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# ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190615 - Thomas E. Dickey
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Ncurses 6.1 is at
# ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu
#
# Patches for ncurses 6.1 can be found at
# ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.1
# http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.1
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.1/ncurses-6.1-20190615.patch.gz
# patch by Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
# created Sun Jun 16 00:13:35 UTC 2019
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NEWS | 6
# VERSION | 2
# dist.mk | 4
# doc/html/ada/funcs/T.htm | 2
# doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html | 2
# doc/html/man/clear.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html | 12
# doc/html/man/form.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html | 2
# doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html | 2
# doc/html/man/menu.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/menu_spacing.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/panel.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/tabs.1.html | 55 ++-
# doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html | 503 +++++++++++++++++---------------
# doc/html/man/tic.1m.html | 4
# doc/html/man/toe.1m.html | 2
# doc/html/man/tput.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/tset.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html | 4
# man/tabs.1 | 49 ++-
# package/debian-mingw/changelog | 4
# package/debian-mingw64/changelog | 4
# package/debian/changelog | 4
# package/mingw-ncurses.nsi | 4
# package/mingw-ncurses.spec | 2
# package/ncurses.spec | 2
# package/ncursest.spec | 2
# 31 files changed, 407 insertions(+), 288 deletions(-)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: NEWS
Prereq: 1.3329
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/NEWS 2019-06-09 20:07:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/NEWS 2019-06-15 23:39:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written --
-- authorization. --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3329 2019/06/09 20:07:36 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3332 2019/06/15 23:39:53 tom Exp $
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20190615
+ + expand the portability section of the man/tabs.1 manual page.
+ + regenerate HTML manpages.
+
20190609
+ add mintty, mintty-direct (adapted from patch by Thomas Wolff).
Some of the suggested user-defined capabilities are commented-out,
Index: VERSION
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/VERSION 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/VERSION 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:10 6.1 20190609
+5:0:10 6.1 20190615
Index: dist.mk
Prereq: 1.1287
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/dist.mk 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/dist.mk 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written #
# authorization. #
##############################################################################
-# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1287 2019/06/09 20:06:01 tom Exp $
+# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1288 2019/06/15 12:46:35 tom Exp $
# Makefile for creating ncurses distributions.
#
# This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
# These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses.
NCURSES_MAJOR = 6
NCURSES_MINOR = 1
-NCURSES_PATCH = 20190609
+NCURSES_PATCH = 20190615
# We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases
VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR)
Index: doc/html/ada/funcs/T.htm
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/ada/funcs/T.htm 2019-03-23 23:10:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/ada/funcs/T.htm 2019-06-15 23:31:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__adb.htm#ref_89_16" TARGET="main">tgetnum</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__adb.htm#ref_108_16" TARGET="main">tgetstr - terminal_interface-curses-termcap.adb:108</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__adb.htm#ref_129_16" TARGET="main">tgetstr - terminal_interface-curses-termcap.adb:129</A>
-<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__adb.htm#ref_151_16" TARGET="main">tgoto</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__ads.htm#ref_53_13" TARGET="main">TGoto</A>
+<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-termcap__adb.htm#ref_151_16" TARGET="main">tgoto</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-terminfo__adb.htm#ref_69_16" TARGET="main">tigetflag</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-terminfo__adb.htm#ref_87_16" TARGET="main">tigetstr - terminal_interface-curses-terminfo.adb:87</A>
<LI><A HREF="../terminal_interface-curses-terminfo__adb.htm#ref_108_16" TARGET="main">tigetstr - terminal_interface-curses-terminfo.adb:108</A>
Index: doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2019-05-18 23:58:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2019-06-15 23:31:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/clear.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:24.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html 2019-03-16 19:34:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.12 2019/02/16 23:43:23 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.13 2019/06/01 22:51:21 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -158,14 +158,18 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="addch.3x.html">ch(3x)</A></STRONG> as well as the physical screen with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">mvcur(3x)</A></STRONG>.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> This implementation uses the current value of <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> only for up-
- dating the virtual screen. It uses the terminal description's
- <STRONG>init_tabs</STRONG> capability for computing tab stops on the physical
- screen.
+ dating the virtual screen. It uses the terminal description's <STRONG>it</STRONG>
+ (<STRONG>init_tabs</STRONG>) capability for computing hardware tabs (i.e., tab stops
+ on the physical screen).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Other implementations differ. For instance, NetBSD curses allows
<STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> to be set through an environment variable. This implemen-
tation does not.
+ NetBSD curses does not support hardware tabs; it uses the <STRONG>init_tabs</STRONG>
+ capability and the <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> variable only for updating the virtual
+ screen.
+
<STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG> is an extension in AIX curses:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> In AIX, the units for <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG> are <EM>fifths</EM> of a millisecond.
Index: doc/html/man/form.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/form.3x.html 2019-05-18 23:58:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/form.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "form_" for detailed
descriptions of the entry points.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html 2019-05-18 23:58:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html 2019-06-15 23:31:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html 2019-05-18 23:58:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html 2019-06-15 23:31:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/menu.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html 2019-05-18 23:58:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG> and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for detailed
descriptions of the entry points.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/menu_spacing.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/menu_spacing.3x.html 2019-03-16 19:34:46.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/menu_spacing.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: menu_spacing.3x,v 1.14 2018/07/28 22:20:54 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: menu_spacing.3x,v 1.15 2019/06/01 22:33:45 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
lines between item rows, these lines will contain the pad character in
the appropriate positions. The <STRONG>spc_columns</STRONG> parameter controls the num-
ber of blanks between columns of items. It must not be larger than
- TABSIZE. A value of 0 for all the spacing values resets them to the
+ <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG>. A value of 0 for all the spacing values resets them to the
default, which is 1 for all of them.
The function <STRONG>menu_spacing</STRONG> passes back the spacing info for the menu.
If a pointer is NULL, this specific info is simply not returned.
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2019-05-18 23:58:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This implementation is "new curses" (ncurses) and is the approved
replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses, which has been discontinued.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known as XSI
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/panel.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html 2019-05-18 23:58:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/tabs.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.20 2019/02/16 23:56:38 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.25 2019/06/15 23:08:12 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@
tions running in the terminal, if at all. Curses and other full-screen
applications may use hardware tabs in optimizing their output to the
terminal. If the hardware tabstops differ from the information in the
- terminal database, the result is unpredictable.
+ terminal database, the result is unpredictable. Before running curses
+ programs, you should either reset tab-stops to the standard interval
+
+ tabs -8
+
+ or use the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program, since the normal initialization sequences do
+ not ensure that tab-stops are reset.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -151,26 +157,51 @@
(POSIX.1-2008) describes a <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> utility. However
<STRONG>o</STRONG> This standard describes a <STRONG>+m</STRONG> option, to set a terminal's left-mar-
- gin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this
- capability.
