X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fterm.5;h=83cb3aaa0d2321ac51851e3a64ce18695297d54e;hp=554e8ed598e6723c5ee5b7e27c2d65f4e56de968;hb=321b81e6b3fa425daddac02420d862100dc3aac8;hpb=74137fec04e130a88ef25618cf730af988a4f51a diff --git a/man/term.5 b/man/term.5 index 554e8ed5..83cb3aaa 100644 --- a/man/term.5 +++ b/man/term.5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.28 2018/03/31 22:41:29 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.30 2018/07/28 21:46:48 tom Exp $ .TH term 5 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq .el .ds `` `` @@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ .de NE .fi .ft R -.in -4 +.ie n .in -4 +.el .in -2 .. .de bP .ie n .IP \(bu 4 @@ -180,7 +181,8 @@ With some minor variations of the offsets (see PORTABILITY), the same binary format is used in all modern UNIX systems. Each system uses a predefined set of boolean, number or string capabilities. .PP -The \fBncurses\fP libraries and applications support extended terminfo binary format, +The \fBncurses\fP libraries and applications support +extended terminfo binary format, allowing users to define capabilities which are loaded at runtime. This extension is made possible by using the fact that the other implementations @@ -280,7 +282,8 @@ A small number of terminal descriptions use uppercase characters in their names. If the underlying filesystem ignores the difference between uppercase and lowercase, -\fBncurses\fP represents the \*(``first character\*('' of the terminal name used as +\fBncurses\fP represents the \*(``first character\*('' +of the terminal name used as the intermediate level of a directory tree in (two-character) hexadecimal form. .SH EXAMPLE As an example, here is a description for the Lear-Siegler