,  i.e., suppressed from the terminal
        entry, by following its name with "@" rather than a capability value.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Similar-Terminals">Similar Terminals</a></H3><PRE>
-       If  there  are  two  very  similar  terminals, one (the variant) can be
-       defined as being just like the other (the  base)  with  certain  excep-
+       If there are two very similar  terminals,  one  (the  variant)  can  be
+       defined  as  being  just  like the other (the base) with certain excep-
        tions.  In the definition of the variant, the string capability <STRONG>use</STRONG> can
        be given with the name of the base terminal:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The capabilities given before <STRONG>use</STRONG> override those in the  base  type
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  capabilities  given before <STRONG>use</STRONG> override those in the base type
            named by <STRONG>use</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  there are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in reverse
-           order.  That is, the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference  is  processed  first,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If there are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in  reverse
+           order.   That  is,  the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference is processed first,
            then the one to its left, and so forth.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Capabilities  given  explicitly in the entry override those brought
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Capabilities given explicitly in the entry override  those  brought
            in by <STRONG>use</STRONG> references.
 
        A capability can be canceled by placing <STRONG>xx@</STRONG> to the left of the use ref-
-       erence  that  imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capability.  For example, the
+       erence that imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capability.  For  example,  the
        entry
 
               2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
 
        defines a 2621-nl that does not have the <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> or <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG> capabilities, and
-       hence  does  not  turn  on the function key labels when in visual mode.
-       This is useful for different modes for a  terminal,  or  for  different
+       hence does not turn on the function key labels  when  in  visual  mode.
+       This  is  useful  for  different modes for a terminal, or for different
        user preferences.
 
        An entry included via <STRONG>use</STRONG> can contain canceled capabilities, which have
-       the same effect as if those cancels were inline in the  using  terminal
+       the  same  effect as if those cancels were inline in the using terminal
        entry.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Predefined-Capabilities">Predefined Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  following  is  a  complete table of the capabilities included in a
-       terminfo description block and available to  terminfo-using  code.   In
+       The following is a complete table of the  capabilities  included  in  a
+       terminfo  description  block  and available to terminfo-using code.  In
        each line of the table,
 
-       The  <STRONG>variable</STRONG>  is  the  name  by  which the programmer (at the terminfo
+       The <STRONG>variable</STRONG> is the name by  which  the  programmer  (at  the  terminfo
        level) accesses the capability.
 
-       The <STRONG>capname</STRONG> is the short name used in the text of the database, and  is
-       used  by  a  person updating the database.  Whenever possible, capnames
+       The  <STRONG>capname</STRONG> is the short name used in the text of the database, and is
+       used by a person updating the database.   Whenever  possible,  capnames
        are chosen to be the same as or similar to the ANSI X3.64-1979 standard
-       (now  superseded  by  ECMA-48,  which  uses  identical  or very similar
-       names).  Semantics are also intended to match those of  the  specifica-
+       (now superseded by  ECMA-48,  which  uses  identical  or  very  similar
+       names).   Semantics  are also intended to match those of the specifica-
        tion.
 
-       The  termcap code is the old <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> capability name (some capabilities
+       The termcap code is the old <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> capability name (some  capabilities
        are new, and have names which termcap did not originate).
 
-       Capability names have no hard length limit, but an informal limit of  5
+       Capability  names have no hard length limit, but an informal limit of 5
        characters has been adopted to keep them short and to allow the tabs in
        the source file <STRONG>Caps</STRONG> to line up nicely.
 
-       Finally, the description field attempts to convey the semantics of  the
+       Finally,  the description field attempts to convey the semantics of the
        capability.  You may find some codes in the description field:
 
        (P)    indicates that padding may be specified
 
-       #[1-9] in  the  description  field  indicates that the string is passed
-              through tparm with parms as given (#<EM>i</EM>).
+       #[1-9] in the description field indicates that  the  string  is  passed
+              through <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG> with parameters as given (#<EM>i</EM>).
 
-       (P*)   indicates that padding may vary in proportion to the  number  of
+              If  no  parameters  are  listed  in the description, passing the
+              string through <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG> may give unexpected results,  e.g.,  if
+              it contains percent (%%) signs.
+
+       (P*)   indicates  that  padding may vary in proportion to the number of
               lines affected
 
        (#<EM>i</EM>)   indicates the <EM>i</EM>th parameter.
@@ -250,6 +285,7 @@
                                                        umn 0 to last column
           auto_right_margin           am        am     terminal has auto-
                                                        matic margins
+
           back_color_erase            bce       ut     screen erased with
                                                        background color
           can_change                  ccc       cc     terminal can re-
@@ -259,7 +295,6 @@
                                                        by overwriting (hp)
           col_addr_glitch             xhpa      YA     only positive motion
                                                        for hpa/mhpa caps
-
           cpi_changes_res             cpix      YF     changing character
                                                        pitch changes reso-
                                                        lution
@@ -316,6 +351,7 @@
                                                        strike
           prtr_silent                 mc5i      5i     printer will not
                                                        echo on screen
+
           row_addr_glitch             xvpa      YD     only positive motion
                                                        for vpa/mvpa caps
           semi_auto_right_margin      sam       YE     printing in last
@@ -324,8 +360,6 @@
                                                        on the status line
           tilde_glitch                hz        hz     cannot print ~'s
                                                        (Hazeltine)
-
-
           transparent_underline       ul        ul     underline character
                                                        overstrikes
           xon_xoff                    xon       xo     terminal uses
@@ -372,8 +406,8 @@
           width_status_line           wsl       ws     number of columns in
                                                        status line
 
-       The following numeric capabilities  are  present  in  the  SVr4.0  term
-       structure,  but  are  not yet documented in the man page.  They came in
+       The  following  numeric  capabilities  are  present  in the SVr4.0 term
+       structure, but are not yet documented in the man page.   They  came  in
        with SVr4's printer support.
 
 
@@ -383,6 +417,7 @@
                                                        each bit-image row
           bit_image_type              bitype    Yp     type of bit-image
                                                        device
+
           buffer_capacity             bufsz     Ya     numbers of bytes
                                                        buffered before
                                                        printing
@@ -391,7 +426,6 @@
           dot_horz_spacing            spinh     Yc     spacing of dots hor-
                                                        izontally in dots
                                                        per inch
-
           dot_vert_spacing            spinv     Yb     spacing of pins ver-
                                                        tically in pins per
                                                        inch
@@ -448,6 +482,8 @@
                                                        (P)
           char_padding                rmp       rP     like ip but when in
                                                        insert mode
+
+
           clear_all_tabs              tbc       ct     clear all tab stops
                                                        (P)
           clear_margins               mgc       MC     clear right and left
@@ -456,8 +492,6 @@
                                                        home cursor (P*)
           clr_bol                     el1       cb     Clear to beginning
                                                        of line
-
-
           clr_eol                     el        ce     clear to end of line
                                                        (P)
           clr_eos                     ed        cd     clear to end of
@@ -515,6 +549,7 @@
           enter_delete_mode           smdc      dm     enter delete mode
           enter_dim_mode              dim       mh     turn on half-bright
                                                        mode
+
           enter_doublewide_mode       swidm     ZF     Enter double-wide
                                                        mode
           enter_draft_quality         sdrfq     ZG     Enter draft-quality
@@ -523,7 +558,6 @@
           enter_italics_mode          sitm      ZH     Enter italic mode
           enter_leftward_mode         slm       ZI     Start leftward car-
                                                        riage motion
-
           enter_micro_mode            smicm     ZJ     Start micro-motion
                                                        mode
           enter_near_letter_quality   snlq      ZK     Enter NLQ mode
@@ -581,6 +615,7 @@
                                                        not move cursor)
           form_feed                   ff        ff     hardcopy terminal
                                                        page eject (P*)
+
           from_status_line            fsl       fs     return from status
                                                        line
           goto_window                 wingo     WG     go to window #1
@@ -589,7 +624,6 @@
                                                        string
           init_2string                is2       is     initialization
                                                        string
-
           init_3string                is3       i3     initialization
                                                        string
           init_file                   if        if     name of initializa-
@@ -647,6 +681,7 @@
           key_f15                     kf15      F5     F15 function key
           key_f16                     kf16      F6     F16 function key
           key_f17                     kf17      F7     F17 function key
+
           key_f18                     kf18      F8     F18 function key
           key_f19                     kf19      F9     F19 function key
           key_f2                      kf2       k2     F2 function key
@@ -655,7 +690,6 @@
           key_f22                     kf22      FC     F22 function key
           key_f23                     kf23      FD     F23 function key
           key_f24                     kf24      FE     F24 function key
-
           key_f25                     kf25      FF     F25 function key
           key_f26                     kf26      FG     F26 function key
           key_f27                     kf27      FH     F27 function key
@@ -713,6 +747,7 @@
           key_mark                    kmrk      %2     mark key
           key_message                 kmsg      %3     message key
           key_move                    kmov      %4     move key
+
           key_next                    knxt      %5     next key
           key_npage                   knp       kN     next-page key
           key_open                    kopn      %6     open key
@@ -721,7 +756,6 @@
           key_previous                kprv      %8     previous key
           key_print                   kprt      %9     print key
           key_redo                    krdo      %0     redo key
-
           key_reference               kref      &amp;1     reference key
           key_refresh                 krfr      &amp;2     refresh key
           key_replace                 krpl      &amp;3     replace key
@@ -778,6 +812,8 @@
                                                        key f0 if not f0
           lab_f1                      lf1       l1     label on function
                                                        key f1 if not f1
+
+
           lab_f10                     lf10      la     label on function
                                                        key f10 if not f10
           lab_f2                      lf2       l2     label on function
@@ -786,8 +822,6 @@
                                                        key f3 if not f3
           lab_f4                      lf4       l4     label on function
                                                        key f4 if not f4
-
-
           lab_f5                      lf5       l5     label on function
                                                        key f5 if not f5
           lab_f6                      lf6       l6     label on function
@@ -845,6 +879,7 @@
                                                        to the right (P*)
           parm_right_micro            mcuf      Zh     Like parm_right_cur-
                                                        sor in micro mode
+
           parm_rindex                 rin       SR     scroll back #1 lines
                                                        (P)
           parm_up_cursor              cuu       UP     up #1 lines (P*)
@@ -852,8 +887,6 @@
                                                        in micro mode
           pkey_key                    pfkey     pk     program function key
                                                        #1 to type string #2
-
-
           pkey_local                  pfloc     pl     program function key
                                                        #1 to execute string
                                                        #2
@@ -908,6 +941,11 @@
                                                        pair to #1
           set_foreground              setf      Sf     Set foreground color
                                                        #1
+
+
+
+
+
           set_left_margin             smgl      ML     set left soft margin
                                                        at current col-
                                                        umn.     See smgl.
@@ -918,8 +956,6 @@
           set_right_margin            smgr      MR     set right soft mar-
                                                        gin at current col-
                                                        umn
-
-
           set_right_margin_parm       smgrp     Zn     Set right margin at
                                                        column #1
           set_tab                     hts       st     set a tab in every
@@ -984,8 +1020,6 @@
                                                         lation
           bit_image_carriage_return   bicr       Yv     Move to beginning
                                                         of same row
-
-
           bit_image_newline           binel      Zz     Move to next row
                                                         of the bit image
           bit_image_repeat            birep      Xy     Repeat bit image
@@ -1043,6 +1077,7 @@
           set_a_foreground            setaf      AF     Set foreground
                                                         color to #1, using
                                                         ANSI escape
+
           set_color_band              setcolor   Yz     Change to ribbon
                                                         color #1
           set_lr_margin               smglr      ML     Set both left and
@@ -1050,19 +1085,17 @@
                                                         #1, #2.  (ML is
                                                         not in BSD term-
                                                         cap).
-
-
           set_page_length             slines     YZ     Set page length to
                                                         #1 lines
           set_tb_margin               smgtb      MT     Sets both top and
                                                         bottom margins to
                                                         #1, #2
 