+ gin. Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide the
+ <STRONG>smgl</STRONG> (<STRONG>set_left_margin</STRONG>) or <STRONG>smglp</STRONG> (<STRONG>set_left_margin_parm</STRONG>) capability
+ needed to support the feature.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
unlike <STRONG>tput(1)</STRONG>.
- The <STRONG>-d</STRONG> (debug) and <STRONG>-n</STRONG> (no-op) options are extensions not provided by
+ The <STRONG>-d</STRONG> (debug) and <STRONG>-n</STRONG> (no-op) options are extensions not provided by
other implementations.
- Documentation for other implementations states that there is a limit on
- the number of tab stops. While some terminals may not accept an arbi-
- trary number of tab stops, this implementation will attempt to set tab
- stops up to the right margin of the screen, if the given list happens
- to be that long.
+ A <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> utility appeared in PWB/Unix 1.0 (1977), and thereafter in 3BSD
+ (1979). It supported a single "-n" option (to cause the first tab stop
+ to be set on the left margin). That option is not documented by POSIX.
+ Initially, <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> used built-in tables rather than the terminal database,
+ to support a half-dozen terminal types. It also had built-in logic to
+ support the left-margin, as well as a feature for copying the tab set-
+ tings from a file.
+
+ Later versions of Unix, e.g., SVr4, added support for the terminal
+ database, but kept the tables, as a fallback. In an earlier develop-
+ ment effort, the tab-stop initialization provided by <STRONG>tset</STRONG> (1982) and
+ incorporated into <STRONG>tput</STRONG> uses the terminal database,
+
+ POSIX documents no limits on the number of tab stops. Documentation
+ for other implementations states that there is a limit on the number of
+ tab stops. While some terminals may not accept an arbitrary number of
+ tab stops, this implementation will attempt to set tab stops up to the
+ right margin of the screen, if the given list happens to be that long.
+
+ The <EM>Rationale</EM> section of the POSIX documentation goes into some detail
+ about the ways the committee considered redesigning the <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> and <STRONG>tput</STRONG>
+ utilities, without proposing an improved solution. It comments that
+
+ no known historical version of tabs supports the capability of
+ setting arbitrary tab stops.
+
+ However, the <EM>Explicit</EM> <EM>Lists</EM> described in this manual page were imple-
+ mented in PWB/Unix. Those provide the capability of setting abitrary
+ tab stops.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="tset.1.html">tset(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2019-05-18 23:58:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
****************************************************************************
* @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.35 2018/07/28 22:29:09 tom Exp @
* Head of terminfo man page ends here
- * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.90 2019/01/20 20:21:46 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.93 2019/06/01 22:32:15 tom Exp @
* Beginning of terminfo.tail file
* This file is part of ncurses.
* See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
<EM>Terminfo</EM> 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
- <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Entry-Syntax">Terminfo Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
applies to storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX 4010 series, as
well as hard copy and APL terminals.) If there is a code to move the
cursor to the left edge of the current row, give this as <STRONG>cr</STRONG>. (Normally
- this will be carriage return, control M.) If there is a code to pro-
+ this will be carriage return, control/M.) If there is a code to pro-
duce an audible signal (bell, beep, etc) give this as <STRONG>bel</STRONG>.
If there is a code to move the cursor one position to the left (such as
@@ -1862,29 +1862,42 @@
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Tabs-and-Initialization">Tabs and Initialization</a></H3><PRE>
- If the terminal has hardware tabs, the command to advance to the next
- tab stop can be given as <STRONG>ht</STRONG> (usually control I). A "back-tab" command
- which moves leftward to the preceding tab stop can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>. By
- convention, if the teletype modes indicate that tabs are being expanded
- by the computer rather than being sent to the terminal, programs should
- not use <STRONG>ht</STRONG> or <STRONG>cbt</STRONG> even if they are present, since the user may not have
- the tab stops properly set. If the terminal has hardware tabs which
- are initially set every <EM>n</EM> spaces when the terminal is powered up, the
- numeric parameter <STRONG>it</STRONG> is given, showing the number of spaces the tabs
- are set to. This is normally used by the <STRONG>tset</STRONG> command to determine
- whether to set the mode for hardware tab expansion, and whether to set
- the tab stops. If the terminal has tab stops that can be saved in non-
- volatile memory, the terminfo description can assume that they are
- properly set.
-
- Other capabilities include <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>, initialization strings
- for the terminal, <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a program to be run to ini-
- tialize the terminal, and <STRONG>if</STRONG>, the name of a file containing long ini-
- tialization strings. These strings are expected to set the terminal
- into modes consistent with the rest of the terminfo description. They
- are normally sent to the terminal, by the <EM>init</EM> option of the <STRONG>tput</STRONG> pro-
- gram, each time the user logs in. They will be printed in the follow-
- ing order:
+ A few capabilities are used only for tabs:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has hardware tabs, the command to advance to the
+ next tab stop can be given as <STRONG>ht</STRONG> (usually control/I).
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> A "back-tab" command which moves leftward to the preceding tab stop
+ can be given as <STRONG>cbt</STRONG>.
+
+ By convention, if the teletype modes indicate that tabs are being
+ expanded by the computer rather than being sent to the terminal,
+ programs should not use <STRONG>ht</STRONG> or <STRONG>cbt</STRONG> even if they are present, since
+ the user may not have the tab stops properly set.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has hardware tabs which are initially set every <EM>n</EM>
+ spaces when the terminal is powered up, the numeric parameter <STRONG>it</STRONG> is
+ given, showing the number of spaces the tabs are set to.
+
+ The <STRONG>it</STRONG> capability is normally used by the <STRONG>tset</STRONG> command to determine
+ whether to set the mode for hardware tab expansion, and whether to
+ set the tab stops. If the terminal has tab stops that can be saved
+ in non-volatile memory, the terminfo description can assume that
+ they are properly set.
+
+ Other capabilities include
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>, initialization strings for the terminal,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a program to be run to initialize the ter-
+ minal,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> and <STRONG>if</STRONG>, the name of a file containing long initialization strings.
+
+ These strings are expected to set the terminal into modes consistent
+ with the rest of the terminfo description. They are normally sent to
+ the terminal, by the <EM>init</EM> option of the <STRONG>tput</STRONG> program, each time the
+ user logs in. They will be printed in the following order:
run the program
<STRONG>iprog</STRONG>
@@ -1903,92 +1916,114 @@
and finally
output <STRONG>is3</STRONG>.
