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+++ b/man/terminfo.head
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 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            *
@@ -26,10 +26,17 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.9 2000/08/13 01:56:40 tom Exp $
-.TH TERMINFO 5 "" "" "File Formats"
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.21 2013/03/09 22:11:36 tom Exp $
+.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
 .SH NAME
 terminfo \- terminal capability data base
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -45,11 +52,13 @@ and libraries such as
 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 \fBncurses\fR
+version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
 .PP
 Entries in
 .I terminfo
 consist of a sequence of `,' separated fields (embedded commas may be
-escaped with a  backslash or notated as \e072).
+escaped with a backslash or notated as \\054).
 White space after the `,' separator is ignored.
 The first entry for each terminal gives the names which are known for the
 terminal, separated by `|' characters.
@@ -59,14 +68,24 @@ and all others are understood as synonyms for the terminal name.
 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.
 .PP
+Lines beginning with a `#' in the first column are treated as comments.
+While comment lines are legal at any point, the output of \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fP
+and \fB@INFOTOCAP@\fP (aliases for \fB@TIC@\fP)
+will move comments so they occur only between entries.
+.PP
+Newlines and leading tabs may be used for formatting entries for readability.
+These are removed from parsed entries.
+The \fB@INFOCMP@\ \-f\fP option relies on this to format if-then-else expressions:
+the result can be read by \fB@TIC@\fP.
+.PP
 Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should
 be chosen using the following conventions.
 The particular piece of hardware making up the terminal should
-have a root name, thus ``hp2621''.
+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 suffix.
-Thus, a vt100 in 132 column mode would be vt100-w.
+Thus, a vt100 in 132 column mode would be vt100\-w.
 The following suffixes should be used where possible:
 .PP
 .TS
@@ -74,22 +93,22 @@ center ;
 l c l
 l l l.
 \fBSuffix	Meaning	Example\fP
--\fInn\fP	Number of lines on the screen	aaa-60
--\fIn\fPp	Number of pages of memory	c100-4p
--am	With automargins (usually the default)	vt100-am
--m	Mono mode; suppress color       	ansi-m
--mc	Magic cookie; spaces when highlighting	wy30-mc
--na	No arrow keys (leave them in local)	c100-na
--nam	Without automatic margins       	vt100-nam
--nl	No status line                  	att4415-nl
--ns	No status line                  	hp2626-ns
--rv	Reverse video                   	c100-rv
--s	Enable status line              	vt100-s
--vb	Use visible bell instead of beep	wy370-vb
--w	Wide mode (> 80 columns, usually 132)	vt100-w
+\-\fInn\fP	Number of lines on the screen	aaa\-60
+\-\fIn\fPp	Number of pages of memory	c100\-4p
+\-am	With automargins (usually the default)	vt100\-am
+\-m	Mono mode; suppress color       	ansi\-m
+\-mc	Magic cookie; spaces when highlighting	wy30\-mc
+\-na	No arrow keys (leave them in local)	c100\-na
+\-nam	Without automatic margins       	vt100\-nam
+\-nl	No status line                  	att4415\-nl
+\-ns	No status line                  	hp2626\-ns
+\-rv	Reverse video                   	c100\-rv
+\-s	Enable status line              	vt100\-s
+\-vb	Use visible bell instead of beep	wy370\-vb
+\-w	Wide mode (> 80 columns, usually 132)	vt100\-w
 .TE
 .PP
 For more on terminal naming conventions, see the \fBterm(7)\fR manual page.
-.SS Capabilities
+.SS Predefined Capabilities
 .\" Head of terminfo man page ends here
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