-        The XSI Curses standard added these hardcopy capabilities.  They  were
-        used  in  some post-4.1 versions of System V curses, e.g., Solaris 2.5
-        and IRIX 6.x.  Except for <STRONG>YI</STRONG>, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> termcap names for  them  are
-        invented.   According to the XSI Curses standard, they have no termcap
-        names.  If your compiled terminfo entries use these, they may  not  be
+        The  XSI Curses standard added these hardcopy capabilities.  They were
+        used in some post-4.1 versions of System V curses, e.g.,  Solaris  2.5
+        and  IRIX  6.x.  Except for <STRONG>YI</STRONG>, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> termcap names for them are
+        invented.  According to the XSI Curses standard, they have no  termcap
+        names.   If  your compiled terminfo entries use these, they may not be
         binary-compatible with System V terminfo entries after SVr4.1; beware!
 
 
@@ -1091,26 +1124,26 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-User-Defined-Capabilities">User-Defined Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  preceding  section  listed the <EM>predefined</EM> capabilities.  They deal
-       with some special features for terminals no longer (or possibly  never)
-       produced.   Occasionally  there are special features of newer terminals
-       which are awkward or impossible to represent by reusing the  predefined
+       The preceding section listed the <EM>predefined</EM>  capabilities.   They  deal
+       with  some special features for terminals no longer (or possibly never)
+       produced.  Occasionally there are special features of  newer  terminals
+       which  are awkward or impossible to represent by reusing the predefined
        capabilities.
 
-       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  addresses  this  limitation by allowing user-defined capabili-
+       <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> addresses this limitation by  allowing  user-defined  capabili-
        ties.  The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> and <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> programs provide the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option for this pur-
        pose.  When <STRONG>-x</STRONG> is set, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> treats unknown capabilities as user-defined.
-       That is, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> encounters a capability name which it does  not  recog-
-       nize,  it  infers  its type (boolean, number or string) from the syntax
-       and  makes  an  extended  table  entry  for   that   capability.    The
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">use_extended_names(3x)</A></STRONG>  function  makes  this information conditionally
+       That  is,  if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> encounters a capability name which it does not recog-
+       nize, it infers its type (boolean, number or string)  from  the  syntax
+       and   makes   an   extended  table  entry  for  that  capability.   The
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">use_extended_names(3x)</A></STRONG> function makes  this  information  conditionally
        available to applications.  The ncurses library provides the data leav-
        ing most of the behavior to applications:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   User-defined  capability  strings  whose  name  begins with "k" are
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   User-defined capability strings whose  name  begins  with  "k"  are
            treated as function keys.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The types (boolean,  number,  string)  determined  by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  can  be
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  types  (boolean,  number,  string)  determined  by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> can be
            inferred by successful calls on <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, etc.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the capability name happens to be two characters, the capability
@@ -1118,18 +1151,18 @@
 
        While termcap is said to be extensible because it does not use a prede-
        fined set of capabilities, in practice it has been limited to the capa-
-       bilities defined by terminfo implementations.  As a rule,  user-defined
+       bilities  defined by terminfo implementations.  As a rule, user-defined
        capabilities intended for use by termcap applications should be limited
-       to booleans and numbers to avoid  running  past  the  1023  byte  limit
+       to  booleans  and  numbers  to  avoid  running past the 1023 byte limit
        assumed by termcap implementations and their applications.  In particu-
-       lar, providing extended sets of function keys  (past  the  60  numbered
-       keys  and  the  handful  of  special named keys) is best done using the
+       lar,  providing  extended  sets  of function keys (past the 60 numbered
+       keys and the handful of special named keys)  is  best  done  using  the
        longer names available using terminfo.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-A-Sample-Entry">A Sample Entry</a></H3><PRE>
        The following entry, describing an ANSI-standard terminal, is represen-
-       tative  of  what a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry for a modern terminal typically looks
+       tative of what a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> entry for a modern terminal  typically  looks
        like.
 
        ansi|ansi/pc-term compatible with color,
@@ -1163,8 +1196,8 @@
                smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n,
                u8=\E[?%[;0123456789]c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
 
-       Entries may continue onto multiple lines by placing white space at  the
-       beginning  of  each line except the first.  Comments may be included on
+       Entries  may continue onto multiple lines by placing white space at the
+       beginning of each line except the first.  Comments may be  included  on
        lines beginning with "#".  Capabilities in <EM>terminfo</EM> are of three types:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Boolean capabilities which indicate that the terminal has some par-
@@ -1173,23 +1206,23 @@
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   numeric capabilities giving the size of the terminal or the size of
            particular delays, and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   string capabilities, which give a sequence which  can  be  used  to
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   string  capabilities,  which  give  a sequence which can be used to
            perform particular terminal operations.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Types-of-Capabilities">Types of Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
        All capabilities have names.  For instance, the fact that ANSI-standard
-       terminals have <EM>automatic</EM> <EM>margins</EM> (i.e., an automatic return  and  line-
-       feed  when the end of a line is reached) is indicated by the capability
-       <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  Hence the description of ansi includes <STRONG>am</STRONG>.   Numeric  capabilities
-       are  followed  by  the  character  "#" and then a positive value.  Thus
+       terminals  have  <EM>automatic</EM> <EM>margins</EM> (i.e., an automatic return and line-
+       feed when the end of a line is reached) is indicated by the  capability
+       <STRONG>am</STRONG>.   Hence  the description of ansi includes <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  Numeric capabilities
+       are followed by the character "#" and  then  a  positive  value.   Thus
        <STRONG>cols</STRONG>, which indicates the number of columns the terminal has, gives the
-       value  "80" for ansi.  Values for numeric capabilities may be specified
+       value "80" for ansi.  Values for numeric capabilities may be  specified
        in decimal, octal or hexadecimal, using the C programming language con-
        ventions (e.g., 255, 0377 and 0xff or 0xFF).
 
-       Finally,  string  valued capabilities, such as <STRONG>el</STRONG> (clear to end of line
-       sequence) are given by the two-character  code,  an  "=",  and  then  a
+       Finally, string valued capabilities, such as <STRONG>el</STRONG> (clear to end  of  line
+       sequence)  are  given  by  the  two-character  code, an "=", and then a
        string ending at the next following ",".
 
        A number of escape sequences are provided in the string valued capabil-
@@ -1210,9 +1243,9 @@
            respectively.
 
        X/Open Curses does not say what "appropriate <EM>x</EM>" might be.  In practice,
-       that  is a printable ASCII graphic character.  The special case "^?" is
-       interpreted as DEL (127).  In all other cases, the character  value  is
-       AND'd  with 0x1f, mapping to ASCII control codes in the range 0 through
+       that is a printable ASCII graphic character.  The special case "^?"  is
+       interpreted  as  DEL (127).  In all other cases, the character value is
+       AND'd with 0x1f, mapping to ASCII control codes in the range 0  through
        31.
 
        Other escapes include
@@ -1228,142 +1261,142 @@
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>\0</STRONG> for null.
 
            <STRONG>\0</STRONG> will produce \200, which does not terminate a string but behaves
-           as  a null character on most terminals, providing CS7 is specified.
+           as a null character on most terminals, providing CS7 is  specified.
            See <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG>.
 
-           The reason for this quirk is to maintain  binary  compatibility  of
-           the  compiled  terminfo files with other implementations, e.g., the
-           SVr4 systems, which document this.   Compiled  terminfo  files  use
-           null-terminated  strings,  with  no  lengths.  Modifying this would
+           The  reason  for  this quirk is to maintain binary compatibility of
+           the compiled terminfo files with other implementations,  e.g.,  the
+           SVr4  systems,  which  document  this.  Compiled terminfo files use
+           null-terminated strings, with no  lengths.   Modifying  this  would
            require a new binary format, which would not work with other imple-
            mentations.
 