- Most initialization is done with <STRONG>is2</STRONG>. Special terminal modes can be
- set up without duplicating strings by putting the common sequences in
+ Most initialization is done with <STRONG>is2</STRONG>. Special terminal modes can be
+ set up without duplicating strings by putting the common sequences in
<STRONG>is2</STRONG> and special cases in <STRONG>is1</STRONG> and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>.
- A set of sequences that does a harder reset from a totally unknown
+ A set of sequences that does a harder reset from a totally unknown
state can be given as <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG> and <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, analogous to <STRONG>is1</STRONG> <STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>is2</STRONG> <STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>if</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>is3</STRONG> respectively. These strings are output by the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program,
- which is used when the terminal gets into a wedged state. Commands are
- normally placed in <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG> <STRONG>rs3</STRONG> and <STRONG>rf</STRONG> only if they produce annoying
- effects on the screen and are not necessary when logging in. For exam-
- ple, the command to set the vt100 into 80-column mode would normally be
- part of <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, but it causes an annoying glitch of the screen and is not
- normally needed since the terminal is usually already in 80 column
- mode.
-
- The <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program writes strings including <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, etc., in the same
- order as the <EM>init</EM> program, using <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, etc., instead of <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, etc. If
- any of <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, or <STRONG>rf</STRONG> reset capability strings are missing, the
+ and <STRONG>is3</STRONG> respectively. These strings are output by the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program
+ (an alias of <STRONG>tset</STRONG>), which is used when the terminal gets into a wedged
+ state. Commands are normally placed in <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG> <STRONG>rs3</STRONG> and <STRONG>rf</STRONG> only if
+ they produce annoying effects on the screen and are not necessary when
+ logging in. For example, the command to set the vt100 into 80-column
+ mode would normally be part of <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, but it causes an annoying glitch of
+ the screen and is not normally needed since the terminal is usually
+ already in 80 column mode.
+
+ The <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program writes strings including <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, etc., in the same
+ order as the <EM>init</EM> program, using <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, etc., instead of <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, etc. If
+ any of <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, or <STRONG>rf</STRONG> reset capability strings are missing, the
<STRONG>reset</STRONG> program falls back upon the corresponding initialization capabil-
ity string.
- If there are commands to set and clear tab stops, they can be given as
+ If there are commands to set and clear tab stops, they can be given as
<STRONG>tbc</STRONG> (clear all tab stops) and <STRONG>hts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in the current column
- of every row). If a more complex sequence is needed to set the tabs
+ of every row). If a more complex sequence is needed to set the tabs
than can be described by this, the sequence can be placed in <STRONG>is2</STRONG> or <STRONG>if</STRONG>.
+ The <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>reset</STRONG> command uses the same capability strings as the <STRONG>reset</STRONG>
+ command, although the two programs (<STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset</STRONG>) provide different
+ command-line options.
+
+ In practice, these terminfo capabilities are not often used in initial-
+ ization of tabs (though they are required for the <STRONG>tabs</STRONG> program):
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Almost all hardware terminals (at least those which supported tabs)
+ initialized those to every <EM>eight</EM> columns:
+
+ The only exception was the AT&amp;T 2300 series, which set tabs to
+ every <EM>five</EM> columns.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> In particular, developers of the hardware terminals which are com-
+ monly used as models for modern terminal emulators provided docu-
+ mentation demonstrating that <EM>eight</EM> columns were the standard.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Because of this, the terminal initialization programs <STRONG>tput</STRONG> and <STRONG>tset</STRONG>
+ use the <STRONG>tbc</STRONG> (<STRONG>clear_all_tabs</STRONG>) and <STRONG>hts</STRONG> (<STRONG>set_tab</STRONG>) capabilities
+ directly only when the <STRONG>it</STRONG> (<STRONG>init_tabs</STRONG>) capability is set to a value
+ other than <EM>eight</EM>.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Delays-and-Padding">Delays and Padding</a></H3><PRE>
- Many older and slower terminals do not support either XON/XOFF or DTR
- handshaking, including hard copy terminals and some very archaic CRTs
- (including, for example, DEC VT100s). These may require padding char-
+ Many older and slower terminals do not support either XON/XOFF or DTR
+ handshaking, including hard copy terminals and some very archaic CRTs
+ (including, for example, DEC VT100s). These may require padding char-
acters after certain cursor motions and screen changes.
If the terminal uses xon/xoff handshaking for flow control (that is, it
- automatically emits ^S back to the host when its input buffers are
- close to full), set <STRONG>xon</STRONG>. This capability suppresses the emission of
- padding. You can also set it for memory-mapped console devices effec-
- tively that do not have a speed limit. Padding information should
+ automatically emits ^S back to the host when its input buffers are
+ close to full), set <STRONG>xon</STRONG>. This capability suppresses the emission of
+ padding. You can also set it for memory-mapped console devices effec-
+ tively that do not have a speed limit. Padding information should
still be included so that routines can make better decisions about rel-
ative costs, but actual pad characters will not be transmitted.
If <STRONG>pb</STRONG> (padding baud rate) is given, padding is suppressed at baud rates
- below the value of <STRONG>pb</STRONG>. If the entry has no padding baud rate, then
+ below the value of <STRONG>pb</STRONG>. If the entry has no padding baud rate, then
whether padding is emitted or not is completely controlled by <STRONG>xon</STRONG>.
- If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) character as a pad,
- then this can be given as <STRONG>pad</STRONG>. Only the first character of the <STRONG>pad</STRONG>
+ If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) character as a pad,
+ then this can be given as <STRONG>pad</STRONG>. Only the first character of the <STRONG>pad</STRONG>
string is used.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Status-Lines">Status Lines</a></H3><PRE>
- Some terminals have an extra "status line" which is not normally used
+ Some terminals have an extra "status line" which is not normally used
by software (and thus not counted in the terminal's <STRONG>lines</STRONG> capability).
- The simplest case is a status line which is cursor-addressable but not
+ The simplest case is a status line which is cursor-addressable but not
part of the main scrolling region on the screen; the Heathkit H19 has a
- status line of this kind, as would a 24-line VT100 with a 23-line
+ status line of this kind, as would a 24-line VT100 with a 23-line
scrolling region set up on initialization. This situation is indicated
by the <STRONG>hs</STRONG> capability.
- Some terminals with status lines need special sequences to access the
- status line. These may be expressed as a string with single parameter
- <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> which takes the cursor to a given zero-origin column on the status
- line. The capability <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> must return to the main-screen cursor posi-
- tions before the last <STRONG>tsl</STRONG>. You may need to embed the string values of
- <STRONG>sc</STRONG> (save cursor) and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (restore cursor) in <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> and <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> to accomplish
+ Some terminals with status lines need special sequences to access the
+ status line. These may be expressed as a string with single parameter
+ <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> which takes the cursor to a given zero-origin column on the status
+ line. The capability <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> must return to the main-screen cursor posi-
+ tions before the last <STRONG>tsl</STRONG>. You may need to embed the string values of
+ <STRONG>sc</STRONG> (save cursor) and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (restore cursor) in <STRONG>tsl</STRONG> and <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> to accomplish
this.
