X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fterm.5;h=311316f4f44dfe8a22e9786247f37304be16b1cd;hp=a4cca9c30964f3901bb948980439590a008c4f42;hb=9c110809dcc6246cb01544e9cb6c709795697a1a;hpb=be512fa073c00c2d52567c973d16b121414870da diff --git a/man/term.5 b/man/term.5 index a4cca9c3..311316f4 100644 --- a/man/term.5 +++ b/man/term.5 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.22 2015/04/26 14:50:23 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.24 2016/10/22 19:55:01 tom Exp $ .TH term 5 .ds n 5 .ds d @TERMINFO@ @@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ The format has been chosen so that it will be the same on all hardware. An 8 or more bit byte is assumed, but no assumptions about byte ordering or sign extension are made. .PP -The compiled file is created with the -.B @TIC@ -program, and read by the routine -.IR setupterm . +The compiled file is created with the \fB@TIC@\fP program, +and read by the routine \fBsetupterm\fP. The file is divided into six parts: the header, terminal names, @@ -197,18 +195,18 @@ finally strings. . .SH PORTABILITY Note that it is possible for -.I setupterm +.B setupterm to expect a different set of capabilities than are actually present in the file. Either the database may have been updated since -.I setupterm +.B setupterm has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecognized entries in the file) or the program may have been recompiled more recently than the database was updated (resulting in missing entries). The routine -.I setupterm +.B setupterm must be prepared for both possibilities \- this is why the numbers and sizes are included. Also, new capabilities must always be added at the end of the lists