        Finally, characters may be given as three octal digits after a <STRONG>\</STRONG>.
 
-       A  delay  in  milliseconds  may appear anywhere in a string capability,
-       enclosed in $&lt;..&gt; brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;,  and  padding  characters
+       A delay in milliseconds may appear anywhere  in  a  string  capability,
+       enclosed  in  $&lt;..&gt;  brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;, and padding characters
        are supplied by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tputs(3x)</A></STRONG> to provide this delay.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The delay must be a number with at most one decimal place of preci-
            sion; it may be followed by suffixes "*" or "/" or both.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A "*" indicates that the padding required is  proportional  to  the
-           number  of lines affected by the operation, and the amount given is
-           the per-affected-unit padding required.  (In  the  case  of  insert
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A  "*"  indicates  that the padding required is proportional to the
+           number of lines affected by the operation, and the amount given  is
+           the  per-affected-unit  padding  required.   (In the case of insert
            character, the factor is still the number of <EM>lines</EM> affected.)
 
            Normally, padding is advisory if the device has the <STRONG>xon</STRONG> capability;
            it is used for cost computation but does not trigger delays.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A "/" suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory and  forces  a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A  "/"  suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory and forces a
            delay of the given number of milliseconds even on devices for which
            <STRONG>xon</STRONG> is present to indicate flow control.
 
-       Sometimes individual capabilities must be commented out.  To  do  this,
-       put  a  period before the capability name.  For example, see the second
+       Sometimes  individual  capabilities must be commented out.  To do this,
+       put a period before the capability name.  For example, see  the  second
        <STRONG>ind</STRONG> in the example above.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Fetching-Compiled-Descriptions">Fetching Compiled Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
-       The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library  searches  for  terminal  descriptions  in  several
-       places.   It  uses only the first description found.  The library has a
-       compiled-in list of places to search which can be overridden  by  envi-
-       ronment  variables.   Before  starting  to  search,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> eliminates
+       The  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  library  searches  for  terminal  descriptions in several
+       places.  It uses only the first description found.  The library  has  a
+       compiled-in  list  of places to search which can be overridden by envi-
+       ronment variables.   Before  starting  to  search,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>  eliminates
        duplicates in its search list.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is  interpreted  as
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is interpreted as
            the pathname of a directory containing the compiled description you
            are working on.  Only that directory is searched.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in the  directory
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in the directory
            <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled description.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Next,  if  the  environment  variable TERMINFO_DIRS is set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
-           will interpret the contents of that variable as a  list  of  colon-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Next, if the environment variable  TERMINFO_DIRS  is  set,  <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
+           will  interpret  the  contents of that variable as a list of colon-
            separated directories (or database files) to be searched.
 
-           An  empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins or ends with
-           a colon, or contains adjacent colons) is interpreted as the  system
+           An empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins or ends  with
+           a  colon, or contains adjacent colons) is interpreted as the system
            location <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Finally, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> searches these compiled-in locations:
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a    list    of    directories   (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a   list    of    directories    (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
                minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the system terminfo directory,  <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>  (the  com-
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the  system  terminfo  directory, <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM> (the com-
                piled-in default).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Preparing-Descriptions">Preparing Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
-       We  now  outline  how  to  prepare descriptions of terminals.  The most
-       effective way to prepare a terminal description  is  by  imitating  the
-       description  of  a  similar  terminal  in  <EM>terminfo</EM>  and  to build up a
+       We now outline how to prepare  descriptions  of  terminals.   The  most
+       effective  way  to  prepare  a terminal description is by imitating the
+       description of a similar  terminal  in  <EM>terminfo</EM>  and  to  build  up  a
        description gradually, using partial descriptions with <EM>vi</EM> or some other
-       screen-oriented  program to check that they are correct.  Be aware that
-       a very unusual terminal may expose deficiencies in the ability  of  the
+       screen-oriented program to check that they are correct.  Be aware  that
+       a  very  unusual terminal may expose deficiencies in the ability of the
        <EM>terminfo</EM> file to describe it or bugs in the screen-handling code of the
        test program.
 
-       To get the padding for insert line right (if the terminal  manufacturer
-       did  not  document  it)  a  severe test is to edit a large file at 9600
+       To  get the padding for insert line right (if the terminal manufacturer
+       did not document it) a severe test is to edit  a  large  file  at  9600
        baud, delete 16 or so lines from the middle of the screen, then hit the
        "u" key several times quickly.  If the terminal messes up, more padding
        is usually needed.  A similar test can be used for insert character.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Basic-Capabilities">Basic Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
-       The number of columns on each line for the terminal  is  given  by  the
-       <STRONG>cols</STRONG>  numeric capability.  If the terminal is a CRT, then the number of
-       lines on the screen is given by the <STRONG>lines</STRONG> capability.  If the  terminal
-       wraps  around  to  the  beginning  of the next line when it reaches the
-       right margin, then it should have the <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability.  If  the  terminal
-       can  clear  its  screen,  leaving the cursor in the home position, then
-       this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capability.  If  the  terminal  over-
-       strikes  (rather  than  clearing  a position when a character is struck
-       over) then it should have the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability.   If  the  terminal  is  a
+       The  number  of  columns  on each line for the terminal is given by the
+       <STRONG>cols</STRONG> numeric capability.  If the terminal is a CRT, then the number  of
+       lines  on the screen is given by the <STRONG>lines</STRONG> capability.  If the terminal
+       wraps around to the beginning of the next  line  when  it  reaches  the
+       right  margin,  then it should have the <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability.  If the terminal
+       can clear its screen, leaving the cursor in  the  home  position,  then
+       this  is  given  by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capability.  If the terminal over-
+       strikes (rather than clearing a position when  a  character  is  struck
+       over)  then  it  should  have  the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability.  If the terminal is a
        printing terminal, with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and <STRONG>os</STRONG>.  (<STRONG>os</STRONG>
-       applies to storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX 4010  series,  as
-       well  as  hard copy and APL terminals.)  If there is a code to move the
+       applies  to  storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX 4010 series, as
+       well as hard copy and APL terminals.)  If there is a code to  move  the
        cursor to the left edge of the current row, give this as <STRONG>cr</STRONG>.  (Normally
-       this  will  be carriage return, control M.)  If there is a code to pro-
+       this will be carriage return, control/M.)  If there is a code  to  pro-
        duce an audible signal (bell, beep, etc) give this as <STRONG>bel</STRONG>.
 
        If there is a code to move the cursor one position to the left (such as
-       backspace)  that  capability should be given as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>.  Similarly, codes
-       to move to the right, up, and down should be given as <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>,  and
-       <STRONG>cud1</STRONG>.   These  local cursor motions should not alter the text they pass
-       over, for example, you would not  normally  use  "<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= "  because  the
+       backspace) that capability should be given as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>.   Similarly,  codes
+       to  move  to the right, up, and down should be given as <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>, and
+       <STRONG>cud1</STRONG>.  These local cursor motions should not alter the text  they  pass
+       over,  for  example,  you  would  not normally use "<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= " because the
        space would erase the character moved over.
 
        A very important point here is that the local cursor motions encoded in
-       <EM>terminfo</EM> are undefined at the left and top edges  of  a  CRT  terminal.
+       <EM>terminfo</EM>  are  undefined  at  the left and top edges of a CRT terminal.
        Programs should never attempt to backspace around the left edge, unless
-       <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is given, and never attempt to go up locally off the top.  In  order
-       to  scroll  text up, a program will go to the bottom left corner of the
+       <STRONG>bw</STRONG>  is given, and never attempt to go up locally off the top.  In order
+       to scroll text up, a program will go to the bottom left corner  of  the
        screen and send the <STRONG>ind</STRONG> (index) string.
 
-       To scroll text down, a program goes to  the  top  left  corner  of  the
+       To  scroll  text  down,  a  program  goes to the top left corner of the
        screen and sends the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> (reverse index) string.  The strings <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG>
        are undefined when not on their respective corners of the screen.
 
-       Parameterized versions of the scrolling  sequences  are  <STRONG>indn</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>rin</STRONG>
-       which  have  the same semantics as <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG> except that they take one
-       parameter, and scroll that many lines.  They are also undefined  except
+       Parameterized  versions  of  the  scrolling  sequences are <STRONG>indn</STRONG> and <STRONG>rin</STRONG>
+       which have the same semantics as <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG> except that they  take  one
+       parameter,  and scroll that many lines.  They are also undefined except
        at the appropriate edge of the screen.
 
-       The  <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability tells whether the cursor sticks at the right edge of
-       the screen when text is output, but this does not necessarily apply  to
-       a  <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>  from  the last column.  The only local motion which is defined
-       from the left edge is if <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is given, then a <STRONG>cub1</STRONG> from  the  left  edge
-       will  move  to the right edge of the previous row.  If <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is not given,
-       the effect is undefined.  This is useful for drawing a box  around  the
+       The <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability tells whether the cursor sticks at the right edge  of
+       the  screen when text is output, but this does not necessarily apply to
+       a <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG> from the last column.  The only local motion  which  is  defined
+       from  the  left  edge is if <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is given, then a <STRONG>cub1</STRONG> from the left edge
+       will move to the right edge of the previous row.  If <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is  not  given,
+       the  effect  is undefined.  This is useful for drawing a box around the
        edge of the screen, for example.  If the terminal has switch selectable
-       automatic margins, the <EM>terminfo</EM> file usually assumes that this  is  on;
-       i.e.,  <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  If the terminal has a command which moves to the first col-
-       umn of the next line, that command can be given as <STRONG>nel</STRONG>  (newline).   It
-       does  not  matter  if  the  command clears the remainder of the current
-       line, so if the terminal has no <STRONG>cr</STRONG> and <STRONG>lf</STRONG> it may still be  possible  to
+       automatic  margins,  the <EM>terminfo</EM> file usually assumes that this is on;
+       i.e., <STRONG>am</STRONG>.  If the terminal has a command which moves to the first  col-
+       umn  of  the next line, that command can be given as <STRONG>nel</STRONG> (newline).  It
+       does not matter if the command clears  the  remainder  of  the  current
+       line,  so  if the terminal has no <STRONG>cr</STRONG> and <STRONG>lf</STRONG> it may still be possible to
        craft a working <STRONG>nel</STRONG> out of one or both of them.
 