- The status line is normally assumed to be the same width as the width
- of the terminal. If this is untrue, you can specify it with the
+ The status line is normally assumed to be the same width as the width
+ of the terminal. If this is untrue, you can specify it with the
numeric capability <STRONG>wsl</STRONG>.
A command to erase or blank the status line may be specified as <STRONG>dsl</STRONG>.
- The boolean capability <STRONG>eslok</STRONG> specifies that escape sequences, tabs,
+ The boolean capability <STRONG>eslok</STRONG> specifies that escape sequences, tabs,
etc., work ordinarily in the status line.
- The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation does not yet use any of these capabilities.
+ The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation does not yet use any of these capabilities.
They are documented here in case they ever become important.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Line-Graphics">Line Graphics</a></H3><PRE>
- Many terminals have alternate character sets useful for forms-drawing.
+ Many terminals have alternate character sets useful for forms-drawing.
Terminfo and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> have built-in support for most of the drawing char-
- acters supported by the VT100, with some characters from the AT&amp;T
- 4410v1 added. This alternate character set may be specified by the
+ acters supported by the VT100, with some characters from the AT&amp;T
+ 4410v1 added. This alternate character set may be specified by the
<STRONG>acsc</STRONG> capability.
<STRONG>Glyph</STRONG> <STRONG>ACS</STRONG> <STRONG>Ascii</STRONG> <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> <STRONG>acsc</STRONG>
@@ -2004,7 +2039,6 @@
degree symbol ACS_DEGREE \ f 0x66
plus/minus ACS_PLMINUS # g 0x67
board of squares ACS_BOARD # h 0x68
-
lantern symbol ACS_LANTERN # i 0x69
lower right corner ACS_LRCORNER + j 0x6a
upper right corner ACS_URCORNER + k 0x6b
@@ -2030,34 +2064,34 @@
A few notes apply to the table itself:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses incorrectly states that the mapping for <EM>lantern</EM> is
- uppercase "I" although Unix implementations use the lowercase "i"
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses incorrectly states that the mapping for <EM>lantern</EM> is
+ uppercase "I" although Unix implementations use the lowercase "i"
mapping.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The DEC VT100 implemented graphics using the alternate character
- set feature, temporarily switching <EM>modes</EM> and sending characters in
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The DEC VT100 implemented graphics using the alternate character
+ set feature, temporarily switching <EM>modes</EM> and sending characters in
the range 0x60 (96) to 0x7e (126) (the <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> <STRONG>Value</STRONG> column in the ta-
ble).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The AT&amp;T terminal added graphics characters outside that range.
- Some of the characters within the range do not match the VT100;
- presumably they were used in the AT&amp;T terminal: <EM>board</EM> <EM>of</EM> <EM>squares</EM>
- replaces the VT100 <EM>newline</EM> symbol, while <EM>lantern</EM> <EM>symbol</EM> replaces
+ Some of the characters within the range do not match the VT100;
+ presumably they were used in the AT&amp;T terminal: <EM>board</EM> <EM>of</EM> <EM>squares</EM>
+ replaces the VT100 <EM>newline</EM> symbol, while <EM>lantern</EM> <EM>symbol</EM> replaces
the VT100 <EM>vertical</EM> <EM>tab</EM> symbol. The other VT100 symbols for control
- characters (<EM>horizontal</EM> <EM>tab</EM>, <EM>carriage</EM> <EM>return</EM> and <EM>line-feed</EM>) are not
+ characters (<EM>horizontal</EM> <EM>tab</EM>, <EM>carriage</EM> <EM>return</EM> and <EM>line-feed</EM>) are not
(re)used in curses.
- The best way to define a new device's graphics set is to add a column
- to a copy of this table for your terminal, giving the character which
- (when emitted between <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> switches) will be rendered as the
+ The best way to define a new device's graphics set is to add a column
+ to a copy of this table for your terminal, giving the character which
+ (when emitted between <STRONG>smacs</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> switches) will be rendered as the
corresponding graphic. Then read off the VT100/your terminal character
pairs right to left in sequence; these become the ACSC string.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Color-Handling">Color Handling</a></H3><PRE>
- The curses library functions <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> and <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> manipulate the
- <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM> and <EM>color</EM> <EM>values</EM> discussed in this section (see
+ The curses library functions <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> and <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> manipulate the
+ <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM> and <EM>color</EM> <EM>values</EM> discussed in this section (see
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG> for details on these and related functions).
Most color terminals are either "Tektronix-like" or "HP-like":
@@ -2066,43 +2100,43 @@
is usually 8), and can set character-cell foreground and background
characters independently, mixing them into <EM>N</EM> * <EM>N</EM> color-pairs.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> On HP-like terminals, the user must set each color pair up sepa-
- rately (foreground and background are not independently settable).
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> On HP-like terminals, the user must set each color pair up sepa-
+ rately (foreground and background are not independently settable).
Up to <EM>M</EM> color-pairs may be set up from 2*<EM>M</EM> different colors. ANSI-
compatible terminals are Tektronix-like.
Some basic color capabilities are independent of the color method. The
- numeric capabilities <STRONG>colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>pairs</STRONG> specify the maximum numbers of
- colors and color-pairs that can be displayed simultaneously. The <STRONG>op</STRONG>
+ numeric capabilities <STRONG>colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>pairs</STRONG> specify the maximum numbers of
+ colors and color-pairs that can be displayed simultaneously. The <STRONG>op</STRONG>
(original pair) string resets foreground and background colors to their
- default values for the terminal. The <STRONG>oc</STRONG> string resets all colors or
- color-pairs to their default values for the terminal. Some terminals
+ default values for the terminal. The <STRONG>oc</STRONG> string resets all colors or
+ color-pairs to their default values for the terminal. Some terminals
(including many PC terminal emulators) erase screen areas with the cur-
- rent background color rather than the power-up default background;
+ rent background color rather than the power-up default background;
these should have the boolean capability <STRONG>bce</STRONG>.
