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--- a/man/term_variables.3x
+++ b/man/term_variables.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015,2017 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            *
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.7 2015/12/05 18:43:25 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.9 2017/04/14 08:33:25 tom Exp $
 .TH term_variables 3X ""
 .ds n 5
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -110,7 +114,7 @@ and \fBdelscreen\fP(3X).
 It is possible to save a value of \fBcur_term\fP for subsequent
 use as a parameter to \fBset_term\fP, for switching between screens.
 Alternatively, one can save the return value from \fBnewterm\fP
-or \fBsetupterm\fP to reuse in \fBset_term\fP.
+or \fBsetupterm\fP(3X) to reuse in \fBset_term\fP.
 .SS Terminfo Names
 The \fB@TIC@\fP(1) and \fB@INFOCMP@\fP(1) programs use lookup tables for
 the long and short names of terminfo capabilities,
@@ -135,8 +139,10 @@ These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions:
 \fBstrcodes\fP.
 .\"
 .SS Terminal Type
+A terminal description begins with one or more terminal names
+separated by \*(``|\*('' (vertical bars).
 On initialization of the curses or terminfo interfaces,
-\fBsetupterm\fP copies the terminal name to the array \fBttytype\fP.
+\fBsetupterm\fP(3X) copies the terminal names to the array \fBttytype\fP.
 .\"
 .SS Terminfo Names
 .PP
@@ -147,12 +153,16 @@ which is defined
 .PP
 .nf
 .ft CW
-#define CUR cur_term->type.
+#define CUR ((TERMTYPE *)(cur_term))->
 .fi
 .ft R
 .PP
 These symbols provide a faster method of accessing terminfo capabilities
 than using \fBtigetstr\fR(3X), etc.
+.PP
+The actual definition of \fBCUR\fP depends upon the implementation,
+but each terminfo library provides these long names defined to point
+into the current terminal description loaded into memory.
 .\"
 .SH NOTES
 The low-level terminfo interface is initialized using