        These capabilities suffice to describe hard-copy and "glass-tty" termi-
@@ -1380,20 +1413,20 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Parameterized-Strings">Parameterized Strings</a></H3><PRE>
-       Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters in the  termi-
-       nal  are  described  by a parameterized string capability, with <EM>printf</EM>-
+       Cursor  addressing and other strings requiring parameters in the termi-
+       nal are described by a parameterized string  capability,  with  <EM>printf</EM>-
        like escapes such as <EM>%x</EM> in it.  For example, to address the cursor, the
-       <STRONG>cup</STRONG>  capability  is  given, using two parameters: the row and column to
-       address to.  (Rows and columns are numbered from zero and refer to  the
+       <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is given, using two parameters: the row  and  column  to
+       address  to.  (Rows and columns are numbered from zero and refer to the
        physical screen visible to the user, not to any unseen memory.)  If the
-       terminal has memory relative cursor addressing, that can  be  indicated
+       terminal  has  memory relative cursor addressing, that can be indicated
        by <STRONG>mrcup</STRONG>.
 
-       The  parameter mechanism uses a stack and special <STRONG>%</STRONG> codes to manipulate
-       it.  Typically a sequence will push one  of  the  parameters  onto  the
-       stack  and  then print it in some format.  Print (e.g., "%d") is a spe-
+       The parameter mechanism uses a stack and special <STRONG>%</STRONG> codes to  manipulate
+       it.   Typically  a  sequence  will  push one of the parameters onto the
+       stack and then print it in some format.  Print (e.g., "%d") is  a  spe-
        cial case.  Other operations, including "%t" pop their operand from the
-       stack.   It  is noted that more complex operations are often necessary,
+       stack.  It is noted that more complex operations are  often  necessary,
        e.g., in the <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> string.
 
        The <STRONG>%</STRONG> encodings have the following meanings:
@@ -1401,9 +1434,9 @@
        <STRONG>%%</STRONG>   outputs "%"
 
        <STRONG>%</STRONG><EM>[[</EM>:<EM>]flags][width[.precision]][</EM><STRONG>doxXs</STRONG><EM>]</EM>
-            as in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>, flags are <EM>[-+#]</EM> and <EM>space</EM>.  Use a ":" to  allow  the
-            next  character to be a "-" flag, avoiding interpreting "%-" as an
-            operator.
+            as  in  <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>,  flags are <EM>[-+#]</EM> and <EM>space</EM>.  Use a ":" to allow
+            the next character to be a "-" flag, avoiding interpreting "%-" as
+            an operator.
 
        %c   print <EM>pop()</EM> like %c in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
 
@@ -1424,9 +1457,9 @@
        <STRONG>%g</STRONG><EM>[A-Z]</EM>
             get static variable <EM>[a-z]</EM> and push it
 
-            The terms "static" and "dynamic"  are  misleading.   Historically,
+            The  terms  "static"  and "dynamic" are misleading.  Historically,
             these are simply two different sets of variables, whose values are
-            not reset between calls to <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG>.  However, that fact  is  not
+            not  reset  between calls to <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tparm(3x)</A></STRONG>.  However, that fact is not
             documented in other implementations.  Relying on it will adversely
             impact portability to other implementations.
 
@@ -1456,8 +1489,8 @@
 
        <STRONG>%?</STRONG> <EM>expr</EM> <STRONG>%t</STRONG> <EM>thenpart</EM> <STRONG>%e</STRONG> <EM>elsepart</EM> <STRONG>%;</STRONG>
             This forms an if-then-else.  The <STRONG>%e</STRONG> <EM>elsepart</EM> is optional.  Usually
-            the  <STRONG>%?</STRONG>  <EM>expr</EM>  part  pushes a value onto the stack, and <STRONG>%t</STRONG> pops it
-            from the stack, testing if it is nonzero (true).  If  it  is  zero
+            the <STRONG>%?</STRONG> <EM>expr</EM> part pushes a value onto the stack,  and  <STRONG>%t</STRONG>  pops  it
+            from  the  stack,  testing if it is nonzero (true).  If it is zero
             (false), control passes to the <STRONG>%e</STRONG> (else) part.
 
             It is possible to form else-if's a la Algol 68:
@@ -1465,245 +1498,245 @@
 
             where ci are conditions, bi are bodies.
 
-            Use  the  <STRONG>-f</STRONG>  option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> or <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to see the structure of if-
+            Use the <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> or <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to see the  structure  of  if-
             then-else's.  Some strings, e.g., <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> can be very complicated when
-            written  on  one line.  The <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option splits the string into lines
+            written on one line.  The <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option splits the string  into  lines
             with the parts indented.
 
-       Binary operations are in postfix form with the operands  in  the  usual
+       Binary  operations  are  in postfix form with the operands in the usual
        order.  That is, to get x-5 one would use "%gx%{5}%-".  <STRONG>%P</STRONG> and <STRONG>%g</STRONG> vari-
        ables are persistent across escape-string evaluations.
 
-       Consider the HP2645, which, to get to row 3 and column 12, needs to  be
-       sent  \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.  Note that the order of the
-       rows and columns is inverted here, and that  the  row  and  column  are
-       printed    as    two    digits.     Thus    its   <STRONG>cup</STRONG>   capability   is
+       Consider  the HP2645, which, to get to row 3 and column 12, needs to be
+       sent \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.  Note that the order of  the
+       rows  and  columns  is  inverted  here, and that the row and column are
+       printed   as   two   digits.     Thus    its    <STRONG>cup</STRONG>    capability    is
        "cup=6\E&amp;%p2%2dc%p1%2dY".
 
-       The Microterm ACT-IV needs the current row and column sent preceded  by
-       a   <STRONG>^T</STRONG>,   with   the   row   and   column  simply  encoded  in  binary,
-       "cup=^T%p1%c%p2%c".  Terminals which  use  "%c"  need  to  be  able  to
-       backspace  the cursor (<STRONG>cub1</STRONG>), and to move the cursor up one line on the
-       screen (<STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>).  This is necessary because it  is  not  always  safe  to
-       transmit  <STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>^D</STRONG> and <STRONG>\r</STRONG>, as the system may change or discard them.  (The
-       library routines dealing with terminfo set tty modes so that  tabs  are
-       never  expanded, so \t is safe to send.  This turns out to be essential
+       The  Microterm ACT-IV needs the current row and column sent preceded by
+       a  <STRONG>^T</STRONG>,  with  the  row   and   column   simply   encoded   in   binary,
+       "cup=^T%p1%c%p2%c".   Terminals  which  use  "%c"  need  to  be able to
+       backspace the cursor (<STRONG>cub1</STRONG>), and to move the cursor up one line on  the
+       screen  (<STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>).   This  is  necessary  because it is not always safe to
+       transmit <STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>^D</STRONG> and <STRONG>\r</STRONG>, as the system may change or discard them.   (The
+       library  routines  dealing with terminfo set tty modes so that tabs are
+       never expanded, so \t is safe to send.  This turns out to be  essential
        for the Ann Arbor 4080.)
 
-       A final example is the LSI ADM-3a, which uses row and column offset  by
+       A  final example is the LSI ADM-3a, which uses row and column offset by
        a blank character, thus "cup=\E=%p1%' '%+%c%p2%' '%+%c".  After sending
-       "\E=", this pushes the first parameter, pushes the ASCII  value  for  a
+       "\E=",  this  pushes  the first parameter, pushes the ASCII value for a
        space (32), adds them (pushing the sum on the stack in place of the two
-       previous values) and outputs that value as a character.  Then the  same
-       is  done for the second parameter.  More complex arithmetic is possible
+       previous  values) and outputs that value as a character.  Then the same
+       is done for the second parameter.  More complex arithmetic is  possible
        using the stack.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Cursor-Motions">Cursor Motions</a></H3><PRE>
-       If the terminal has a fast way to home the cursor (to very  upper  left
-       corner  of screen) then this can be given as <STRONG>home</STRONG>; similarly a fast way
-       of getting to the lower left-hand corner can be given as <STRONG>ll</STRONG>;  this  may
+       If  the  terminal has a fast way to home the cursor (to very upper left
+       corner of screen) then this can be given as <STRONG>home</STRONG>; similarly a fast  way
+       of  getting  to the lower left-hand corner can be given as <STRONG>ll</STRONG>; this may
        involve going up with <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG> from the home position, but a program should
        never do this itself (unless <STRONG>ll</STRONG> does) because it can make no assumption
-       about  the  effect  of moving up from the home position.  Note that the
-       home position is the same as addressing to (0,0): to the top left  cor-
+       about the effect of moving up from the home position.   Note  that  the
+       home  position is the same as addressing to (0,0): to the top left cor-
        ner of the screen, not of memory.  (Thus, the \EH sequence on HP termi-
        nals cannot be used for <STRONG>home</STRONG>.)
 