While the curses library works with <EM>color</EM> <EM>pairs</EM> (reflecting the inabil-
- ity of some devices to set foreground and background colors indepen-
+ ity of some devices to set foreground and background colors indepen-
dently), there are separate capabilities for setting these features:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> To change the current foreground or background color on a Tek-
- tronix-type terminal, use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set ANSI foreground) and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>
- (set ANSI background) or <STRONG>setf</STRONG> (set foreground) and <STRONG>setb</STRONG> (set back-
- ground). These take one parameter, the color number. The SVr4
- documentation describes only <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says that
- "If the terminal supports ANSI escape sequences to set background
- and foreground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> To change the current foreground or background color on a Tek-
+ tronix-type terminal, use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> (set ANSI foreground) and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>
+ (set ANSI background) or <STRONG>setf</STRONG> (set foreground) and <STRONG>setb</STRONG> (set back-
+ ground). These take one parameter, the color number. The SVr4
+ documentation describes only <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says that
+ "If the terminal supports ANSI escape sequences to set background
+ and foreground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
tively.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal supports other escape sequences to set background
- and foreground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respec-
- tively. The <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> and the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> functions use the <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal supports other escape sequences to set background
+ and foreground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respec-
+ tively. The <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> and the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> functions use the <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>
and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> capabilities if they are defined.
- The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single numeric argu-
- ment each. Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> are portably defined as
- follows (the middle column is the symbolic #define available in the
- header for the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> or <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries). The terminal hardware is
+ The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single numeric argu-
+ ment each. Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> are portably defined as
+ follows (the middle column is the symbolic #define available in the
+ header for the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> or <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries). The terminal hardware is
free to map these as it likes, but the RGB values indicate normal loca-
tions in color space.
@@ -2112,6 +2146,7 @@
green <STRONG>COLOR_GREEN</STRONG> 2 0,max,0
yellow <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG> 3 max,max,0
blue <STRONG>COLOR_BLUE</STRONG> 4 0,0,max
+
magenta <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG> 5 max,0,max
cyan <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG> 6 0,max,max
white <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG> 7 max,max,max
@@ -2132,28 +2167,28 @@
It is important to not confuse the two sets of color capabilities; oth-
erwise red/blue will be interchanged on the display.
- On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number parameter to
+ On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number parameter to
set which color pair is current.
Some terminals allow the <EM>color</EM> <EM>values</EM> to be modified:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> On a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be present to
- indicate that colors can be modified. If so, the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> capability
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> On a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be present to
+ indicate that colors can be modified. If so, the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> capability
will take a color number (0 to <STRONG>colors</STRONG> - 1)and three more parameters
- which describe the color. These three parameters default to being
+ which describe the color. These three parameters default to being
interpreted as RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values. If the boolean capa-
- bility <STRONG>hls</STRONG> is present, they are instead as HLS (Hue, Lightness,
+ bility <STRONG>hls</STRONG> is present, they are instead as HLS (Hue, Lightness,
Saturation) indices. The ranges are terminal-dependent.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for changing a
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for changing a
color-pair value. It will take seven parameters; a color-pair num-
- ber (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two triples describing first back-
- ground and then foreground colors. These parameters must be (Red,
+ ber (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two triples describing first back-
+ ground and then foreground colors. These parameters must be (Red,
Green, Blue) or (Hue, Lightness, Saturation) depending on <STRONG>hls</STRONG>.
- On some color terminals, colors collide with highlights. You can reg-
- ister these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability. This is a bit-mask of
- attributes not to be used when colors are enabled. The correspondence
+ On some color terminals, colors collide with highlights. You can reg-
+ ister these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability. This is a bit-mask of
+ attributes not to be used when colors are enabled. The correspondence
with the attributes understood by <STRONG>curses</STRONG> is as follows:
<STRONG>Attribute</STRONG> <STRONG>Bit</STRONG> <STRONG>Decimal</STRONG> <STRONG>Set</STRONG> <STRONG>by</STRONG>
@@ -2174,134 +2209,134 @@
A_VERTICAL 14 16384 sgr1
A_ITALIC 15 32768 sitm
- For example, on many IBM PC consoles, the underline attribute collides
- with the foreground color blue and is not available in color mode.
+ For example, on many IBM PC consoles, the underline attribute collides
+ with the foreground color blue and is not available in color mode.
These should have an <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability of 2.
- SVr4 curses does nothing with <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>, ncurses recognizes it and optimizes
+ SVr4 curses does nothing with <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>, ncurses recognizes it and optimizes
the output in favor of colors.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></H3><PRE>
- If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) character as a pad,
- then this can be given as pad. Only the first character of the pad
+ If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) character as a pad,
+ then this can be given as pad. Only the first character of the pad
string is used. If the terminal does not have a pad character, specify
- npc. Note that ncurses implements the termcap-compatible <STRONG>PC</STRONG> variable;
- though the application may set this value to something other than a
- null, ncurses will test <STRONG>npc</STRONG> first and use napms if the terminal has no
+ npc. Note that ncurses implements the termcap-compatible <STRONG>PC</STRONG> variable;
+ though the application may set this value to something other than a
+ null, ncurses will test <STRONG>npc</STRONG> first and use napms if the terminal has no
pad character.
- If the terminal can move up or down half a line, this can be indicated
+ If the terminal can move up or down half a line, this can be indicated
with <STRONG>hu</STRONG> (half-line up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG> (half-line down). This is primarily use-
ful for superscripts and subscripts on hard-copy terminals. If a hard-
- copy terminal can eject to the next page (form feed), give this as <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
- (usually control L).
+ copy terminal can eject to the next page (form feed), give this as <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
+ (usually control/L).
- If there is a command to repeat a given character a given number of
- times (to save time transmitting a large number of identical charac-
- ters) this can be indicated with the parameterized string <STRONG>rep</STRONG>. The
- first parameter is the character to be repeated and the second is the
+ If there is a command to repeat a given character a given number of
+ times (to save time transmitting a large number of identical charac-
+ ters) this can be indicated with the parameterized string <STRONG>rep</STRONG>. The
+ first parameter is the character to be repeated and the second is the
number of times to repeat it. Thus, tparm(repeat_char, 'x', 10) is the
same as "xxxxxxxxxx".
If the terminal has a settable command character, such as the TEKTRONIX
- 4025, this can be indicated with <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>. A prototype command character
- is chosen which is used in all capabilities. This character is given
- in the <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG> capability to identify it. The following convention is
+ 4025, this can be indicated with <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>. A prototype command character
+ is chosen which is used in all capabilities. This character is given
+ in the <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG> capability to identify it. The following convention is
supported on some UNIX systems: The environment is to be searched for a
- <STRONG>CC</STRONG> variable, and if found, all occurrences of the prototype character
+ <STRONG>CC</STRONG> variable, and if found, all occurrences of the prototype character
are replaced with the character in the environment variable.
