X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fncurses.3x;h=14900d94efd73868e5e5cef17d5e0e6ea0d1ba10;hp=e69b0d980fdd198c67d58bd338de643547327764;hb=5e36f11feab6f790e0cc6f2c882a67b7b65e3b6b;hpb=d1a026123ac051716cdc16278345c1fb5c843b79 diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x index e69b0d98..14900d94 100644 --- a/man/ncurses.3x +++ b/man/ncurses.3x @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.104 2011/05/28 23:19:36 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.106 2011/12/17 23:19:59 tom Exp $ .hy 0 .TH ncurses 3X "" .de bP @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ Most programs would additionally use the sequence: .sp Before a \fBcurses\fR program is run, the tab stops of the terminal should be set and its initialization strings, if defined, must be output. -This can be done by executing the \fBtput init\fR command +This can be done by executing the \fB@TPUT@ init\fR command after the shell environment variable \fBTERM\fR has been exported. -\fBtset(1)\fR is usually responsible for doing this. +\fB@TSET@(1)\fR is usually responsible for doing this. [See \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for further details.] .PP The \fBncurses\fR library permits manipulation of data structures, @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ disables the special check for "linux" and "screen". .IP As an alternative to the environment variable, ncurses checks for an extended terminfo capability \fBU8\fP. -This is a numeric capability which can be compiled using \fBtic\ \-x\fP. +This is a numeric capability which can be compiled using \fB@TIC@\ \-x\fP. For example .RS 5 .sp @@ -1007,6 +1007,13 @@ Specifies a list of directories to search for terminal descriptions. The list is separated by colons (i.e., ":") on Unix, semicolons on OS/2 EMX. All of the terminal descriptions are in terminfo form, which makes a subdirectory named for the first letter of the terminal names therein. +.IP +If \fBncurses\fP is built with a hashed database, +then each entry in this list can also be the path of the corresponding +database file. +.IP +If \fBncurses\fP is built with a support for reading termcap files +directly, then an entry in this list may be the path of a termcap file. .TP 5 TERMPATH If TERMCAP does not hold a file name then \fBncurses\fR checks