        If the terminal has row or column absolute cursor addressing, these can
-       be  given  as  single  parameter  capabilities <STRONG>hpa</STRONG> (horizontal position
-       absolute) and <STRONG>vpa</STRONG> (vertical position absolute).   Sometimes  these  are
-       shorter  than  the  more  general  two  parameter sequence (as with the
-       hp2645) and can be used in preference to <STRONG>cup</STRONG>.  If there are  parameter-
-       ized  local  motions  (e.g.,  move  <EM>n</EM> spaces to the right) these can be
-       given as <STRONG>cud</STRONG>, <STRONG>cub</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuf</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cuu</STRONG> with a single parameter indicating  how
-       many  spaces  to move.  These are primarily useful if the terminal does
+       be given as single  parameter  capabilities  <STRONG>hpa</STRONG>  (horizontal  position
+       absolute)  and  <STRONG>vpa</STRONG>  (vertical position absolute).  Sometimes these are
+       shorter than the more general  two  parameter  sequence  (as  with  the
+       hp2645)  and can be used in preference to <STRONG>cup</STRONG>.  If there are parameter-
+       ized local motions (e.g., move <EM>n</EM> spaces to  the  right)  these  can  be
+       given  as <STRONG>cud</STRONG>, <STRONG>cub</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuf</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cuu</STRONG> with a single parameter indicating how
+       many spaces to move.  These are primarily useful if the  terminal  does
        not have <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, such as the TEKTRONIX 4025.
 
-       If the terminal needs to be in a special mode when  running  a  program
+       If  the  terminal  needs to be in a special mode when running a program
        that uses these capabilities, the codes to enter and exit this mode can
-       be given as <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>.  This arises, for example, from  terminals
-       like  the  Concept  with more than one page of memory.  If the terminal
+       be  given as <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>.  This arises, for example, from terminals
+       like the Concept with more than one page of memory.   If  the  terminal
        has only memory relative cursor addressing and not screen relative cur-
        sor addressing, a one screen-sized window must be fixed into the termi-
-       nal for cursor addressing to work properly.  This is also used for  the
-       TEKTRONIX  4025,  where  <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sets the command character to be the one
-       used by terminfo.  If the <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sequence will not  restore  the  screen
-       after  an  <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>  sequence  is output (to the state prior to outputting
+       nal  for cursor addressing to work properly.  This is also used for the
+       TEKTRONIX 4025, where <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sets the command character to  be  the  one
+       used  by  terminfo.   If the <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sequence will not restore the screen
+       after an <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> sequence is output (to the  state  prior  to  outputting
        <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>), specify <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Area-Clears">Area Clears</a></H3><PRE>
-       If the terminal can clear from the current position to the end  of  the
-       line,  leaving  the cursor where it is, this should be given as <STRONG>el</STRONG>.  If
-       the terminal can clear from the beginning of the line  to  the  current
-       position  inclusive,  leaving  the  cursor  where it is, this should be
-       given as <STRONG>el1</STRONG>.  If the terminal can clear from the current  position  to
-       the  end  of  the display, then this should be given as <STRONG>ed</STRONG>.  <STRONG>Ed</STRONG> is only
+       If  the  terminal can clear from the current position to the end of the
+       line, leaving the cursor where it is, this should be given as  <STRONG>el</STRONG>.   If
+       the  terminal  can  clear from the beginning of the line to the current
+       position inclusive, leaving the cursor where  it  is,  this  should  be
+       given  as  <STRONG>el1</STRONG>.  If the terminal can clear from the current position to
+       the end of the display, then this should be given as <STRONG>ed</STRONG>.   <STRONG>Ed</STRONG>  is  only
        defined from the first column of a line.  (Thus, it can be simulated by
        a request to delete a large number of lines, if a true <STRONG>ed</STRONG> is not avail-
        able.)
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_delete-line-and-vertical-motions">Insert/delete line and vertical motions</a></H3><PRE>
-       If the terminal can open a new blank line before  the  line  where  the
-       cursor  is,  this  should  be  given as <STRONG>il1</STRONG>; this is done only from the
-       first position of a line.  The cursor must then  appear  on  the  newly
-       blank  line.   If  the terminal can delete the line which the cursor is
-       on, then this should be given as <STRONG>dl1</STRONG>; this is done only from the  first
+       If  the  terminal  can  open a new blank line before the line where the
+       cursor is, this should be given as <STRONG>il1</STRONG>; this  is  done  only  from  the
+       first  position  of  a  line.  The cursor must then appear on the newly
+       blank line.  If the terminal can delete the line which  the  cursor  is
+       on,  then this should be given as <STRONG>dl1</STRONG>; this is done only from the first
        position on the line to be deleted.  Versions of <STRONG>il1</STRONG> and <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> which take
        a single parameter and insert or delete that many lines can be given as
        <STRONG>il</STRONG> and <STRONG>dl</STRONG>.
 
-       If  the  terminal  has a settable scrolling region (like the vt100) the
-       command to set this can be described with  the  <STRONG>csr</STRONG>  capability,  which
+       If the terminal has a settable scrolling region (like  the  vt100)  the
+       command  to  set  this  can be described with the <STRONG>csr</STRONG> capability, which
        takes two parameters: the top and bottom lines of the scrolling region.
        The cursor position is, alas, undefined after using this command.
 
-       It is possible to get the effect of insert or delete line using <STRONG>csr</STRONG>  on
-       a  properly chosen region; the <STRONG>sc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (save and restore cursor) com-
-       mands may be useful for ensuring that  your  synthesized  insert/delete
-       string  does  not  move the cursor.  (Note that the <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> library
-       does  this  synthesis  automatically,   so   you   need   not   compose
+       It  is possible to get the effect of insert or delete line using <STRONG>csr</STRONG> on
+       a properly chosen region; the <STRONG>sc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (save and restore cursor)  com-
+       mands  may  be  useful for ensuring that your synthesized insert/delete
+       string does not move the cursor.  (Note that  the  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>  library
+       does   this   synthesis   automatically,   so   you  need  not  compose
        insert/delete strings for an entry with <STRONG>csr</STRONG>).
 
        Yet another way to construct insert and delete might be to use a combi-
-       nation of index with the memory-lock feature found  on  some  terminals
+       nation  of  index  with the memory-lock feature found on some terminals
        (like the HP-700/90 series, which however also has insert/delete).
 
-       Inserting  lines  at  the  top or bottom of the screen can also be done
-       using <STRONG>ri</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a  true  insert/delete  line,
+       Inserting lines at the top or bottom of the screen  can  also  be  done
+       using  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a true insert/delete line,
        and is often faster even on terminals with those features.
 
        The boolean <STRONG>non_dest_scroll_region</STRONG> should be set if each scrolling win-
-       dow is effectively a view port on a screen-sized canvas.  To  test  for
+       dow  is  effectively a view port on a screen-sized canvas.  To test for
        this capability, create a scrolling region in the middle of the screen,
-       write something to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top  of  the
+       write  something  to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top of the
        region, and do <STRONG>ri</STRONG> followed by <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG>.  If the data scrolled off the
-       bottom of the region by the  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  re-appears,  then  scrolling  is  non-
-       destructive.   System  V  and XSI Curses expect that <STRONG>ind</STRONG>, <STRONG>ri</STRONG>, <STRONG>indn</STRONG>, and
-       <STRONG>rin</STRONG> will simulate destructive scrolling; their  documentation  cautions
-       you  not to define <STRONG>csr</STRONG> unless this is true.  This <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementation
+       bottom  of  the  region  by  the  <STRONG>ri</STRONG> re-appears, then scrolling is non-
+       destructive.  System V and XSI Curses expect that <STRONG>ind</STRONG>,  <STRONG>ri</STRONG>,  <STRONG>indn</STRONG>,  and
+       <STRONG>rin</STRONG>  will  simulate destructive scrolling; their documentation cautions
+       you not to define <STRONG>csr</STRONG> unless this is true.  This <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  implementation
        is more liberal and will do explicit erases after scrolling if <STRONG>ndsrc</STRONG> is
        defined.
 
-       If  the  terminal has the ability to define a window as part of memory,
-       which all commands affect, it should  be  given  as  the  parameterized
-       string  <STRONG>wind</STRONG>.  The four parameters are the starting and ending lines in
+       If the terminal has the ability to define a window as part  of  memory,
+       which  all  commands  affect,  it  should be given as the parameterized
+       string <STRONG>wind</STRONG>.  The four parameters are the starting and ending lines  in
        memory and the starting and ending columns in memory, in that order.
 
        If the terminal can retain display memory above, then the <STRONG>da</STRONG> capability
-       should  be  given;  if  display  memory  can be retained below, then <STRONG>db</STRONG>
-       should be given.  These indicate that deleting a line or scrolling  may
-       bring  non-blank lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG> may
+       should be given; if display memory  can  be  retained  below,  then  <STRONG>db</STRONG>
+       should  be given.  These indicate that deleting a line or scrolling may
+       bring non-blank lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG>  may
        bring down non-blank lines.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_Delete-Character">Insert/Delete Character</a></H3><PRE>
-       There are two basic kinds of  intelligent  terminals  with  respect  to
-       insert/delete  character  which  can  be described using <EM>terminfo.</EM>  The
-       most common insert/delete character operations affect only the  charac-
-       ters  on  the current line and shift characters off the end of the line
+       There  are  two  basic  kinds  of intelligent terminals with respect to
+       insert/delete character which can be  described  using  <EM>terminfo.</EM>   The
+       most  common insert/delete character operations affect only the charac-
+       ters on the current line and shift characters off the end of  the  line
        rigidly.  Other terminals, such as the Concept 100 and the Perkin Elmer
        Owl, make a distinction between typed and untyped blanks on the screen,
-       shifting upon an insert or delete only  to  an  untyped  blank  on  the
+       shifting  upon  an  insert  or  delete  only to an untyped blank on the
        screen which is either eliminated, or expanded to two untyped blanks.
 
-       You  can determine the kind of terminal you have by clearing the screen
-       and then typing text separated by cursor  motions.   Type  "abc    def"
-       using  local  cursor  motions  (not  spaces)  between the "abc" and the
-       "def".  Then position the cursor before the "abc" and put the  terminal
-       in  insert  mode.   If typing characters causes the rest of the line to
-       shift rigidly and characters to fall off the end,  then  your  terminal
-       does  not  distinguish  between  blanks  and untyped positions.  If the
-       "abc" shifts over to the "def" which then move together around the  end
-       of  the current line and onto the next as you insert, you have the sec-
-       ond type of terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>,  which  stands
+       You can determine the kind of terminal you have by clearing the  screen
+       and  then  typing  text separated by cursor motions.  Type "abc    def"
+       using local cursor motions (not  spaces)  between  the  "abc"  and  the
+       "def".   Then position the cursor before the "abc" and put the terminal
+       in insert mode.  If typing characters causes the rest of  the  line  to
+       shift  rigidly  and  characters to fall off the end, then your terminal
+       does not distinguish between blanks  and  untyped  positions.   If  the
+       "abc"  shifts over to the "def" which then move together around the end
+       of the current line and onto the next as you insert, you have the  sec-
+       ond  type  of terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>, which stands
        for "insert null".
 
-       While  these  are  two  logically  separate attributes (one line versus
-       multi-line insert mode, and special treatment  of  untyped  spaces)  we
-       have  seen  no terminals whose insert mode cannot be described with the
+       While these are two logically  separate  attributes  (one  line  versus
+       multi-line  insert  mode,  and  special treatment of untyped spaces) we
+       have seen no terminals whose insert mode cannot be described  with  the
        single attribute.
 
-       Terminfo can describe both terminals which have  an  insert  mode,  and
-       terminals  which send a simple sequence to open a blank position on the
+       Terminfo  can  describe  both  terminals which have an insert mode, and
+       terminals which send a simple sequence to open a blank position on  the
        current line.  Give as <STRONG>smir</STRONG> the sequence to get into insert mode.  Give
-       as  <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>  the  sequence  to  leave  insert  mode.  Now give as <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> any
-       sequence needed to be sent just before  sending  the  character  to  be
-       inserted.   Most  terminals with a true insert mode will not give <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>;
-       terminals which send a sequence to open a screen position  should  give
+       as <STRONG>rmir</STRONG> the sequence to leave  insert  mode.   Now  give  as  <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>  any
+       sequence  needed  to  be  sent  just before sending the character to be
+       inserted.  Most terminals with a true insert mode will not  give  <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>;
+       terminals  which  send a sequence to open a screen position should give
        it here.
 
-       If  your  terminal has both, insert mode is usually preferable to <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>.
-       Technically, you should not give  both  unless  the  terminal  actually
-       requires  both to be used in combination.  Accordingly, some non-curses
-       applications get confused if both are present; the symptom  is  doubled
-       characters  in  an  update using insert.  This requirement is now rare;
-       most <STRONG>ich</STRONG> sequences do not require previous smir, and most  smir  insert
-       modes  do  not  require <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> before each character.  Therefore, the new
-       <STRONG>curses</STRONG> actually assumes this is the case and uses either  <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG>  or
-       <STRONG>ich</STRONG>/<STRONG>ich1</STRONG>  as appropriate (but not both).  If you have to write an entry
-       to be used under new curses for a terminal old  enough  to  need  both,
+       If your terminal has both, insert mode is usually preferable  to  <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>.
+       Technically,  you  should  not  give  both unless the terminal actually
+       requires both to be used in combination.  Accordingly, some  non-curses
+       applications  get  confused if both are present; the symptom is doubled
+       characters in an update using insert.  This requirement  is  now  rare;
+       most  <STRONG>ich</STRONG>  sequences do not require previous smir, and most smir insert
+       modes do not require <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> before each character.   Therefore,  the  new
+       <STRONG>curses</STRONG>  actually  assumes this is the case and uses either <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG> or
+       <STRONG>ich</STRONG>/<STRONG>ich1</STRONG> as appropriate (but not both).  If you have to write an  entry
+       to  be  used  under  new curses for a terminal old enough to need both,
        include the <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG> sequences in <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>.
 
        If post insert padding is needed, give this as a number of milliseconds
-       in <STRONG>ip</STRONG> (a string option).  Any other sequence which may need to be  sent
+       in  <STRONG>ip</STRONG> (a string option).  Any other sequence which may need to be sent
        after an insert of a single character may also be given in <STRONG>ip</STRONG>.  If your
-       terminal needs both to be placed into an "insert mode"  and  a  special
-       code  to  precede each inserted character, then both <STRONG>smir</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmir</STRONG> and <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>
-       can be given, and both will be used.   The  <STRONG>ich</STRONG>  capability,  with  one
+       terminal  needs  both  to be placed into an "insert mode" and a special
+       code to precede each inserted character, then both <STRONG>smir</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmir</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>
+       can  be  given,  and  both  will be used.  The <STRONG>ich</STRONG> capability, with one
        parameter, <EM>n</EM>, will repeat the effects of <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> times.
 
-       If  padding  is  necessary between characters typed while not in insert
+       If padding is necessary between characters typed while  not  in  insert
        mode, give this as a number of milliseconds padding in <STRONG>rmp</STRONG>.
 
-       It is occasionally necessary to move around while  in  insert  mode  to
-       delete  characters  on the same line (e.g., if there is a tab after the
-       insertion position).  If your terminal allows motion  while  in  insert
-       mode  you  can  give  the  capability <STRONG>mir</STRONG> to speed up inserting in this
-       case.  Omitting <STRONG>mir</STRONG> will affect only speed.   Some  terminals  (notably
-       Datamedia's)  must  not  have  <STRONG>mir</STRONG> because of the way their insert mode
+       It  is  occasionally  necessary  to move around while in insert mode to
+       delete characters on the same line (e.g., if there is a tab  after  the
+       insertion  position).   If  your terminal allows motion while in insert
+       mode you can give the capability <STRONG>mir</STRONG> to  speed  up  inserting  in  this
+       case.   Omitting  <STRONG>mir</STRONG>  will affect only speed.  Some terminals (notably
+       Datamedia's) must not have <STRONG>mir</STRONG> because of the  way  their  insert  mode
        works.
 
-       Finally, you can specify <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to delete a single  character,  <STRONG>dch</STRONG>  with
-       one  parameter,  <EM>n</EM>,  to  delete <EM>n</EM> <EM>characters,</EM> and delete mode by giving
-       <STRONG>smdc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmdc</STRONG> to enter and exit delete  mode  (any  mode  the  terminal
+       Finally,  you  can  specify <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to delete a single character, <STRONG>dch</STRONG> with
+       one parameter, <EM>n</EM>, to delete <EM>n</EM> <EM>characters,</EM> and  delete  mode  by  giving
+       <STRONG>smdc</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>rmdc</STRONG>  to  enter  and exit delete mode (any mode the terminal
        needs to be placed in for <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to work).
 
-       A  command  to  erase  <EM>n</EM>  characters (equivalent to outputting <EM>n</EM> blanks
+       A command to erase <EM>n</EM> characters  (equivalent  to  outputting  <EM>n</EM>  blanks
        without moving the cursor) can be given as <STRONG>ech</STRONG> with one parameter.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Highlighting_-Underlining_-and-Visible-Bells">Highlighting, Underlining, and Visible Bells</a></H3><PRE>
        If your terminal has one or more kinds of display attributes, these can
-       be  represented  in  a number of different ways.  You should choose one
-       display form as <EM>standout</EM> <EM>mode</EM>,  representing  a  good,  high  contrast,
-       easy-on-the-eyes,  format  for  highlighting  error  messages and other
-       attention getters.  (If you have a choice,  reverse  video  plus  half-
-       bright  is  good,  or reverse video alone.)  The sequences to enter and
-       exit standout mode are given as <STRONG>smso</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmso</STRONG>,  respectively.   If  the
-       code  to  change  into  or  out of standout mode leaves one or even two
-       blank spaces on the screen, as the TVI 912 and Teleray  1061  do,  then
+       be represented in a number of different ways.  You  should  choose  one
+       display  form  as  <EM>standout</EM>  <EM>mode</EM>,  representing a good, high contrast,
+       easy-on-the-eyes, format for  highlighting  error  messages  and  other
+       attention  getters.   (If  you  have a choice, reverse video plus half-
+       bright is good, or reverse video alone.)  The sequences  to  enter  and
+       exit  standout  mode  are given as <STRONG>smso</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmso</STRONG>, respectively.  If the
+       code to change into or out of standout mode  leaves  one  or  even  two
+       blank  spaces  on  the screen, as the TVI 912 and Teleray 1061 do, then
        <STRONG>xmc</STRONG> should be given to tell how many spaces are left.
 
        Codes to begin underlining and end underlining can be given as <STRONG>smul</STRONG> and
        <STRONG>rmul</STRONG> respectively.  If the terminal has a code to underline the current
-       character  and  move  the  cursor  one  space to the right, such as the
+       character and move the cursor one space  to  the  right,  such  as  the
        Microterm Mime, this can be given as <STRONG>uc</STRONG>.
 
-       Other capabilities to enter various highlighting  modes  include  <STRONG>blink</STRONG>
-       (blinking)  <STRONG>bold</STRONG>  (bold or extra bright) <STRONG>dim</STRONG> (dim or half-bright) <STRONG>invis</STRONG>
-       (blanking or invisible text) <STRONG>prot</STRONG> (protected) <STRONG>rev</STRONG> (reverse video)  <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG>
-       (turn  off  <EM>all</EM>  attribute  modes) <STRONG>smacs</STRONG> (enter alternate character set
+       Other  capabilities  to  enter various highlighting modes include <STRONG>blink</STRONG>
+       (blinking) <STRONG>bold</STRONG> (bold or extra bright) <STRONG>dim</STRONG> (dim or  half-bright)  <STRONG>invis</STRONG>
+       (blanking  or invisible text) <STRONG>prot</STRONG> (protected) <STRONG>rev</STRONG> (reverse video) <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG>
+       (turn off <EM>all</EM> attribute modes) <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>  (enter  alternate  character  set
        mode) and <STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> (exit alternate character set mode).  Turning on any of
        these modes singly may or may not turn off other modes.
 
-       If  there  is  a  sequence to set arbitrary combinations of modes, this
-       should be given as <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes),  taking  9  parameters.   Each
-       parameter  is either 0 or nonzero, as the corresponding attribute is on
-       or off.  The 9 parameters are, in order: standout, underline,  reverse,
-       blink,  dim,  bold,  blank,  protect, alternate character set.  Not all
+       If there is a sequence to set arbitrary  combinations  of  modes,  this
+       should  be  given  as  <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes), taking 9 parameters.  Each
+       parameter is either 0 or nonzero, as the corresponding attribute is  on
+       or  off.  The 9 parameters are, in order: standout, underline, reverse,
+       blink, dim, bold, blank, protect, alternate  character  set.   Not  all
        modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those for which corresponding sep-
        arate attribute commands exist.
 
@@ -1722,17 +1755,17 @@
                p8                   protect          not used
                p9                   altcharset       ^O (off) ^N (on)
 
-       We  begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing modes, since
-       there is no quick way to determine whether they are  active.   Standout
-       is  set up to be the combination of reverse and bold.  The vt220 termi-
-       nal has a protect mode, though it is not commonly used in  sgr  because
-       it  protects  characters  on  the screen from the host's erasures.  The
-       altcharset mode also is different in  that  it  is  either  ^O  or  ^N,
-       depending  on whether it is off or on.  If all modes are turned on, the
+       We begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing modes,  since
+       there  is  no quick way to determine whether they are active.  Standout
+       is set up to be the combination of reverse and bold.  The vt220  termi-
+       nal  has  a protect mode, though it is not commonly used in sgr because
+       it protects characters on the screen from  the  host's  erasures.   The
+       altcharset  mode  also  is  different  in  that  it is either ^O or ^N,
+       depending on whether it is off or on.  If all modes are turned on,  the
        resulting sequence is \E[0;1;4;5;7;8m^N.
 
-       Some sequences are common to different modes.  For example, ;7 is  out-
-       put  when  either  p1  or  p3  is  true, that is, if either standout or
+       Some  sequences are common to different modes.  For example, ;7 is out-
+       put when either p1 or p3 is  true,  that  is,  if  either  standout  or
        reverse modes are turned on.
 
        Writing out the above sequences, along with their dependencies yields
@@ -1753,54 +1786,54 @@
            sgr=\E[0%?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p4%t;5%;
                %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
 
-       Remember that if you specify sgr, you must also  specify  sgr0.   Also,
-       some  implementations  rely on sgr being given if sgr0 is, Not all ter-
-       minfo entries necessarily have an sgr string, however.   Many  terminfo
+       Remember  that  if  you specify sgr, you must also specify sgr0.  Also,
+       some implementations rely on sgr being given if sgr0 is, Not  all  ter-
+       minfo  entries  necessarily have an sgr string, however.  Many terminfo
        entries are derived from termcap entries which have no sgr string.  The
        only drawback to adding an sgr string is that termcap also assumes that
        sgr0 does not exit alternate character set mode.
 
-       Terminals  with  the "magic cookie" glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit special "cook-
+       Terminals with the "magic cookie" glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit  special  "cook-
        ies" when they receive mode-setting sequences, which affect the display
-       algorithm  rather than having extra bits for each character.  Some ter-
-       minals, such as the HP 2621, automatically  leave  standout  mode  when
-       they  move  to  a  new line or the cursor is addressed.  Programs using
-       standout mode should exit standout mode before  moving  the  cursor  or
-       sending  a  newline,  unless  the <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it is
+       algorithm rather than having extra bits for each character.  Some  ter-
+       minals,  such  as  the  HP 2621, automatically leave standout mode when
+       they move to a new line or the cursor  is  addressed.   Programs  using
+       standout  mode  should  exit  standout mode before moving the cursor or
+       sending a newline, unless the <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability,  asserting  that  it  is
        safe to move in standout mode, is present.
 
-       If the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indicate  an  error
-       quietly  (a  bell replacement) then this can be given as <STRONG>flash</STRONG>; it must
+       If  the  terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indicate an error
+       quietly (a bell replacement) then this can be given as <STRONG>flash</STRONG>;  it  must
        not move the cursor.
 
-       If the cursor needs to be made more visible than normal when it is  not
+       If  the cursor needs to be made more visible than normal when it is not
        on the bottom line (to make, for example, a non-blinking underline into
-       an easier to find block or blinking underline) give  this  sequence  as
+       an  easier  to  find block or blinking underline) give this sequence as
        <STRONG>cvvis</STRONG>.  If there is a way to make the cursor completely invisible, give
-       that as <STRONG>civis</STRONG>.  The capability <STRONG>cnorm</STRONG> should be given which  undoes  the
+       that  as  <STRONG>civis</STRONG>.  The capability <STRONG>cnorm</STRONG> should be given which undoes the
        effects of both of these modes.
 
-       If  your  terminal  correctly  generates underlined characters (with no
-       special codes needed) even though it  does  not  overstrike,  then  you
-       should  give  the  capability  <STRONG>ul</STRONG>.  If a character overstriking another
-       leaves both characters on the screen, specify the  capability  <STRONG>os</STRONG>.   If
+       If your terminal correctly generates  underlined  characters  (with  no
+       special  codes  needed)  even  though  it does not overstrike, then you
+       should give the capability <STRONG>ul</STRONG>.  If  a  character  overstriking  another
+       leaves  both  characters  on the screen, specify the capability <STRONG>os</STRONG>.  If
        overstrikes are erasable with a blank, then this should be indicated by
        giving <STRONG>eo</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Keypad-and-Function-Keys">Keypad and Function Keys</a></H3><PRE>
-       If the terminal has a keypad that transmits codes  when  the  keys  are
-       pressed,  this  information can be given.  Note that it is not possible
+       If  the  terminal  has  a keypad that transmits codes when the keys are
+       pressed, this information can be given.  Note that it is  not  possible
        to handle terminals where the keypad only works in local (this applies,
-       for  example, to the unshifted HP 2621 keys).  If the keypad can be set
+       for example, to the unshifted HP 2621 keys).  If the keypad can be  set
        to transmit or not transmit, give these codes as <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>.  Other-
        wise the keypad is assumed to always transmit.
 
-       The  codes  sent  by the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow, down arrow,
-       and home keys can be given as <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>khome</STRONG>
+       The codes sent by the left arrow, right arrow, up  arrow,  down  arrow,
+       and  home  keys  can  be given as <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG> and <STRONG>khome</STRONG>
        respectively.  If there are function keys such as f0, f1, ..., f10, the
-       codes they send can be given as <STRONG>kf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG>  <STRONG>kf10</STRONG>.   If  these  keys
-       have  labels  other  than the default f0 through f10, the labels can be
+       codes  they  send  can  be given as <STRONG>kf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf10</STRONG>.  If these keys
+       have labels other than the default f0 through f10, the  labels  can  be
        given as <STRONG>lf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf10</STRONG>.
 
        The codes transmitted by certain other special keys can be given:
@@ -1839,60 +1872,77 @@
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>khts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in this column).
 
-       In addition, if the keypad has a 3 by 3 array  of  keys  including  the
-       four  arrow  keys,  the  other five keys can be given as <STRONG>ka1</STRONG>, <STRONG>ka3</STRONG>, <STRONG>kb2</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>kc1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>kc3</STRONG>.  These keys are useful when the  effects  of  a  3  by  3
+       In  addition,  if  the  keypad has a 3 by 3 array of keys including the
+       four arrow keys, the other five keys can be given  as  <STRONG>ka1</STRONG>,  <STRONG>ka3</STRONG>,  <STRONG>kb2</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>kc1</STRONG>,  and  <STRONG>kc3</STRONG>.   These  keys  are  useful when the effects of a 3 by 3
        directional pad are needed.
 
        Strings to program function keys can be given as <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG>, <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>, and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG>.
-       A string to program screen labels should be specified as <STRONG>pln</STRONG>.  Each  of
-       these  strings takes two parameters: the function key number to program
+       A  string to program screen labels should be specified as <STRONG>pln</STRONG>.  Each of
+       these strings takes two parameters: the function key number to  program
        (from 0 to 10) and the string to program it with.  Function key numbers
-       out  of  this  range may program undefined keys in a terminal dependent
-       manner.  The difference between the capabilities is that  <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG>  causes
-       pressing  the  given  key  to  be the same as the user typing the given
-       string; <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG> causes the string to  be  executed  by  the  terminal  in
+       out of this range may program undefined keys in  a  terminal  dependent
+       manner.   The  difference between the capabilities is that <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG> causes
+       pressing the given key to be the same as  the  user  typing  the  given
+       string;  <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>  causes  the  string  to  be executed by the terminal in
        local; and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG> causes the string to be transmitted to the computer.
 
-       The  capabilities  <STRONG>nlab</STRONG>,  <STRONG>lw</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>lh</STRONG> define the number of programmable
-       screen labels and their width and height.  If  there  are  commands  to
-       turn  the  labels on and off, give them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>.  <STRONG>smln</STRONG> is nor-
-       mally output after one or more pln sequences  to  make  sure  that  the
+       The capabilities <STRONG>nlab</STRONG>, <STRONG>lw</STRONG> and <STRONG>lh</STRONG>  define  the  number  of  programmable
+       screen  labels  and  their  width and height.  If there are commands to
+       turn the labels on and off, give them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>.  <STRONG>smln</STRONG>  is  nor-
+       mally  output  after  one  or  more pln sequences to make sure that the
        change becomes visible.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Tabs-and-Initialization">Tabs and Initialization</a></H3><PRE>
-       If  the  terminal has hardware tabs, the command to advance to the next
-       tab stop can be given as <STRONG>ht</STRONG> (usually control I).  A "back-tab"  command
-       which moves leftward to the preceding tab stop can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>.  By
-       convention, if the teletype modes indicate that tabs are being expanded
-       by the computer rather than being sent to the terminal, programs should
-       not use <STRONG>ht</STRONG> or <STRONG>cbt</STRONG> even if they are present, since the user may not have
-       the  tab  stops  properly set.  If the terminal has hardware tabs which
-       are initially set every <EM>n</EM> spaces when the terminal is powered  up,  the
-       numeric  parameter  <STRONG>it</STRONG>  is given, showing the number of spaces the tabs
-       are set to.  This is normally used by the  <STRONG>tset</STRONG>  command  to  determine
-       whether  to set the mode for hardware tab expansion, and whether to set
-       the tab stops.  If the terminal has tab stops that can be saved in non-
-       volatile  memory,  the  terminfo  description  can assume that they are
-       properly set.
-
-       Other capabilities include <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and  <STRONG>is3</STRONG>,  initialization  strings
-       for  the  terminal, <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a program to be run to ini-
-       tialize the terminal, and <STRONG>if</STRONG>, the name of a file containing  long  ini-
-       tialization  strings.   These  strings are expected to set the terminal
-       into modes consistent with the rest of the terminfo description.   They
-       are  normally sent to the terminal, by the <EM>init</EM> option of the <STRONG>tput</STRONG> pro-
-       gram, each time the user logs in.  They will be printed in the  follow-
-       ing order:
+       A few capabilities are used only for tabs:
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the terminal has hardware tabs, the command to  advance  to  the
+           next tab stop can be given as <STRONG>ht</STRONG> (usually control/I).
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A "back-tab" command which moves leftward to the preceding tab stop
+           can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>.
+
+           By convention, if the teletype modes indicate that tabs  are  being
+           expanded  by  the  computer rather than being sent to the terminal,
+           programs should not use <STRONG>ht</STRONG> or <STRONG>cbt</STRONG> even if they are  present,  since
+           the user may not have the tab stops properly set.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  terminal has hardware tabs which are initially set every <EM>n</EM>
+           spaces when the terminal is powered up, the numeric parameter <STRONG>it</STRONG> is
+           given, showing the number of spaces the tabs are set to.
+
+           The <STRONG>it</STRONG> capability is normally used by the <STRONG>tset</STRONG> command to determine
+           whether to set the mode for hardware tab expansion, and whether  to
+           set the tab stops.  If the terminal has tab stops that can be saved
+           in non-volatile memory, the terminfo description  can  assume  that
+           they are properly set.
+
+       Other capabilities include
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>, initialization strings for the terminal,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>,  the path name of a program to be run to initialize the ter-
+           minal,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   and <STRONG>if</STRONG>, the name of a file containing long initialization strings.
+
+       These strings are expected to set the terminal  into  modes  consistent
+       with  the  rest of the terminfo description.  They are normally sent to
+       the terminal, by the <EM>init</EM> option of the <STRONG>tput</STRONG>  program,  each  time  the
+       user logs in.  They will be printed in the following order:
 
               run the program
                      <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>
 
-              output <STRONG>is1</STRONG> <STRONG>is2</STRONG>
+              output
+                     <STRONG>is1</STRONG> and
+                     <STRONG>is2</STRONG>
 
               set the margins using
-                     <STRONG>mgc</STRONG>, <STRONG>smgl</STRONG> and <STRONG>smgr</STRONG>
+                     <STRONG>mgc</STRONG> or
+                     <STRONG>smglp</STRONG> and <STRONG>smgrp</STRONG> or
+                     <STRONG>smgl</STRONG> and <STRONG>smgr</STRONG>
 
               set tabs using
                      <STRONG>tbc</STRONG> and <STRONG>hts</STRONG>
@@ -1900,8 +1950,8 @@
               print the file
                      <STRONG>if</STRONG>
 
-              and finally
-                     output <STRONG>is3</STRONG>.
+              and finally output
+                     <STRONG>is3</STRONG>.
 
        Most  initialization  is  done with <STRONG>is2</STRONG>.  Special terminal modes can be
        set up without duplicating strings by putting the common  sequences  in
@@ -1909,14 +1959,14 @@
 
        A  set  of  sequences  that  does a harder reset from a totally unknown
        state can be given as <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG> and <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, analogous to <STRONG>is1</STRONG> <STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>is2</STRONG> <STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>if</STRONG>
-       and  <STRONG>is3</STRONG>  respectively.  These strings are output by the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program,
-       which is used when the terminal gets into a wedged state.  Commands are
-       normally  placed  in  <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG> <STRONG>rs3</STRONG> and <STRONG>rf</STRONG> only if they produce annoying
-       effects on the screen and are not necessary when logging in.  For exam-
-       ple, the command to set the vt100 into 80-column mode would normally be
-       part of <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, but it causes an annoying glitch of the screen and is  not
-       normally  needed  since  the  terminal  is usually already in 80 column
-       mode.
+       and  <STRONG>is3</STRONG>  respectively.   These  strings  are output by <EM>reset</EM> option of
+       <STRONG>tput</STRONG>, or by the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program (an alias of <STRONG>tset</STRONG>), which  is  used  when
+       the terminal gets into a wedged state.  Commands are normally placed in
+       <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG> <STRONG>rs3</STRONG> and <STRONG>rf</STRONG> only if they produce annoying effects on the screen
+       and are not necessary when logging in.  For example, the command to set
+       the vt100 into 80-column mode would normally be part  of  <STRONG>is2</STRONG>,  but  it
+       causes  an  annoying  glitch  of  the screen and is not normally needed
+       since the terminal is usually already in 80-column mode.
 
        The <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program writes strings including <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>,  etc.,  in  the  same
        order  as  the  <EM>init</EM> program, using <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, etc., instead of <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, etc.  If
@@ -1929,6 +1979,28 @@
        of every row).  If a more complex sequence is needed to  set  the  tabs
        than can be described by this, the sequence can be placed in <STRONG>is2</STRONG> or <STRONG>if</STRONG>.
 
+       The  <STRONG>tput</STRONG>  <STRONG>reset</STRONG>  command uses the same capability strings as the <STRONG>reset</STRONG>
+       command, although the two programs (<STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset</STRONG>)  provide  different
+       command-line options.
+
+       In practice, these terminfo capabilities are not often used in initial-
+       ization of tabs (though they are required for the <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program):
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Almost all hardware terminals (at least those which supported tabs)
+           initialized those to every <EM>eight</EM> columns:
+
+           The  only  exception  was  the  AT&amp;T 2300 series, which set tabs to
+           every <EM>five</EM> columns.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   In particular, developers of the hardware terminals which are  com-
+           monly  used  as models for modern terminal emulators provided docu-
+           mentation demonstrating that <EM>eight</EM> columns were the standard.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Because of this, the terminal initialization programs <STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>tset</STRONG>
+           use   the  <STRONG>tbc</STRONG>  (<STRONG>clear_all_tabs</STRONG>)  and  <STRONG>hts</STRONG>  (<STRONG>set_tab</STRONG>)  capabilities
+           directly only when the <STRONG>it</STRONG> (<STRONG>init_tabs</STRONG>) capability is set to a  value
+           other than <EM>eight</EM>.
+
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Delays-and-Padding">Delays and Padding</a></H3><PRE>
        Many  older  and slower terminals do not support either XON/XOFF or DTR
@@ -2004,7 +2076,6 @@
          degree symbol               ACS_DEGREE     \         f        0x66
          plus/minus                  ACS_PLMINUS    #         g        0x67
          board of squares            ACS_BOARD      #         h        0x68
-
          lantern symbol              ACS_LANTERN    #         i        0x69
          lower right corner          ACS_LRCORNER   +         j        0x6a
          upper right corner          ACS_URCORNER   +         k        0x6b
@@ -2165,6 +2236,7 @@
                   A_BOLD                 5     32           sgr
                   A_INVIS                6     64           sgr
                   A_PROTECT              7     128          sgr
+
                   A_ALTCHARSET           8     256          sgr
                   A_HORIZONTAL           9     512          sgr1
                   A_LEFT                 10    1024         sgr1
@@ -2195,7 +2267,7 @@
        with <STRONG>hu</STRONG> (half-line up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG> (half-line down).  This is primarily use-
        ful for superscripts and subscripts on hard-copy terminals.  If a hard-
        copy  terminal  can eject to the next page (form feed), give this as <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
-       (usually control L).
+       (usually control/L).
 
        If there is a command to repeat a given character  a  given  number  of
        times  (to  save  time transmitting a large number of identical charac-
@@ -2264,8 +2336,8 @@
        ncurses implementation ignores this glitch.
 
        The Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly transmit the  escape
-       or  control  C  characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicating that the f1 key is used
-       for escape and f2 for control C.  (Only  certain  Superbees  have  this
+       or  control/C  characters,  has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicating that the f1 key is used
+       for escape and f2 for control/C.  (Only  certain  Superbees  have  this
        problem,  depending on the ROM.)  Note that in older terminfo versions,
        this capability was called "beehive_glitch"; it is now "no_esc_ctl_c".
 
@@ -2419,8 +2491,8 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
-       <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
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