- Terminal descriptions that do not represent a specific kind of known
- terminal, such as <EM>switch</EM>, <EM>dialup</EM>, <EM>patch</EM>, and <EM>network</EM>, should include
- the <STRONG>gn</STRONG> (generic) capability so that programs can complain that they do
- not know how to talk to the terminal. (This capability does not apply
- to <EM>virtual</EM> terminal descriptions for which the escape sequences are
+ Terminal descriptions that do not represent a specific kind of known
+ terminal, such as <EM>switch</EM>, <EM>dialup</EM>, <EM>patch</EM>, and <EM>network</EM>, should include
+ the <STRONG>gn</STRONG> (generic) capability so that programs can complain that they do
+ not know how to talk to the terminal. (This capability does not apply
+ to <EM>virtual</EM> terminal descriptions for which the escape sequences are
known.)
If the terminal has a "meta key" which acts as a shift key, setting the
- 8th bit of any character transmitted, this fact can be indicated with
- <STRONG>km</STRONG>. Otherwise, software will assume that the 8th bit is parity and it
- will usually be cleared. If strings exist to turn this "meta mode" on
+ 8th bit of any character transmitted, this fact can be indicated with
+ <STRONG>km</STRONG>. Otherwise, software will assume that the 8th bit is parity and it
+ will usually be cleared. If strings exist to turn this "meta mode" on
and off, they can be given as <STRONG>smm</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmm</STRONG>.
If the terminal has more lines of memory than will fit on the screen at
- once, the number of lines of memory can be indicated with <STRONG>lm</STRONG>. A value
+ once, the number of lines of memory can be indicated with <STRONG>lm</STRONG>. A value
of <STRONG>lm</STRONG>#0 indicates that the number of lines is not fixed, but that there
is still more memory than fits on the screen.
- If the terminal is one of those supported by the UNIX virtual terminal
+ If the terminal is one of those supported by the UNIX virtual terminal
protocol, the terminal number can be given as <STRONG>vt</STRONG>.
- Media copy strings which control an auxiliary printer connected to the
- terminal can be given as <STRONG>mc0</STRONG>: print the contents of the screen, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>:
- turn off the printer, and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG>: turn on the printer. When the printer
- is on, all text sent to the terminal will be sent to the printer. It
- is undefined whether the text is also displayed on the terminal screen
- when the printer is on. A variation <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> takes one parameter, and
+ Media copy strings which control an auxiliary printer connected to the
+ terminal can be given as <STRONG>mc0</STRONG>: print the contents of the screen, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>:
+ turn off the printer, and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG>: turn on the printer. When the printer
+ is on, all text sent to the terminal will be sent to the printer. It
+ is undefined whether the text is also displayed on the terminal screen
+ when the printer is on. A variation <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> takes one parameter, and
leaves the printer on for as many characters as the value of the param-
eter, then turns the printer off. The parameter should not exceed 255.
- All text, including <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>, is transparently passed to the printer while
+ All text, including <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>, is transparently passed to the printer while
an <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> is in effect.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Glitches-and-Braindamage">Glitches and Braindamage</a></H3><PRE>
- Hazeltine terminals, which do not allow "~" characters to be displayed
+ Hazeltine terminals, which do not allow "~" characters to be displayed
should indicate <STRONG>hz</STRONG>.
- Terminals which ignore a line-feed immediately after an <STRONG>am</STRONG> wrap, such
+ Terminals which ignore a line-feed immediately after an <STRONG>am</STRONG> wrap, such
as the Concept and vt100, should indicate <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>.
- If <STRONG>el</STRONG> is required to get rid of standout (instead of merely writing
+ If <STRONG>el</STRONG> is required to get rid of standout (instead of merely writing
normal text on top of it), <STRONG>xhp</STRONG> should be given.
Teleray terminals, where tabs turn all characters moved over to blanks,
- should indicate <STRONG>xt</STRONG> (destructive tabs). Note: the variable indicating
- this is now "dest_tabs_magic_smso"; in older versions, it was tel-
+ should indicate <STRONG>xt</STRONG> (destructive tabs). Note: the variable indicating
+ this is now "dest_tabs_magic_smso"; in older versions, it was tel-
eray_glitch. This glitch is also taken to mean that it is not possible
to position the cursor on top of a "magic cookie", that to erase stand-
- out mode it is instead necessary to use delete and insert line. The
+ out mode it is instead necessary to use delete and insert line. The
ncurses implementation ignores this glitch.
- The Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly transmit the escape
- or control C characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicating that the f1 key is used
- for escape and f2 for control C. (Only certain Superbees have this
- problem, depending on the ROM.) Note that in older terminfo versions,
+ The Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly transmit the escape
+ or control/C characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicating that the f1 key is used
+ for escape and f2 for control/C. (Only certain Superbees have this
+ problem, depending on the ROM.) Note that in older terminfo versions,
this capability was called "beehive_glitch"; it is now "no_esc_ctl_c".
- Other specific terminal problems may be corrected by adding more capa-
+ Other specific terminal problems may be corrected by adding more capa-
bilities of the form <STRONG>x</STRONG><EM>x</EM>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Pitfalls-of-Long-Entries">Pitfalls of Long Entries</a></H3><PRE>
- Long terminfo entries are unlikely to be a problem; to date, no entry
- has even approached terminfo's 4096-byte string-table maximum. Unfor-
- tunately, the termcap translations are much more strictly limited (to
- 1023 bytes), thus termcap translations of long terminfo entries can
+ Long terminfo entries are unlikely to be a problem; to date, no entry
+ has even approached terminfo's 4096-byte string-table maximum. Unfor-
+ tunately, the termcap translations are much more strictly limited (to
+ 1023 bytes), thus termcap translations of long terminfo entries can
cause problems.
- The man pages for 4.3BSD and older versions of <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> instruct the
- user to allocate a 1024-byte buffer for the termcap entry. The entry
- gets null-terminated by the termcap library, so that makes the maximum
- safe length for a termcap entry 1k-1 (1023) bytes. Depending on what
- the application and the termcap library being used does, and where in
- the termcap file the terminal type that <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> is searching for is,
+ The man pages for 4.3BSD and older versions of <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> instruct the
+ user to allocate a 1024-byte buffer for the termcap entry. The entry
+ gets null-terminated by the termcap library, so that makes the maximum
+ safe length for a termcap entry 1k-1 (1023) bytes. Depending on what
+ the application and the termcap library being used does, and where in
+ the termcap file the terminal type that <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> is searching for is,
several bad things can happen.
- Some termcap libraries print a warning message or exit if they find an
+ Some termcap libraries print a warning message or exit if they find an
entry that's longer than 1023 bytes; others do not; others truncate the
- entries to 1023 bytes. Some application programs allocate more than
+ entries to 1023 bytes. Some application programs allocate more than
the recommended 1K for the termcap entry; others do not.
- Each termcap entry has two important sizes associated with it: before
- "tc" expansion, and after "tc" expansion. "tc" is the capability that
+ Each termcap entry has two important sizes associated with it: before
+ "tc" expansion, and after "tc" expansion. "tc" is the capability that
tacks on another termcap entry to the end of the current one, to add on
its capabilities. If a termcap entry does not use the "tc" capability,
then of course the two lengths are the same.
- The "before tc expansion" length is the most important one, because it
- affects more than just users of that particular terminal. This is the
- length of the entry as it exists in /etc/termcap, minus the backslash-
+ The "before tc expansion" length is the most important one, because it
+ affects more than just users of that particular terminal. This is the
+ length of the entry as it exists in /etc/termcap, minus the backslash-
newline pairs, which <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> strips out while reading it. Some termcap
libraries strip off the final newline, too (GNU termcap does not). Now
suppose:
@@ -2310,87 +2345,87 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> and the application has only allocated a 1k buffer,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> and the termcap library (like the one in BSD/OS 1.1 and GNU) reads
- the whole entry into the buffer, no matter what its length, to see
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> and the termcap library (like the one in BSD/OS 1.1 and GNU) reads
+ the whole entry into the buffer, no matter what its length, to see
if it is the entry it wants,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> and <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> is searching for a terminal type that either is the
- long entry, appears in the termcap file after the long entry, or
- does not appear in the file at all (so that <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> has to search
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> and <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> is searching for a terminal type that either is the
+ long entry, appears in the termcap file after the long entry, or
+ does not appear in the file at all (so that <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> has to search
the whole termcap file).
- Then <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> will overwrite memory, perhaps its stack, and probably
- core dump the program. Programs like telnet are particularly vulnera-
- ble; modern telnets pass along values like the terminal type automati-
- cally. The results are almost as undesirable with a termcap library,
- like SunOS 4.1.3 and Ultrix 4.4, that prints warning messages when it
- reads an overly long termcap entry. If a termcap library truncates
- long entries, like OSF/1 3.0, it is immune to dying here but will
+ Then <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> will overwrite memory, perhaps its stack, and probably
+ core dump the program. Programs like telnet are particularly vulnera-
+ ble; modern telnets pass along values like the terminal type automati-
+ cally. The results are almost as undesirable with a termcap library,
+ like SunOS 4.1.3 and Ultrix 4.4, that prints warning messages when it
+ reads an overly long termcap entry. If a termcap library truncates
+ long entries, like OSF/1 3.0, it is immune to dying here but will
return incorrect data for the terminal.
- The "after tc expansion" length will have a similar effect to the
+ The "after tc expansion" length will have a similar effect to the
above, but only for people who actually set TERM to that terminal type,
- since <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> only does "tc" expansion once it is found the terminal
+ since <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> only does "tc" expansion once it is found the terminal
type it was looking for, not while searching.
- In summary, a termcap entry that is longer than 1023 bytes can cause,
- on various combinations of termcap libraries and applications, a core
- dump, warnings, or incorrect operation. If it is too long even before
- "tc" expansion, it will have this effect even for users of some other
- terminal types and users whose TERM variable does not have a termcap
+ In summary, a termcap entry that is longer than 1023 bytes can cause,
+ on various combinations of termcap libraries and applications, a core
+ dump, warnings, or incorrect operation. If it is too long even before
+ "tc" expansion, it will have this effect even for users of some other
+ terminal types and users whose TERM variable does not have a termcap
entry.
- When in -C (translate to termcap) mode, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation of
- <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG> issues warning messages when the pre-tc length of a termcap
- translation is too long. The -c (check) option also checks resolved
+ When in -C (translate to termcap) mode, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation of
+ <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG> issues warning messages when the pre-tc length of a termcap
+ translation is too long. The -c (check) option also checks resolved
(after tc expansion) lengths.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Binary-Compatibility">Binary Compatibility</a></H3><PRE>
- It is not wise to count on portability of binary terminfo entries
- between commercial UNIX versions. The problem is that there are at
- least two versions of terminfo (under HP-UX and AIX) which diverged
- from System V terminfo after SVr1, and have added extension capabili-
- ties to the string table that (in the binary format) collide with Sys-
+ It is not wise to count on portability of binary terminfo entries
+ between commercial UNIX versions. The problem is that there are at
+ least two versions of terminfo (under HP-UX and AIX) which diverged
+ from System V terminfo after SVr1, and have added extension capabili-
+ ties to the string table that (in the binary format) collide with Sys-
tem V and XSI Curses extensions.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- Searching for terminal descriptions in <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> and TER-
+ Searching for terminal descriptions in <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> and TER-
MINFO_DIRS is not supported by older implementations.
- Some SVr4 <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementations, and all previous to SVr4, do not
+ Some SVr4 <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementations, and all previous to SVr4, do not
interpret the %A and %O operators in parameter strings.
- SVr4/XPG4 do not specify whether <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> licenses movement while in an
- alternate-character-set mode (such modes may, among other things, map
- CR and NL to characters that do not trigger local motions). The
- <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation ignores <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> in <STRONG>ALTCHARSET</STRONG> mode. This raises
- the possibility that an XPG4 implementation making the opposite inter-
- pretation may need terminfo entries made for <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> to have <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>
+ SVr4/XPG4 do not specify whether <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> licenses movement while in an
+ alternate-character-set mode (such modes may, among other things, map
+ CR and NL to characters that do not trigger local motions). The
+ <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> implementation ignores <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> in <STRONG>ALTCHARSET</STRONG> mode. This raises
+ the possibility that an XPG4 implementation making the opposite inter-
+ pretation may need terminfo entries made for <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> to have <STRONG>msgr</STRONG>
turned off.
The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library handles insert-character and insert-character modes
- in a slightly non-standard way to get better update efficiency. See
+ in a slightly non-standard way to get better update efficiency. See
the <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG> subsection above.
- The parameter substitutions for <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG> and <STRONG>display_clock</STRONG> are not
- documented in SVr4 or the XSI Curses standard. They are deduced from
+ The parameter substitutions for <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG> and <STRONG>display_clock</STRONG> are not
+ documented in SVr4 or the XSI Curses standard. They are deduced from
the documentation for the AT&amp;T 505 terminal.
- Be careful assigning the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability. The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library wants
- to interpret it as <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>, for use by terminals and emulators like
- xterm that can return mouse-tracking information in the keyboard-input
+ Be careful assigning the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability. The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library wants
+ to interpret it as <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>, for use by terminals and emulators like
+ xterm that can return mouse-tracking information in the keyboard-input
stream.
- X/Open Curses does not mention italics. Portable applications must
- assume that numeric capabilities are signed 16-bit values. This
- includes the <EM>no</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>video</EM> (ncv) capability. The 32768 mask value
- used for italics with ncv can be confused with an absent or cancelled
- ncv. If italics should work with colors, then the ncv value must be
+ X/Open Curses does not mention italics. Portable applications must
+ assume that numeric capabilities are signed 16-bit values. This
+ includes the <EM>no</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>video</EM> (ncv) capability. The 32768 mask value
+ used for italics with ncv can be confused with an absent or cancelled
+ ncv. If italics should work with colors, then the ncv value must be
specified, even if it is zero.
- Different commercial ports of terminfo and curses support different
+ Different commercial ports of terminfo and curses support different
subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in some cases) different exten-
sion sets. Here is a summary, accurate as of October 1995:
@@ -2400,15 +2435,15 @@
capability (<STRONG>set_pglen</STRONG>).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG> <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of terminfo capa-
- bilities. The booleans end with <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>; the numerics with
+ bilities. The booleans end with <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>; the numerics with
<STRONG>width_status_line</STRONG>; and the strings with <STRONG>prtr_non</STRONG>.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>HP/UX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus the SVr[234] numerics
- <STRONG>num_labels</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_height</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_width</STRONG>, plus function keys 11
- through 63, plus <STRONG>plab_norm</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>, and <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>, plus some
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>HP/UX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus the SVr[234] numerics
+ <STRONG>num_labels</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_height</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_width</STRONG>, plus function keys 11
+ through 63, plus <STRONG>plab_norm</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>, and <STRONG>label_off</STRONG>, plus some
incompatible extensions in the string table.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>AIX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11 through 63,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>AIX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11 through 63,
plus a number of incompatible string table extensions.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>OSF</STRONG> -- Supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
@@ -2419,8 +2454,8 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
- <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1m.html">tabs(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html 2019-05-18 23:58:28.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.68 2019/05/18 21:59:56 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.69 2019/05/18 22:48:40 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/toe.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2019-05-18 23:58:28.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
<STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/tput.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/tput.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:28.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/tput.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tset.1.html">tset(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/tset.1.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/tset.1.html 2019-05-18 23:58:28.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/tset.1.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
<STRONG>csh(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>sh(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>tty(4)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG>ttys(5)</STRONG>, <STRONG>environ(7)</STRONG>
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190615).
Index: doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html 2019-05-18 23:58:28.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html 2019-06-15 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2018,2019 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.9 2018/07/28 22:05:23 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.10 2019/05/18 22:48:40 tom Exp @
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Index: man/tabs.1
Prereq: 1.20
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/man/tabs.1 2019-02-16 23:56:38.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/man/tabs.1 2019-06-15 23:08:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.20 2019/02/16 23:56:38 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.25 2019/06/15 23:08:12 tom Exp $
.TH @TABS@ 1 ""
.ds n 5
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@
in optimizing their output to the terminal.
If the hardware tabstops differ from the information in the terminal
database, the result is unpredictable.
+Before running curses programs,
+you should either reset tab-stops to the standard interval
+.NS
+tabs -8
+.NE
+.PP
+or use the \fB@RESET@\fP program,
+since the normal initialization sequences do not ensure that tab-stops
+are reset.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS General Options
.TP 5
@@ -165,7 +174,10 @@
However
.bP
This standard describes a \fB+m\fP option, to set a terminal's left-margin.
-Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this capability.
+Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide the
+\fBsmgl\fP (\fBset_left_margin\fP) or
+\fBsmglp\fP (\fBset_left_margin_parm\fP)
+capability needed to support the feature.
.bP
There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
unlike \fB@TPUT@(1)\fP.
@@ -173,11 +185,44 @@
The \fB\-d\fP (debug) and \fB\-n\fP (no-op) options are extensions not provided
by other implementations.
.PP
+A \fBtabs\fP utility appeared in PWB/Unix 1.0 (1977),
+and thereafter in 3BSD (1979).
+It supported a single \*(``\-n\*('' option
+(to cause the first tab stop to be set on the left margin).
+That option is not documented by POSIX.
+Initially, \fBtabs\fP used built-in tables rather than the terminal database,
+to support a half-dozen terminal types.
+It also had built-in logic to support the left-margin,
+as well as a feature for copying the tab settings from a file.
+.PP
+Later versions of Unix, e.g., SVr4,
+added support for the terminal database,
+but kept the tables, as a fallback.
+In an earlier development effort,
+the tab-stop initialization provided by \fBtset\fP (1982)
+and incorporated into \fBtput\fP uses the terminal database,
+.PP
+POSIX documents no limits on the number of tab stops.
Documentation for other implementations states that there is a limit on the
number of tab stops.
While some terminals may not accept an arbitrary number
of tab stops, this implementation will attempt to set tab stops up to the
right margin of the screen, if the given list happens to be that long.
+.PP
+The \fIRationale\fP section of the POSIX documentation goes into some
+detail about the ways the committee considered redesigning the
+\fBtabs\fP and \fBtput\fP utilities,
+without proposing an improved solution.
+It comments that
+.RS 5
+.PP
+no known historical version of tabs supports the capability of setting
+arbitrary tab stops.
+.RE
+.PP
+However, the \fIExplicit Lists\fP described in this manual page
+were implemented in PWB/Unix.
+Those provide the capability of setting abitrary tab stops.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB@TSET@\fR(1),
\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M),
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.1+20190609) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.1+20190615) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:06:01 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:46:35 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.1+20190609) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.1+20190615) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:06:01 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:46:35 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/debian/changelog 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/debian/changelog 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.1+20190609) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.1+20190615) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 09 Jun 2019 16:06:01 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Jun 2019 08:46:35 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20120608) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq: 1.333
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.333 2019/06/09 20:06:01 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.334 2019/06/15 12:46:35 tom Exp $
; TODO add examples
; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
!define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
!define VERSION_MINOR "1"
!define VERSION_YYYY "2019"
-!define VERSION_MMDD "0609"
+!define VERSION_MMDD "0615"
!define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
!define MY_ABI "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: mingw32-ncurses6
Version: 6.1
-Release: 20190609
+Release: 20190615
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/ncurses.spec 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/ncurses.spec 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: ncurses6
Version: 6.1
-Release: 20190609
+Release: 20190615
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncursest.spec
--- ncurses-6.1-20190609+/package/ncursest.spec 2019-06-09 20:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.1-20190615/package/ncursest.spec 2019-06-15 12:46:35.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
Name: ncursest6
Version: 6.1
-Release: 20190609
+Release: 20190615
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz