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# ncurses 6.0 - patch 20161015 - Thomas E. Dickey
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Ncurses 6.0 is at
# ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu
#
# Patches for ncurses 6.0 can be found at
# ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.0
# http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.0
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.0/ncurses-6.0-20161015.patch.gz
# patch by Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
# created Sun Oct 16 00:57:24 UTC 2016
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NEWS | 14
# VERSION | 2
# dist.mk | 4
# doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html | 12
# doc/html/man/clear.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html | 10
# doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html | 10
# doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html | 8
# doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html | 22
# doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html | 4
# doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html | 10
# doc/html/man/curs_kernel.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html | 8
# doc/html/man/curs_refresh.3x.html | 14
# doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html | 8
# doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html | 149 ++--
# doc/html/man/curs_trace.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html | 62 -
# doc/html/man/form.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html | 23
# doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html | 10
# doc/html/man/legacy_coding.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/menu.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/menu_format.3x.html | 6
# doc/html/man/menu_post.3x.html | 8
# doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/panel.3x.html | 45 -
# doc/html/man/tabs.1.html | 6
# doc/html/man/term.5.html | 12
# doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html | 1239 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
# doc/html/man/tic.1m.html | 81 +-
# doc/html/man/toe.1m.html | 2
# doc/html/man/tput.1.html | 2
# doc/html/man/tset.1.html | 2
# man/captoinfo.1m | 10
# man/curs_attr.3x | 11
# man/curs_clear.3x | 6
# man/curs_color.3x | 6
# man/curs_extend.3x | 8
# man/curs_getch.3x | 4
# man/curs_initscr.3x | 6
# man/curs_inopts.3x | 8
# man/curs_kernel.3x | 6
# man/curs_outopts.3x | 8
# man/curs_refresh.3x | 10
# man/curs_slk.3x | 6
# man/curs_terminfo.3x | 18
# man/curs_trace.3x | 6
# man/curs_window.3x | 6
# man/default_colors.3x | 33
# man/infotocap.1m | 8
# man/legacy_coding.3x | 8
# man/menu_format.3x | 6
# man/menu_post.3x | 8
# man/panel.3x | 18
# man/tabs.1 | 4
# man/term.5 | 12
# man/terminfo.head | 4
# man/terminfo.tail | 54 -
# ncurses/llib-lncurses | 14
# ncurses/llib-lncursest | 14
# ncurses/llib-lncursestw | 14
# ncurses/llib-lncursesw | 14
# ncurses/llib-ltic | 11
# ncurses/llib-ltict | 11
# ncurses/llib-ltictw | 11
# ncurses/llib-lticw | 11
# ncurses/llib-ltinfo | 7
# ncurses/llib-ltinfot | 7
# ncurses/llib-ltinfotw | 7
# ncurses/llib-ltinfow | 7
# ncurses/tty/tty_update.c | 8
# 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
# 80 files changed, 1168 insertions(+), 1073 deletions(-)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: NEWS
Prereq: 1.2677
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/NEWS 2016-10-09 01:52:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/NEWS 2016-10-15 23:26:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written --
-- authorization. --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2677 2016/10/09 01:52:39 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2682 2016/10/15 23:26:53 tom Exp $
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20161015
+ + amend internal use of tputs to consistently use the number of lines
+ affected, e.g., for insert/delete character operations. While
+ merging terminfo source early in 1995, several descriptions used the
+ "*" proportional delay for these operations, prompting a change in
+ doupdate.
+ + regenerate llib-* files.
+ + regenerate HTML manpages.
+ + fix several formatting issues with manual pages.
+
20161008
+ adjust size in infocmp/tic to work with strlcpy.
+ fix configure script to record when strlcat is found on OpenBSD.
@@ -11094,7 +11104,7 @@
(SVr4) curses, which doesn't use 'const' in its prototypes.
+ modify ifdef's in test/hashtest.c and test/view.c to compile with
Solaris curses.
- + modify _tracedump() to pad pad colors & attrs lines to match change
+ + modify _tracedump() to pad colors & attrs lines to match change
in 970101 showing first/last changes.
+ corrected location of terminating null on dynamically allocated forms
fields (patch by Per Foreby).
Index: VERSION
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/VERSION 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/VERSION 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:9 6.0 20161008
+5:0:9 6.0 20161015
Index: dist.mk
Prereq: 1.1127
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/dist.mk 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/dist.mk 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written #
# authorization. #
##############################################################################
-# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1127 2016/10/03 00:57:15 tom Exp $
+# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1128 2016/10/15 15:43:49 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 = 0
-NCURSES_PATCH = 20161008
+NCURSES_PATCH = 20161015
# We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases
VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR)
Index: doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2016-09-10 22:14:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2016-10-15 23:12:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.25 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.26 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
GG acs magic cookie count
If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they
- will automatically be composed into an <EM>acsc</EM> string. The
+ will automatically be composed into an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string. The
double-line capabilities and <STRONG>GG</STRONG> are discarded with a warn-
ing message.
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@
font3 s3ds
Additionally, the AIX <EM>box1</EM> capability will be automati-
- cally translated to an <EM>acsc</EM> string.
+ cally translated to an <STRONG>acsc</STRONG> string.
Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstan-
- dard terminfo capabilities <EM>meml</EM> (memory lock) and <EM>memu</EM>
+ dard terminfo capabilities <STRONG>meml</STRONG> (memory lock) and <STRONG>memu</STRONG>
(memory unlock). These will be discarded with a warning
message.
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
</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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/clear.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2016-09-10 22:14:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2016-10-15 23:12:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
</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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html 2016-07-24 00:13:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.47 2016/07/23 23:48:49 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.48 2016/10/15 17:09:05 tom Exp @
* attr_get
* .br
* .br
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@
<STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>, <STRONG>A_PROTECT</STRONG>, and <STRONG>A_INVIS</STRONG>).
This implementation provides the <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> attribute for
- terminals which have the <EM>enter</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>italics</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> (sitm) and <EM>ex-</EM>
- <EM>it</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>italics</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> (ritm) capabilities. Italics are not men-
+ terminals which have the <STRONG>enter_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>sitm</STRONG>) and <STRONG>ex-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>it_italics_mode</STRONG> (<STRONG>ritm</STRONG>) capabilities. Italics are not men-
tioned in X/Open Curses. Unlike the other video at-
- tributes, <STRONG>I_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>attributes</EM> ca-
+ tributes, <STRONG>A_ITALIC</STRONG> is unrelated to the <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG> ca-
pabilities. This implementation makes the assumption that
- <EM>exit</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>attribute</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM> may also reset italics.
+ <STRONG>exit_attribute_mode</STRONG> may also reset italics.
XSI Curses added the new entry points, <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_on</STRONG>,
<STRONG>attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>wattr_get</STRONG>, <STRONG>wat-</STRONG>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.14 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.15 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@
<STRONG>scr)</STRONG>. This will not work under ncurses.
This implementation, and others such as Solaris, sets the
- current position to 0,0 after erasing via <STRONG>werase()</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>wclear()</STRONG>. That fact is not documented in other implemen-
- tations, and may not be true of implementations which were
+ current position to 0,0 after erasing via <STRONG>werase</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>wclear</STRONG>. That fact is not documented in other implementa-
+ tions, and may not be true of implementations which were
not derived from SVr4 source.
Not obvious from the description, most implementations
Index: doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html 2016-07-30 22:04:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.43 2016/07/30 15:22:11 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.45 2016/10/15 17:10:19 tom Exp @
* .br
* .br
* .br
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The routines <STRONG>can_change_color()</STRONG> and <STRONG>has_colors()</STRONG> return
- <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
+ The routines <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> and <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> return <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>
+ or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
All other routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and
an <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
<STRONG>init_color</STRONG>
returns an error if the terminal does not support
- this feature, e.g., if the <EM>initialize</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>color</EM> capa-
+ this feature, e.g., if the <STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG> capa-
bility is absent from the terminal description.
<STRONG>start_color</STRONG>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html 2016-05-15 01:17:07.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
* Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1999-on
- * @Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.20 2016/05/14 23:10:54 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.21 2016/10/15 16:52:48 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -64,20 +64,20 @@
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-curses_version">curses_version</a></H3><PRE>
- Use <EM>curses</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>version()</EM> to get the version number, including
+ Use <STRONG>curses_version</STRONG> to get the version number, including
patch level of the library, e.g., <STRONG>5.0.19991023</STRONG>
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-use_extended_names">use_extended_names</a></H3><PRE>
- The <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>extended</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>names()</EM> function controls whether the
- calling application is able to use user-defined or non-
- standard names which may be compiled into the terminfo
- description, i.e., via the terminfo or termcap interfaces.
- Normally these names are available for use, since the
- essential decision is made by using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>
- to compile extended terminal definitions. However you can
- disable this feature to ensure compatibility with other
- implementations of curses.
+ The <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG> function controls whether the call-
+ ing application is able to use user-defined or nonstandard
+ names which may be compiled into the terminfo description,
+ i.e., via the terminfo or termcap interfaces. Normally
+ these names are available for use, since the essential
+ decision is made by using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to compile
+ extended terminal definitions. However you can disable
+ this feature to ensure compatibility with other implemen-
+ tations of curses.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html 2016-09-10 22:14:38.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.48 2016/09/10 21:56:25 Leon.Winter Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.49 2016/10/15 16:44:01 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and an
- integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> (<STRONG>OK</STRONG> in the case of ungetch())
+ integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> (<STRONG>OK</STRONG> in the case of <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>)
upon successful completion.
<STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.24 2015/07/21 23:01:38 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.25 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
<EM>Curses</EM> <EM>implementations</EM> <EM>may</EM> <EM>provide</EM> <EM>for</EM> <EM>special</EM> <EM>han-</EM>
<EM>dling</EM> <EM>of</EM> <EM>the</EM> <EM>SIGINT,</EM> <EM>SIGQUIT</EM> <EM>and</EM> <EM>SIGTSTP</EM> <EM>signals</EM> <EM>if</EM>
- <EM>their</EM> <EM>disposition</EM> <EM>is</EM> <EM>SIG</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DFL</EM> <EM>at</EM> <EM>the</EM> <EM>time</EM> <STRONG>initscr()</STRONG> <EM>is</EM>
+ <EM>their</EM> <EM>disposition</EM> <EM>is</EM> <EM>SIG</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DFL</EM> <EM>at</EM> <EM>the</EM> <EM>time</EM> <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> <EM>is</EM>
<EM>called</EM> <STRONG>...</STRONG>
<EM>Any</EM> <EM>special</EM> <EM>handling</EM> <EM>for</EM> <EM>these</EM> <EM>signals</EM> <EM>may</EM> <EM>remain</EM> <EM>in</EM>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2015 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.20 2015/11/28 19:03:12 Benno.Schulenberg Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.22 2016/10/15 17:13:45 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
and output queues associated with the <STRONG>INTR</STRONG>, <STRONG>QUIT</STRONG> and <STRONG>SUSP</STRONG>
characters will not be done [see <STRONG>termio(7)</STRONG>]. When <STRONG>qiflush</STRONG>
is called, the queues will be flushed when these control
- characters are read. You may want to call <STRONG>noqiflush()</STRONG> in
- a signal handler if you want output to continue as though
+ characters are read. You may want to call <STRONG>noqiflush</STRONG> in a
+ signal handler if you want output to continue as though
the interrupt had not occurred, after the handler exits.
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
curses key-names). On the other hand, an application can
use <STRONG>define_key</STRONG> to establish a specific keycode for a given
string. This makes it possible for an application to
- check for an extended capability's presence with <EM>tigetstr</EM>,
+ check for an extended capability's presence with <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG>,
and reassign the keycode to match its own needs.
Low-level applications can use <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> to obtain the def-
Index: doc/html/man/curs_kernel.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_kernel.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_kernel.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.20 2015/07/21 01:10:11 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.21 2016/10/15 16:42:55 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
"shell" (not in <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) state for use by the <STRONG>re-</STRONG>
<STRONG>set_prog_mode</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> routines. This is done
automatically by <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. There is one such save area for
- each screen context allocated by <STRONG>newterm()</STRONG>.
+ each screen context allocated by <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-reset_prog_mode_-reset_shell_mode">reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode</a></H3><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.26 2015/07/21 00:23:43 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.27 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
Issue 4.
The XSI Curses standard is ambiguous on the question of
- whether <STRONG>raw</STRONG>() should disable the CRLF translations con-
- trolled by <STRONG>nl</STRONG>() and <STRONG>nonl</STRONG>(). BSD curses did turn off these
+ whether <STRONG>raw</STRONG> should disable the CRLF translations con-
+ trolled by <STRONG>nl</STRONG> and <STRONG>nonl</STRONG>. BSD curses did turn off these
translations; AT&amp;T curses (at least as late as SVr1) did
not. We choose to do so, on the theory that a programmer
requesting raw input wants a clean (ideally 8-bit clean)
Index: doc/html/man/curs_refresh.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_refresh.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_refresh.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.16 2016/01/30 15:52:36 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.17 2016/10/15 16:45:45 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
The <STRONG>wredrawln</STRONG> routine indicates to <STRONG>curses</STRONG> that some screen
lines are corrupted and should be thrown away before any-
thing is written over them. It touches the indicated
- lines (marking them changed). The routine <STRONG>redrawwin</STRONG>()
+ lines (marking them changed). The routine <STRONG>redrawwin</STRONG>
touches the entire window.
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these func-
tions.
- Whether <STRONG>wnoutrefresh()</STRONG> copies to the virtual screen the
- entire contents of a window or just its changed portions
- has never been well-documented in historic curses versions
+ Whether <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> copies to the virtual screen the en-
+ tire contents of a window or just its changed portions has
+ never been well-documented in historic curses versions
(including SVr4). It might be unwise to rely on either
behavior in programs that might have to be linked with
other curses implementations. Instead, you can do an ex-
- plicit <STRONG>touchwin()</STRONG> before the <STRONG>wnoutrefresh()</STRONG> call to guar-
- antee an entire-contents copy anywhere.
+ plicit <STRONG>touchwin</STRONG> before the <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> call to guarantee
+ an entire-contents copy anywhere.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.22 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.23 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
tions. It changes the argument type of the attribute-ma-
nipulation functions <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>
to be <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, and adds <STRONG>const</STRONG> qualifiers. The format codes
- <STRONG>2</STRONG> and <STRONG>3</STRONG> for <STRONG>slk_init()</STRONG> and the function <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are spe-
- cific to ncurses.
+ <STRONG>2</STRONG> and <STRONG>3</STRONG> for <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> and the function <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are specif-
+ ic to ncurses.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html 2016-08-21 00:10:09.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.44 2016/08/20 23:26:10 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.46 2016/10/15 17:27:48 tom Exp @
* ***************************************************************************
* ***************************************************************************
* ***************************************************************************
@@ -149,14 +149,14 @@
for curses applications.
<STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> determines if the entry is a hardcopy type
- by checking the <EM>hc</EM> (<EM>hardcopy</EM>) capability.
+ by checking the <STRONG>hc</STRONG> (<STRONG>hardcopy</STRONG>) capability.
<STRONG>0</STRONG> means that the terminal could not be found, or that
it is a generic type, having too little information
for curses applications to run.
<STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> determines if the entry is a generic type
- by checking the <EM>gn</EM> (<EM>generic</EM>) capability.
+ by checking the <STRONG>gn</STRONG> (<STRONG>generic</STRONG>) capability.
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> means that the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database could not be found.
@@ -226,44 +226,49 @@
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Output-Functions">Output Functions</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> routine applies padding information to the
- string <EM>str</EM> and outputs it. The <EM>str</EM> must be a terminfo
- string variable or the return value from <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tgetstr</STRONG>,
- or <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG>. <EM>affcnt</EM> is the number of lines affected, or 1 if
- not applicable. <EM>putc</EM> is a <STRONG>putchar</STRONG>-like routine to which
- the characters are passed, one at a time.
+ string <EM>str</EM> and outputs it:
- The <STRONG>putp</STRONG> routine calls <STRONG>tputs(</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>1,</STRONG> <STRONG>putchar)</STRONG>. Note that
- the output of <STRONG>putp</STRONG> always goes to <STRONG>stdout</STRONG>, not to the
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <EM>str</EM> must be a terminfo string variable or the re-
+ turn value from <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tgetstr</STRONG>, or <STRONG>tgoto</STRONG>.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>affcnt</EM> is the number of lines affected, or 1 if not
+ applicable.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>putc</EM> is a <STRONG>putchar</STRONG>-like routine to which the characters
+ are passed, one at a time.
+
+ The <STRONG>putp</STRONG> routine calls <STRONG>tputs(</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>1,</STRONG> <STRONG>putchar)</STRONG>. Note that
+ the output of <STRONG>putp</STRONG> always goes to <STRONG>stdout</STRONG>, not to the
<EM>fildes</EM> specified in <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>.
The <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> routine displays the string on the terminal in
- the video attribute mode <EM>attrs</EM>, which is any combination
- of the attributes listed in <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>. The characters
+ the video attribute mode <EM>attrs</EM>, which is any combination
+ of the attributes listed in <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>. The characters
are passed to the <STRONG>putchar</STRONG>-like routine <EM>putc</EM>.
- The <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> routine is like the <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> routine, except
+ The <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> routine is like the <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> routine, except
that it outputs through <STRONG>putchar</STRONG>.
- The <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG> routines correspond to vidattr
- and vidputs, respectively. They use a set of arguments
- for representing the video attributes plus color, i.e.,
+ The <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG> routines correspond to vidattr
+ and vidputs, respectively. They use a set of arguments
+ for representing the video attributes plus color, i.e.,
one of type attr_t for the attributes and one of short for
the color_pair number. The <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG> routines
- are designed to use the attribute constants with the <EM>WA</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG>
- prefix. The opts argument is reserved for future use.
- Currently, applications must provide a null pointer for
+ are designed to use the attribute constants with the <EM>WA</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG>
+ prefix. The opts argument is reserved for future use.
+ Currently, applications must provide a null pointer for
that argument.
- The <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> routine provides low-level cursor motion. It
- takes effect immediately (rather than at the next re-
+ The <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> routine provides low-level cursor motion. It
+ takes effect immediately (rather than at the next re-
fresh).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Capability-Functions">Terminal Capability Functions</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> and <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routines return the
+ The <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> and <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routines return the
value of the capability corresponding to the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <EM>cap-</EM>
- <EM>name</EM> passed to them, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>. The <EM>capname</EM> for each
- capability is given in the table column entitled <EM>capname</EM>
+ <EM>name</EM> passed to them, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>. The <EM>capname</EM> for each
+ capability is given in the table column entitled <EM>capname</EM>
code in the capabilities section of <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
These routines return special values to denote errors.
@@ -272,14 +277,14 @@
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is not a boolean capability, or
- <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
scription.
The <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> routine returns
<STRONG>-2</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is not a numeric capability, or
- <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
scription.
The <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routine returns
@@ -287,13 +292,13 @@
<STRONG>(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*)-1</STRONG>
if <EM>capname</EM> is not a string capability, or
- <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
scription.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Capability-Names">Terminal Capability Names</a></H3><PRE>
- These null-terminated arrays contain the short terminfo
- names ("codes"), the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names, and the long terminfo
+ These null-terminated arrays contain the short terminfo
+ names ("codes"), the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names, and the long terminfo
names ("fnames") for each of the predefined <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> vari-
ables:
<STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*boolnames[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*boolcodes[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*boolfnames[]</STRONG>
@@ -304,119 +309,119 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure
- and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than
- <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion, unless otherwise noted
+ Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure
+ and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than
+ <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion, unless otherwise noted
in the preceding routine descriptions.
Routines that return pointers always return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
- X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
+ X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
tion
<STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if its terminal parameter is
+ returns an error if its terminal parameter is
null.
<STRONG>putp</STRONG> calls <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>, returning the same error-codes.
<STRONG>restartterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
+ returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
<STRONG>tupterm</STRONG> returns an error.
<STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
- memory, or create the initial windows (stdscr,
- curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
+ returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
+ memory, or create the initial windows (stdscr,
+ curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
documented above.
<STRONG>tputs</STRONG>
- returns an error if the string parameter is
- null. It does not detect I/O errors: X/Open
- states that <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> ignores the return value of
+ returns an error if the string parameter is
+ null. It does not detect I/O errors: X/Open
+ states that <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> ignores the return value of
the output function <EM>putc</EM>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
X/Open notes that <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> may be macros.
- The function <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> is not described by X/Open and must
- be considered non-portable. All other functions are as
+ The function <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> is not described by X/Open and must
+ be considered non-portable. All other functions are as
described by X/Open.
- <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
- This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
+ This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
applications.
- If configured to use the terminal-driver, e.g., for the
+ If configured to use the terminal-driver, e.g., for the
MinGW port,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> interprets a missing/empty TERM variable as
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> interprets a missing/empty TERM variable as
the special value "unknown".
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> allows explicit use of the the windows con-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> allows explicit use of the the windows con-
sole driver by checking if $TERM is set to "#win32con"
or an abbreviation of that string.
Older versions of <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> assumed that the file descriptor
- passed to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> from <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> uses buffered
- I/O, and would write to the corresponding stream. In ad-
- dition to the limitation that the terminal was left in
+ passed to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> from <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> uses buffered
+ I/O, and would write to the corresponding stream. In ad-
+ dition to the limitation that the terminal was left in
block-buffered mode on exit (like System V curses), it was
- problematic because <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> did not allow a reliable way
+ problematic because <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> did not allow a reliable way
to cleanup on receiving SIGTSTP. The current version uses
- output buffers managed directly by <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>. Some of the
+ output buffers managed directly by <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>. Some of the
low-level functions described in this manual page write to
the standard output. They are not signal-safe. The high-
level functions in <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> use alternate versions of these
functions using the more reliable buffering scheme.
- In System V Release 4, <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG> has an <STRONG>int</STRONG> return type
- and returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>. We have chosen to implement the
+ In System V Release 4, <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG> has an <STRONG>int</STRONG> return type
+ and returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>. We have chosen to implement the
X/Open Curses semantics.
In System V Release 4, the third argument of <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> has the
type <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*putc)(char)</STRONG>.
At least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris) re-
- turns a value other than OK/ERR from <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>. That returns
+ turns a value other than OK/ERR from <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>. That returns
the length of the string, and does no error-checking.
- X/Open Curses prototypes <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> with a fixed number of pa-
- rameters, rather than a variable argument list. This im-
- plementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
- configured to use the fixed-parameter list. Portable ap-
- plications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
+ X/Open Curses prototypes <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> with a fixed number of pa-
+ rameters, rather than a variable argument list. This im-
+ plementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
+ configured to use the fixed-parameter list. Portable ap-
+ plications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
zeroes are fine for this purpose.
In response to comments by Thomas E. Dickey, X/Open Curses
Issue 7 proposed the <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> function in mid-2009.
- X/Open notes that after calling <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, the curses state
- may not match the actual terminal state, and that an ap-
- plication should touch and refresh the window before re-
+ X/Open notes that after calling <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, the curses state
+ may not match the actual terminal state, and that an ap-
+ plication should touch and refresh the window before re-
suming normal curses calls. Both <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> and System V Re-
lease 4 curses implement <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> using the SCREEN data allo-
cated in either <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>. So though it is docu-
- mented as a terminfo function, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> is really a curses
+ mented as a terminfo function, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> is really a curses
function which is not well specified.
- X/Open states that the old location must be given for
- <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>. This implementation allows the caller to use -1's
- for the old ordinates. In that case, the old location is
+ X/Open states that the old location must be given for
+ <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>. This implementation allows the caller to use -1's
+ for the old ordinates. In that case, the old location is
unknown.
- Other implementions may not declare the capability name
+ Other implementions may not declare the capability name
arrays. Some provide them without declaring them. X/Open
does not specify them.
- Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by
+ Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by
<STRONG>tic</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>, are not stored in the arrays described here.
</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_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_term-</STRONG>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">cap(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>putc(3)</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_term-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">cap(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>putc(3)</STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
Index: doc/html/man/curs_trace.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_trace.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_trace.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2015,2016 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_trace.3x,v 1.13 2015/07/20 22:54:44 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_trace.3x,v 1.14 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
trace user and system times of updates.
<STRONG>TRACE_TPUTS</STRONG>
- trace tputs calls.
+ trace <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> calls.
<STRONG>TRACE_UPDATE</STRONG>
trace update actions, old &amp; new screens.
Index: doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_window.3x,v 1.19 2015/07/21 08:25:23 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_window.3x,v 1.20 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
- The subwindow functions (<EM>subwin</EM>, <EM>derwin</EM>, <EM>mvderwin</EM>, <STRONG>wsyn-</STRONG>
+ The subwindow functions (<STRONG>subwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>derwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvderwin</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyn-</STRONG>
<STRONG>cup</STRONG>, <STRONG>wsyncdown</STRONG>, <STRONG>wcursyncup</STRONG>, <STRONG>syncok</STRONG>) are flaky, incomplete-
ly implemented, and not well tested.
Index: doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
* Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005
- * @Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.23 2011/01/03 21:52:27 Tim.van.der.Molen Exp @
+ * @Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.25 2016/10/15 17:16:48 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> and <EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> func-
- tions are extensions to the curses library. They are used
- with terminals that support ISO 6429 color, or equivalent.
+ The <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> and <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> functions
+ are extensions to the curses library. They are used with
+ terminals that support ISO 6429 color, or equivalent.
These terminals allow the application to reset color to an
unspecified default value (e.g., with SGR 39 or SGR 49).
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@
there are several implementations of the <STRONG>ls</STRONG> program which
use colors to denote different file types or permissions.
These "color ls" programs do not necessarily modify the
- background color, typically using only the <EM>setaf</EM> terminfo
+ background color, typically using only the <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> terminfo
capability to set the foreground color. Full-screen
applications that use default colors can achieve similar
visual effects.
- The first function, <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> tells the curses
+ The first function, <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> tells the curses
library to assign terminal default foreground/background
colors to color number -1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,-1)
will initialize pair x as red on default background and
init_pair(x,-1,COLOR_BLUE) will initialize pair x as
default foreground on blue.
- The other, <EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> is a refinement which
+ The other, <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> is a refinement which
tells which colors to paint for color pair 0. This func-
tion recognizes a special color number -1, which denotes
the default terminal color.
@@ -95,23 +95,23 @@
These are ncurses extensions. For other curses implemen-
tations, color number -1 does not mean anything, just as
- for ncurses before a successful call of <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>col-</EM>
- <EM>ors()</EM> or <EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM>.
+ for ncurses before a successful call of <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG>
+ or <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG>.
Other curses implementations do not allow an application
to modify color pair 0. They assume that the background
is COLOR_BLACK, but do not ensure that the color pair 0 is
painted to match the assumption. If your application does
- not use either <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> or <EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>col-</EM>
- <EM>ors()</EM> ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with
- black background for color pair 0.
+ not use either <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> or <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG>
+ ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with black
+ background for color pair 0.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
These functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG>
on success. They will fail if either the terminal does
- not support the <EM>orig</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM> or <EM>orig</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors</EM> capability. If
- the <EM>initialize</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM> capability is not found, this causes
+ not support the <STRONG>orig_pair</STRONG> or <STRONG>orig_colors</STRONG> capability. If
+ the <STRONG>initialize_pair</STRONG> capability is not found, this causes
an error as well.
@@ -120,24 +120,24 @@
accepts negative arguments to specify default foreground
or background colors.
- The <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> function was added to support
- <EM>ded</EM>. This is a full-screen application which uses curses
- to manage only part of the screen. The bottom portion of
- the screen, which is of adjustable size, is left uncolored
- to display the results from shell commands. The top por-
- tion of the screen colors filenames using a scheme like
- the "color ls" programs. Attempting to manage the back-
- ground color of the screen for this application would give
- unsatisfactory results for a variety of reasons. This
- extension was devised after noting that color xterm (and
- similar programs) provides a background color which does
- not necessarily correspond to any of the ANSI colors.
- While a special terminfo entry could be constructed using
- nine colors, there was no mechanism provided within curses
- to account for the related <EM>orig</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pair</EM> and <EM>back</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>erase</EM>
+ The <STRONG>use_default_colors</STRONG> function was added to support <EM>ded</EM>.
+ This is a full-screen application which uses curses to
+ manage only part of the screen. The bottom portion of the
+ screen, which is of adjustable size, is left uncolored to
+ display the results from shell commands. The top portion
+ of the screen colors filenames using a scheme like the
+ "color ls" programs. Attempting to manage the background
+ color of the screen for this application would give unsat-
+ isfactory results for a variety of reasons. This exten-
+ sion was devised after noting that color xterm (and simi-
+ lar programs) provides a background color which does not
+ necessarily correspond to any of the ANSI colors. While a
+ special terminfo entry could be constructed using nine
+ colors, there was no mechanism provided within curses to
+ account for the related <STRONG>orig_pair</STRONG> and <STRONG>back_color_erase</STRONG>
capabilities.
- The <EM>assume</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>default</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>colors()</EM> function was added to solve a
+ The <STRONG>assume_default_colors</STRONG> function was added to solve a
different problem: support for applications which would
use environment variables and other configuration to
bypass curses' notion of the terminal's default colors,
Index: doc/html/man/form.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/form.3x.html 2016-09-10 22:14:40.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/form.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
<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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html 2016-09-10 22:14:40.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html 2016-10-15 23:12:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.57 2015/09/05 20:50:22 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.58 2016/10/01 17:15:45 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
+ <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> [<STRONG>-1CDEFGIKLTUVWcdegilnpqrtux</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-v</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>d</STRONG>| <STRONG>i</STRONG>| <STRONG>l</STRONG>| <STRONG>c</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG> <EM>n</EM>] [<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>subset</STRONG>]
[<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>] [<STRONG>-A</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>] [<STRONG>-B</STRONG> <EM>directory</EM>]
[<EM>termname</EM>...]
@@ -441,10 +441,13 @@
the program runs. Higher values of n induce greater
verbosity.
+ <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings
+ to be wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
+
<STRONG>-w</STRONG> <EM>width</EM>
changes the output to <EM>width</EM> characters.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> print information for user-defined capabilities.
These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
can be loaded using the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.
@@ -455,13 +458,13 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-E</STRONG>, <STRONG>-F</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>-l</STRONG>, <STRONG>-p</STRONG>, <STRONG>-q</STRONG> and <STRONG>-t</STRONG> options are not supported in SVr4
curses.
The <STRONG>-r</STRONG> option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
- V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
- more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
+ V Release 4's. Actual BSD curses versions will have a
+ more restricted set. To see only the 4.4BSD set, use <STRONG>-r</STRONG>
<STRONG>-RBSD</STRONG>.
@@ -470,12 +473,12 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(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="tic.1m.html">tic(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="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html 2016-09-10 22:14:40.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html 2016-10-15 23:12:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1999-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1999-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.11 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.12 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- This utility is actually a link to <EM>tic</EM>, running in <EM>-C</EM>
- mode. You can use other <EM>tic</EM> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
+ This utility is actually a link to <STRONG>tic</STRONG>, running in <EM>-C</EM>
+ mode. You can use other <STRONG>tic</STRONG> options such as <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG>.
</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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/legacy_coding.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/legacy_coding.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:56.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/legacy_coding.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2005-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
* Author: Thomas E. Dickey
- * @Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.4 2010/12/04 18:49:20 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.5 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>legacy</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>coding()</EM> function is an extension to the
+ The <STRONG>use_legacy_coding</STRONG> function is an extension to the
curses library. It allows the caller to change the result
of <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG>, and suppress related checks within the library
that would normally cause nonprinting characters to be
Index: doc/html/man/menu.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html 2016-09-10 22:14:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
<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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/menu_format.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/menu_format.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/menu_format.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.13 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.14 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
of the given menu. If this size is too small to display
all menu items, the menu will be made scrollable. If this
size is larger than the menus subwindow and the subwindow
- is too small to display all menu items, <STRONG>post_menu()</STRONG> will
+ is too small to display all menu items, <STRONG>post_menu</STRONG> will
fail.
The default format is 16 rows, 1 column. Calling
Index: doc/html/man/menu_post.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/menu_post.3x.html 2016-01-30 19:24:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/menu_post.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!--
* t
****************************************************************************
- * 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: menu_post.3x,v 1.12 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: menu_post.3x,v 1.13 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
tion function.
<STRONG>E_NO_ROOM</STRONG>
- Menu is too large for its window. You should consider
- to use <STRONG>set_menu_format()</STRONG> to solve the problem.
+ Menu is too large for its window. You should con-
+ sider using <STRONG>set_menu_format</STRONG> to solve the problem.
<STRONG>E_NOT_POSTED</STRONG>
The menu has not been posted.
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2016-09-10 22:14:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
sonable optimization. This implementation is "new curses"
(ncurses) and is the approved replacement for 4.4BSD clas-
sic curses, which has been discontinued. This describes
- <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library emulates the curses library of System
V Release 4 UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide)
Index: doc/html/man/panel.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html 2016-09-10 22:14:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: panel.3x,v 1.19 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: panel.3x,v 1.20 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@
(causes it to be displayed above any other
panel) and returns a pointer to the new panel.
- <STRONG>update_panels()</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>update_panels</STRONG>
refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the rela-
tions between the panels in the stack, but does not
- call doupdate() to refresh the physical screen.
- Use this function and not <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>.
+ call <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> to refresh the physical screen. Use
+ this function and not <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG>.
<STRONG>update_panels</STRONG> may be called more than once before a
- call to doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function
+ call to <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>, but <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> is the function
responsible for updating the physical screen.
<STRONG>del_panel(pan)</STRONG>
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
moves the given panel window so that its upper-left
corner is at <STRONG>starty</STRONG>, <STRONG>startx</STRONG>. It does not change
the position of the panel in the stack. Be sure to
- use this function, not <STRONG>mvwin()</STRONG>, to move a panel
- window.
+ use this function, not <STRONG>mvwin</STRONG>, to move a panel win-
+ dow.
<STRONG>replace_panel(pan,window)</STRONG>
replaces the current window of panel with <STRONG>window</STRONG>
@@ -182,20 +182,19 @@
are merely similar. The programmer is cautioned not to
directly use <STRONG>PANEL</STRONG> fields.
- The functions <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> are identical
- in this implementation, and work equally well with dis-
- played or hidden panels. In the native System V implemen-
- tation, <STRONG>show_panel()</STRONG> is intended for making a hidden panel
- visible (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel()</STRONG> is
- intended for making an already-visible panel move to the
- top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
- function to ensure compatibility with native panel
- libraries.
+ The functions <STRONG>show_panel</STRONG> and <STRONG>top_panel</STRONG> are identical in
+ this implementation, and work equally well with displayed
+ or hidden panels. In the native System V implementation,
+ <STRONG>show_panel</STRONG> is intended for making a hidden panel visible
+ (at the top of the stack) and <STRONG>top_panel</STRONG> is intended for
+ making an already-visible panel move to the top of the
+ stack. You are cautioned to use the correct function to
+ ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTE">NOTE</a></H2><PRE>
- In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
- curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
+ In your library list, libpanel.a should be before libn-
+ curses.a; that is, you want to say `-lpanel -lncurses',
not the other way around (which would usually give a link-
error).
@@ -209,13 +208,13 @@
</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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
- Originally written by Warren Tucker &lt;wht@n4hgf.mt-
- park.ga.us&gt;, primarily to assist in porting u386mon to
- systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for
+ Originally written by Warren Tucker &lt;wht@n4hgf.mt-
+ park.ga.us&gt;, primarily to assist in porting u386mon to
+ systems without a native panels library. Repackaged for
ncurses by Zeyd ben-Halim.
Index: doc/html/man/tabs.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html 2016-09-10 22:14:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html 2016-10-15 23:12:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.12 2016/04/02 23:40:46 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.13 2016/10/15 16:16:38 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
terminal database provide this capability.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for
- this utility, unlike <STRONG><A HREF="tput.3x.html">tput(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ this utility, unlike <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>.
The <STRONG>-d</STRONG> (debug) and <STRONG>-n</STRONG> (no-op) options are extensions not
provided by other implementations.
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
</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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/term.5.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/term.5.html 2016-01-30 19:24:58.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/term.5.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: term.5,v 1.22 2015/04/26 14:50:23 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: term.5,v 1.23 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
made.
The compiled file is created with the <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program, and
- read by the routine <EM>setupterm</EM>. The file is divided into
+ read by the routine <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>. The file is divided into
six parts: the header, terminal names, boolean flags, num-
bers, strings, and string table.
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- Note that it is possible for <EM>setupterm</EM> to expect a differ-
+ Note that it is possible for <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> to expect a differ-
ent set of capabilities than are actually present in the
file. Either the database may have been updated since
- <EM>setupterm</EM> has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> has been recompiled (resulting in extra unrecog-
nized entries in the file) or the program may have been
recompiled more recently than the database was updated
- (resulting in missing entries). The routine <EM>setupterm</EM>
+ (resulting in missing entries). The routine <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
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 of boolean,
Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2016-09-10 22:14:42.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
* Note: this must be run through tbl before nroff.
* The magic cookie on the first line triggers this under some man programs.
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2016 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 *
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.21 2013/03/09 22:11:36 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: terminfo.head,v 1.22 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp @
* Head of terminfo man page ends here
- * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.69 2015/04/26 14:47:23 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.72 2016/10/15 18:34:58 tom Exp @
* Beginning of terminfo.tail file
* This file is part of ncurses.
* See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
nals by giving a set of capabilities which they have, by
specifying how to perform screen operations, and by speci-
fying padding requirements and initialization sequences.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Entries in <EM>terminfo</EM> consist of a sequence of `,' separated
fields (embedded commas may be escaped with a backslash or
@@ -1167,56 +1167,63 @@
A delay in milliseconds may appear anywhere in a string
capability, enclosed in $&lt;..&gt; brackets, as in <STRONG>el</STRONG>=\EK$&lt;5&gt;,
- and padding characters are supplied by <EM>tputs</EM> to provide
- this delay. The delay must be a number with at most one
- decimal place of precision; it may be followed by suffixes
- "*" or "/" or both. A "*" indicates that the padding
- required is proportional to the number of lines affected
- by the operation, and the amount given is the per-
- affected-unit padding required. (In the case of insert
- character, the factor is still the number of <EM>lines</EM>
- affected.) Normally, padding is advisory if the device
- has the <STRONG>xon</STRONG> capability; it is used for cost computation
- but does not trigger delays. A "/" suffix indicates that
- the padding is mandatory and forces a delay of the given
- number of milliseconds even on devices for which <STRONG>xon</STRONG> is
- present to indicate flow control.
+ and padding characters are supplied by <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> to provide
+ this delay.
- Sometimes individual capabilities must be commented out.
- To do this, put a period before the capability name. For
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The delay must be a number with at most one decimal
+ place of precision; it may be followed by suffixes "*"
+ or "/" or both.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> A "*" indicates that the padding required is propor-
+ tional to the number of lines affected by the opera-
+ tion, and the amount given is the per-affected-unit
+ padding required. (In the case of insert character,
+ the factor is still the number of <EM>lines</EM> affected.)
+
+ Normally, padding is advisory if the device has the
+ <STRONG>xon</STRONG> capability; it is used for cost computation but
+ does not trigger delays.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> A "/" suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory
+ and forces a delay of the given number of milliseconds
+ even on devices for which <STRONG>xon</STRONG> is present to indicate
+ flow control.
+
+ Sometimes individual capabilities must be commented out.
+ To do this, put a period before the capability name. For
example, see the second <STRONG>ind</STRONG> in the example above.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Fetching-Compiled-Descriptions">Fetching Compiled Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library searches for terminal descriptions in
+ The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library searches for terminal descriptions in
several places. It uses only the first description found.
- The library has a compiled-in list of places to search
- which can be overridden by environment variables. Before
- starting to search, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> eliminates duplicates in its
+ The library has a compiled-in list of places to search
+ which can be overridden by environment variables. Before
+ starting to search, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> eliminates duplicates in its
search list.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is
- interpreted as the pathname of a directory containing
- the compiled description you are working on. Only
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, it is
+ interpreted as the pathname of a directory containing
+ the compiled description you are working on. Only
that directory is searched.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in
- the directory <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled descrip-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If TERMINFO is not set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will instead look in
+ the directory <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> for a compiled descrip-
tion.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Next, if the environment variable TERMINFO_DIRS is
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Next, if the environment variable TERMINFO_DIRS is
set, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> will interpret the contents of that vari-
- able as a list of colon-separated directories (or
+ able as a list of colon-separated directories (or
database files) to be searched.
- An empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins
- or ends with a colon, or contains adjacent colons) is
- interpreted as the system location <EM>/usr/share/ter-</EM>
+ An empty directory name (i.e., if the variable begins
+ or ends with a colon, or contains adjacent colons) is
+ interpreted as the system location <EM>/usr/share/ter-</EM>
<EM>minfo</EM>.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Finally, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> searches these compiled-in locations:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> a list of directories
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> a list of directories
(/usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo:/usr/share/ter-
minfo), and
@@ -1225,91 +1232,91 @@
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Preparing-Descriptions">Preparing Descriptions</a></H3><PRE>
- We now outline how to prepare descriptions of terminals.
- The most effective way to prepare a terminal description
- is by imitating the description of a similar terminal in
- <EM>terminfo</EM> and to build up a description gradually, using
+ We now outline how to prepare descriptions of terminals.
+ The most effective way to prepare a terminal description
+ is by imitating the description of a similar terminal in
+ <EM>terminfo</EM> and to build up a description gradually, using
partial descriptions with <EM>vi</EM> or some other screen-oriented
- program to check that they are correct. Be aware that a
+ program to check that they are correct. Be aware that a
very unusual terminal may expose deficiencies in the abil-
- ity of the <EM>terminfo</EM> file to describe it or bugs in the
+ ity of the <EM>terminfo</EM> file to describe it or bugs in the
screen-handling code of the test program.
- To get the padding for insert line right (if the terminal
+ To get the padding for insert line right (if the terminal
manufacturer did not document it) a severe test is to edit
- a large file at 9600 baud, delete 16 or so lines from the
- middle of the screen, then hit the "u" key several times
- quickly. If the terminal messes up, more padding is usu-
- ally needed. A similar test can be used for insert char-
+ a large file at 9600 baud, delete 16 or so lines from the
+ middle of the screen, then hit the "u" key several times
+ quickly. If the terminal messes up, more padding is usu-
+ ally needed. A similar test can be used for insert char-
acter.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Basic-Capabilities">Basic Capabilities</a></H3><PRE>
- The number of columns on each line for the terminal is
- given by the <STRONG>cols</STRONG> numeric capability. If the terminal is
- a CRT, then the number of lines on the screen is given by
+ The number of columns on each line for the terminal is
+ given by the <STRONG>cols</STRONG> numeric capability. If the terminal is
+ a CRT, then the number of lines on the screen is given by
the <STRONG>lines</STRONG> capability. If the terminal wraps around to the
- beginning of the next line when it reaches the right mar-
+ beginning of the next line when it reaches the right mar-
gin, then it should have the <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability. If the termi-
- nal can clear its screen, leaving the cursor in the home
- position, then this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capabil-
- ity. If the terminal overstrikes (rather than clearing a
- position when a character is struck over) then it should
- have the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability. If the terminal is a printing
- terminal, with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and <STRONG>os</STRONG>.
- (<STRONG>os</STRONG> applies to storage scope terminals, such as TEKTRONIX
- 4010 series, as well as hard copy and APL terminals.) If
+ nal can clear its screen, leaving the cursor in the home
+ position, then this is given by the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> string capabil-
+ ity. If the terminal overstrikes (rather than clearing a
+ position when a character is struck over) then it should
+ have the <STRONG>os</STRONG> capability. If the terminal is a printing
+ terminal, with no soft copy unit, give it both <STRONG>hc</STRONG> and <STRONG>os</STRONG>.
+ (<STRONG>os</STRONG> 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 car-
- riage return, control M.) If there is a code to produce
+ riage return, control M.) If there is a code to produce
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 backspace) that capability should be given
- as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>. Similarly, codes to move to the right, up, and
+ If there is a code to move the cursor one position to the
+ left (such as backspace) that capability should be given
+ as <STRONG>cub1</STRONG>. Similarly, codes to move to the right, up, and
down should be given as <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cud1</STRONG>. These local
- cursor motions should not alter the text they pass over,
- for example, you would not normally use "<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= " because
+ cursor motions should not alter the text they pass over,
+ for example, you would not normally use "<STRONG>cuf1</STRONG>= " because
the space would erase the character moved over.
- A very important point here is that the local cursor
- motions encoded in <EM>terminfo</EM> are undefined at the left and
- top edges of a CRT terminal. Programs should never
- attempt to backspace around the left edge, unless <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is
+ A very important point here is that the local cursor
+ motions encoded in <EM>terminfo</EM> are undefined at the left and
+ top edges of a CRT terminal. Programs should never
+ attempt to backspace around the left edge, unless <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is
given, and never attempt to go up locally off the top. In
- order to scroll text up, a program will go to the bottom
+ order to scroll text up, a program will go to the bottom
left corner of the screen and send the <STRONG>ind</STRONG> (index) string.
To scroll text down, a program goes to the top left corner
- of the screen and sends the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> (reverse index) string.
- The strings <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG> are undefined when not on their
+ of the screen and sends the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> (reverse index) string.
+ The strings <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG> are undefined when not on their
respective corners of the screen.
Parameterized versions of the scrolling sequences are <STRONG>indn</STRONG>
and <STRONG>rin</STRONG> which have the same semantics as <STRONG>ind</STRONG> and <STRONG>ri</STRONG> except
- that they take one parameter, and scroll that many lines.
- They are also undefined except at the appropriate edge of
+ that they take one parameter, and scroll that many lines.
+ They are also undefined except at the appropriate edge of
the screen.
- The <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability tells whether the cursor sticks at the
- right edge of the screen when text is output, but this
+ The <STRONG>am</STRONG> capability tells whether the cursor sticks at the
+ right edge of the screen when text is output, but this
does not necessarily apply to a <STRONG>cuf1</STRONG> from the last column.
- The only local motion which is defined from the left edge
- is if <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is given, then a <STRONG>cub1</STRONG> from the left edge will
- move to the right edge of the previous row. If <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is not
- given, the effect is undefined. This is useful for draw-
- ing a box around the edge of the screen, for example. If
- the terminal has switch selectable automatic margins, the
- <EM>terminfo</EM> file usually assumes that this is on; i.e., <STRONG>am</STRONG>.
- If the terminal has a command which moves to the first
- column of the next line, that command can be given as <STRONG>nel</STRONG>
- (newline). It does not matter if the command clears the
- remainder of the current line, so if the terminal has no
- <STRONG>cr</STRONG> and <STRONG>lf</STRONG> it may still be possible to craft a working <STRONG>nel</STRONG>
+ The only local motion which is defined from the left edge
+ is if <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is given, then a <STRONG>cub1</STRONG> from the left edge will
+ move to the right edge of the previous row. If <STRONG>bw</STRONG> is not
+ given, the effect is undefined. This is useful for draw-
+ ing a box around the edge of the screen, for example. If
+ the terminal has switch selectable automatic margins, the
+ <EM>terminfo</EM> file usually assumes that this is on; i.e., <STRONG>am</STRONG>.
+ If the terminal has a command which moves to the first
+ column of the next line, that command can be given as <STRONG>nel</STRONG>
+ (newline). It does not matter if the command clears the
+ remainder of the current line, so if the terminal has no
+ <STRONG>cr</STRONG> and <STRONG>lf</STRONG> it may still be possible to craft a working <STRONG>nel</STRONG>
out of one or both of them.
These capabilities suffice to describe hard-copy and
- "glass-tty" terminals. Thus the model 33 teletype is
+ "glass-tty" terminals. Thus the model 33 teletype is
described as
33|tty33|tty|model 33 teletype,
@@ -1323,21 +1330,21 @@
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Parameterized-Strings">Parameterized Strings</a></H3><PRE>
- Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters
- in the terminal are described by a parameterized string
- capability, with <EM>printf</EM>-like escapes such as <EM>%x</EM> in it.
- For example, to address the cursor, the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is
+ Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters
+ in the terminal are described by a parameterized string
+ capability, with <EM>printf</EM>-like escapes such as <EM>%x</EM> in it.
+ For example, to address the cursor, the <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is
given, using two parameters: the row and column to address
to. (Rows and columns are numbered from zero and refer to
the physical screen visible to the user, not to any unseen
- memory.) If the terminal has memory relative cursor
+ memory.) If the terminal has memory relative cursor
addressing, that can be indicated by <STRONG>mrcup</STRONG>.
- The parameter mechanism uses a stack and special <STRONG>%</STRONG> codes
- to manipulate it. Typically a sequence will push one of
- the parameters onto the stack and then print it in some
- format. Print (e.g., "%d") is a special case. Other
- operations, including "%t" pop their operand from the
+ The parameter mechanism uses a stack and special <STRONG>%</STRONG> codes
+ to manipulate it. Typically a sequence will push one of
+ the parameters onto the stack and then print it in some
+ format. Print (e.g., "%d") is a special case. Other
+ operations, including "%t" pop their operand from the
stack. It is noted that more complex operations are often
necessary, e.g., in the <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> string.
@@ -1346,19 +1353,19 @@
<STRONG>%%</STRONG> outputs "%"
<STRONG>%</STRONG><EM>[[</EM>:<EM>]flags][width[.precision]][</EM><STRONG>doxXs</STRONG><EM>]</EM>
- as in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>, flags are <EM>[-+#]</EM> and <EM>space</EM>. Use a ":"
- to allow the next character to be a "-" flag, avoid-
+ as in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>, flags are <EM>[-+#]</EM> and <EM>space</EM>. Use a ":"
+ to allow the next character to be a "-" flag, avoid-
ing interpreting "%-" as an operator.
- %c print pop() like %c in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
+ %c print <EM>pop()</EM> like %c in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
- <STRONG>%s</STRONG> print pop() like %s in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>%s</STRONG> print <EM>pop()</EM> like %s in <STRONG>printf</STRONG>
<STRONG>%p</STRONG><EM>[1-9]</EM>
push <EM>i</EM>'th parameter
<STRONG>%P</STRONG><EM>[a-z]</EM>
- set dynamic variable <EM>[a-z]</EM> to pop()
+ set dynamic variable <EM>[a-z]</EM> to <EM>pop()</EM>
<STRONG>%g</STRONG><EM>[a-z]/</EM>
get dynamic variable <EM>[a-z]</EM> and push it
@@ -1369,11 +1376,11 @@
<STRONG>%g</STRONG><EM>[A-Z]</EM>
get static variable <EM>[a-z]</EM> and push it
- The terms "static" and "dynamic" are misleading.
- Historically, these are simply two different sets of
- variables, whose values are not reset between calls
- to <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>. However, that fact is not documented in
- other implementations. Relying on it will adversely
+ The terms "static" and "dynamic" are misleading.
+ Historically, these are simply two different sets of
+ variables, whose values are not reset between calls
+ to <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>. However, that fact is not documented in
+ other implementations. Relying on it will adversely
impact portability to other implementations.
<STRONG>%'</STRONG><EM>c</EM><STRONG>'</STRONG> char constant <EM>c</EM>
@@ -1384,7 +1391,7 @@
<STRONG>%l</STRONG> push strlen(pop)
<STRONG>%+</STRONG>, <STRONG>%-</STRONG>, <STRONG>%*</STRONG>, <STRONG>%/</STRONG>, <STRONG>%m</STRONG>
- arithmetic (%m is mod): <EM>push(pop()</EM> <EM>op</EM> <EM>pop())</EM>
+ arithmetic (%m is <EM>mod</EM>): <EM>push(pop()</EM> <EM>op</EM> <EM>pop())</EM>
<STRONG>%&amp;</STRONG>, <STRONG>%|</STRONG>, <STRONG>%^</STRONG>
bit operations (AND, OR and exclusive-OR): <EM>push(pop()</EM>
@@ -1397,16 +1404,16 @@
logical AND and OR operations (for conditionals)
<STRONG>%!</STRONG>, <STRONG>%~</STRONG>
- unary operations (logical and bit complement):
- push(op pop())
+ unary operations (logical and bit complement):
+ <EM>push(op</EM> <EM>pop())</EM>
<STRONG>%i</STRONG> add 1 to first two parameters (for ANSI terminals)
<STRONG>%?</STRONG> <EM>expr</EM> <STRONG>%t</STRONG> <EM>thenpart</EM> <STRONG>%e</STRONG> <EM>elsepart</EM> <STRONG>%;</STRONG>
- This forms an if-then-else. The <STRONG>%e</STRONG> <EM>elsepart</EM> is
- optional. Usually the <STRONG>%?</STRONG> <EM>expr</EM> part pushes a value
- onto the stack, and <STRONG>%t</STRONG> pops it from the stack, test-
- ing if it is nonzero (true). If it is zero (false),
+ This forms an if-then-else. The <STRONG>%e</STRONG> <EM>elsepart</EM> is
+ optional. Usually the <STRONG>%?</STRONG> <EM>expr</EM> part pushes a value
+ onto the stack, and <STRONG>%t</STRONG> pops it from the stack, test-
+ ing if it is nonzero (true). If it is zero (false),
control passes to the <STRONG>%e</STRONG> (else) part.
It is possible to form else-if's a la Algol 68:
@@ -1415,221 +1422,221 @@
where ci are conditions, bi are bodies.
Use the <STRONG>-f</STRONG> option of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> or <STRONG>infocmp</STRONG> to see the struc-
- ture of if-then-else's. Some strings, e.g., <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> can
+ ture of if-then-else's. Some strings, e.g., <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> can
be very complicated when written on one line. The <STRONG>-f</STRONG>
- option splits the string into lines with the parts
+ option splits the string into lines with the parts
indented.
Binary operations are in postfix form with the operands in
- the usual order. That is, to get x-5 one would use
- "%gx%{5}%-". <STRONG>%P</STRONG> and <STRONG>%g</STRONG> variables are persistent across
+ the usual order. That is, to get x-5 one would use
+ "%gx%{5}%-". <STRONG>%P</STRONG> and <STRONG>%g</STRONG> variables are persistent across
escape-string evaluations.
Consider the HP2645, which, to get to row 3 and column 12,
- needs to be sent \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.
- Note that the order of the rows and columns is inverted
- here, and that the row and column are printed as two dig-
+ needs to be sent \E&amp;a12c03Y padded for 6 milliseconds.
+ Note that the order of the rows and columns is inverted
+ here, and that the row and column are printed as two dig-
its. Thus its <STRONG>cup</STRONG> capability is "cup=6\E&amp;%p2%2dc%p1%2dY".
The Microterm ACT-IV needs the current row and column sent
- preceded by a <STRONG>^T</STRONG>, with the row and column simply encoded
- in binary, "cup=^T%p1%c%p2%c". Terminals which use "%c"
- need to be able to backspace the cursor (<STRONG>cub1</STRONG>), and to
+ preceded by a <STRONG>^T</STRONG>, with the row and column simply encoded
+ in binary, "cup=^T%p1%c%p2%c". Terminals which use "%c"
+ need to be able to backspace the cursor (<STRONG>cub1</STRONG>), and to
move the cursor up one line on the screen (<STRONG>cuu1</STRONG>). This is
- necessary because it is not always safe to transmit <STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>^D</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>\r</STRONG>, as the system may change or discard them. (The
- library routines dealing with terminfo set tty modes so
+ necessary because it is not always safe to transmit <STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>^D</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>\r</STRONG>, as the system may change or discard them. (The
+ library routines dealing with terminfo set tty modes so
that tabs are never expanded, so \t is safe to send. This
turns out to be essential for the Ann Arbor 4080.)
A final example is the LSI ADM-3a, which uses row and col-
umn offset by a blank character, thus "cup=\E=%p1%'
- '%+%c%p2%' '%+%c". After sending "\E=", this pushes the
- first parameter, pushes the ASCII value for a space (32),
- adds them (pushing the sum on the stack in place of the
- two previous values) and outputs that value as a charac-
- ter. Then the same is done for the second parameter.
+ '%+%c%p2%' '%+%c". After sending "\E=", this pushes the
+ first parameter, pushes the ASCII value for a space (32),
+ adds them (pushing the sum on the stack in place of the
+ two previous values) and outputs that value as a charac-
+ ter. Then the same is done for the second parameter.
More complex arithmetic is possible using the stack.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Cursor-Motions">Cursor Motions</a></H3><PRE>
If the terminal has a fast way to home the cursor (to very
- upper left corner of screen) then this can be given as
- <STRONG>home</STRONG>; similarly a fast way of getting to the lower left-
- hand corner can be given as <STRONG>ll</STRONG>; this may involve going up
- with <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG> from the home position, but a program should
- never do this itself (unless <STRONG>ll</STRONG> does) because it can make
- no assumption about the effect of moving up from the home
- position. Note that the home position is the same as
+ upper left corner of screen) then this can be given as
+ <STRONG>home</STRONG>; similarly a fast way of getting to the lower left-
+ hand corner can be given as <STRONG>ll</STRONG>; this may involve going up
+ with <STRONG>cuu1</STRONG> from the home position, but a program should
+ never do this itself (unless <STRONG>ll</STRONG> does) because it can make
+ no assumption about the effect of moving up from the home
+ position. Note that the home position is the same as
addressing to (0,0): to the top left corner of the screen,
- not of memory. (Thus, the \EH sequence on HP terminals
+ not of memory. (Thus, the \EH sequence on HP terminals
cannot be used for <STRONG>home</STRONG>.)
If the terminal has row or column absolute cursor address-
- ing, these can be given as single parameter capabilities
+ ing, these can be given as single parameter capabilities
<STRONG>hpa</STRONG> (horizontal position absolute) and <STRONG>vpa</STRONG> (vertical posi-
tion absolute). Sometimes these are shorter than the more
- general two parameter sequence (as with the hp2645) and
+ general two parameter sequence (as with the hp2645) and
can be used in preference to <STRONG>cup</STRONG>. If there are parameter-
- ized local motions (e.g., move <EM>n</EM> spaces to the right)
+ ized local motions (e.g., move <EM>n</EM> spaces to the right)
these can be given as <STRONG>cud</STRONG>, <STRONG>cub</STRONG>, <STRONG>cuf</STRONG>, and <STRONG>cuu</STRONG> with a single
- parameter indicating how many spaces to move. These are
- primarily useful if the terminal does not have <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, such
+ parameter indicating how many spaces to move. These are
+ primarily useful if the terminal does not have <STRONG>cup</STRONG>, such
as the TEKTRONIX 4025.
If the terminal needs to be in a special mode when running
a program that uses these capabilities, the codes to enter
- and exit this mode can be given as <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>. This
- arises, for example, from terminals like the Concept with
- more than one page of memory. If the terminal has only
- memory relative cursor addressing and not screen relative
+ and exit this mode can be given as <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>. This
+ arises, for example, from terminals like the Concept with
+ more than one page of memory. If the terminal has only
+ memory relative cursor addressing and not screen relative
cursor addressing, a one screen-sized window must be fixed
- into the terminal for cursor addressing to work properly.
+ into the terminal for cursor addressing to work properly.
This is also used for the TEKTRONIX 4025, where <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sets
- the command character to be the one used by terminfo. If
- the <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sequence will not restore the screen after an
+ the command character to be the one used by terminfo. If
+ the <STRONG>smcup</STRONG> sequence will not restore the screen after an
<STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> sequence is output (to the state prior to outputting
<STRONG>rmcup</STRONG>), specify <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Area-Clears">Area Clears</a></H3><PRE>
If the terminal can clear from the current position to the
- end of the line, leaving the cursor where it is, this
+ end of the line, leaving the cursor where it is, this
should be given as <STRONG>el</STRONG>. If the terminal can clear from the
- beginning of the line to the current position inclusive,
- leaving the cursor where it is, this should be given as
- <STRONG>el1</STRONG>. If the terminal can clear from the current position
- to the end of the display, then this should be given as
- <STRONG>ed</STRONG>. <STRONG>Ed</STRONG> is only defined from the first column of a line.
- (Thus, it can be simulated by a request to delete a large
+ beginning of the line to the current position inclusive,
+ leaving the cursor where it is, this should be given as
+ <STRONG>el1</STRONG>. If the terminal can clear from the current position
+ to the end of the display, then this should be given as
+ <STRONG>ed</STRONG>. <STRONG>Ed</STRONG> is only defined from the first column of a line.
+ (Thus, it can be simulated by a request to delete a large
number of lines, if a true <STRONG>ed</STRONG> is not available.)
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_delete-line-and-vertical-motions">Insert/delete line and vertical motions</a></H3><PRE>
- If the terminal can open a new blank line before the line
- where the cursor is, this should be given as <STRONG>il1</STRONG>; this is
- done only from the first position of a line. The cursor
+ If the terminal can open a new blank line before the line
+ where the cursor is, this should be given as <STRONG>il1</STRONG>; this is
+ done only from the first position of a line. The cursor
must then appear on the newly blank line. If the terminal
- can delete the line which the cursor is on, then this
- should be given as <STRONG>dl1</STRONG>; this is done only from the first
- position on the line to be deleted. Versions of <STRONG>il1</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> which take a single parameter and insert or delete
+ can delete the line which the cursor is on, then this
+ should be given as <STRONG>dl1</STRONG>; this is done only from the first
+ position on the line to be deleted. Versions of <STRONG>il1</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> which take a single parameter and insert or delete
that many lines can be given as <STRONG>il</STRONG> and <STRONG>dl</STRONG>.
- If the terminal has a settable scrolling region (like the
- vt100) the command to set this can be described with the
- <STRONG>csr</STRONG> capability, which takes two parameters: the top and
+ If the terminal has a settable scrolling region (like the
+ vt100) the command to set this can be described with the
+ <STRONG>csr</STRONG> capability, which takes two parameters: the top and
bottom lines of the scrolling region. The cursor position
is, alas, undefined after using this command.
- It is possible to get the effect of insert or delete line
+ It is possible to get the effect of insert or delete line
using <STRONG>csr</STRONG> on a properly chosen region; the <STRONG>sc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rc</STRONG> (save
- and restore cursor) commands may be useful for ensuring
- that your synthesized insert/delete string does not move
- the cursor. (Note that the <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> library does this
- synthesis automatically, so you need not compose
+ and restore cursor) commands may be useful for ensuring
+ that your synthesized insert/delete string does not move
+ the cursor. (Note that the <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> library does this
+ synthesis automatically, so you need not compose
insert/delete strings for an entry with <STRONG>csr</STRONG>).
Yet another way to construct insert and delete might be to
- use a combination of index with the memory-lock feature
- found on some terminals (like the HP-700/90 series, which
+ use a combination of index with the memory-lock feature
+ found on some terminals (like the HP-700/90 series, which
however also has insert/delete).
- Inserting lines at the top or bottom of the screen can
- also be done using <STRONG>ri</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a
- true insert/delete line, and is often faster even on ter-
+ Inserting lines at the top or bottom of the screen can
+ also be done using <STRONG>ri</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG> on many terminals without a
+ true insert/delete line, and is often faster even on ter-
minals with those features.
- The boolean <STRONG>non_dest_scroll_region</STRONG> should be set if each
- scrolling window is effectively a view port on a screen-
- sized canvas. To test for this capability, create a
- scrolling region in the middle of the screen, write some-
- thing to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top of
+ The boolean <STRONG>non_dest_scroll_region</STRONG> should be set if each
+ scrolling window is effectively a view port on a screen-
+ sized canvas. To test for this capability, create a
+ scrolling region in the middle of the screen, write some-
+ thing to the bottom line, move the cursor to the top of
the region, and do <STRONG>ri</STRONG> followed by <STRONG>dl1</STRONG> or <STRONG>ind</STRONG>. If the data
- scrolled off the bottom of the region by the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> re-
- appears, then scrolling is non-destructive. System V and
- XSI Curses expect that <STRONG>ind</STRONG>, <STRONG>ri</STRONG>, <STRONG>indn</STRONG>, and <STRONG>rin</STRONG> will simu-
- late destructive scrolling; their documentation cautions
- you not to define <STRONG>csr</STRONG> unless this is true. This <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
+ scrolled off the bottom of the region by the <STRONG>ri</STRONG> re-
+ appears, then scrolling is non-destructive. System V and
+ XSI Curses expect that <STRONG>ind</STRONG>, <STRONG>ri</STRONG>, <STRONG>indn</STRONG>, and <STRONG>rin</STRONG> will simu-
+ late destructive scrolling; their documentation cautions
+ you not to define <STRONG>csr</STRONG> unless this is true. This <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
implementation is more liberal and will do explicit erases
after scrolling if <STRONG>ndstr</STRONG> is defined.
If the terminal has the ability to define a window as part
- of memory, which all commands affect, it should be given
+ of memory, which all commands affect, it should be given
as the parameterized string <STRONG>wind</STRONG>. The four parameters are
- the starting and ending lines in memory and the starting
+ the starting and ending lines in memory and the starting
and ending columns in memory, in that order.
- If the terminal can retain display memory above, then the
- <STRONG>da</STRONG> capability should be given; if display memory can be
- retained below, then <STRONG>db</STRONG> should be given. These indicate
- that deleting a line or scrolling may bring non-blank
- lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG> may
+ If the terminal can retain display memory above, then the
+ <STRONG>da</STRONG> capability should be given; if display memory can be
+ retained below, then <STRONG>db</STRONG> should be given. These indicate
+ that deleting a line or scrolling may bring non-blank
+ lines up from below or that scrolling back with <STRONG>ri</STRONG> may
bring down non-blank lines.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Insert_Delete-Character">Insert/Delete Character</a></H3><PRE>
- There are two basic kinds of intelligent terminals with
- respect to insert/delete character which can be described
- using <EM>terminfo.</EM> The most common insert/delete character
- operations affect only the characters on the current line
- and shift characters off the end of the line rigidly.
- Other terminals, such as the Concept 100 and the Perkin
- Elmer Owl, make a distinction between typed and untyped
- blanks on the screen, shifting upon an insert or delete
- only to an untyped blank on the screen which is either
+ There are two basic kinds of intelligent terminals with
+ respect to insert/delete character which can be described
+ using <EM>terminfo.</EM> The most common insert/delete character
+ operations affect only the characters on the current line
+ and shift characters off the end of the line rigidly.
+ Other terminals, such as the Concept 100 and the Perkin
+ Elmer Owl, make a distinction between typed and untyped
+ blanks on the screen, shifting upon an insert or delete
+ only to an untyped blank on the screen which is either
eliminated, or expanded to two untyped blanks.
- You can determine the kind of terminal you have by clear-
- ing the screen and then typing text separated by cursor
- motions. Type "abc def" using local cursor motions
- (not spaces) between the "abc" and the "def". Then posi-
- tion the cursor before the "abc" and put the terminal in
- insert mode. If typing characters causes the rest of the
- line to shift rigidly and characters to fall off the end,
+ You can determine the kind of terminal you have by clear-
+ ing the screen and then typing text separated by cursor
+ motions. Type "abc def" using local cursor motions
+ (not spaces) between the "abc" and the "def". Then posi-
+ tion the cursor before the "abc" and put the terminal in
+ insert mode. If typing characters causes the rest of the
+ line to shift rigidly and characters to fall off the end,
then your terminal does not distinguish between blanks and
- untyped positions. If the "abc" shifts over to the "def"
- which then move together around the end of the current
- line and onto the next as you insert, you have the second
+ untyped positions. If the "abc" shifts over to the "def"
+ which then move together around the end of the current
+ line and onto the next as you insert, you have the second
type of terminal, and should give the capability <STRONG>in</STRONG>, which
stands for "insert null".
- While these are two logically separate attributes (one
- line versus multi-line insert mode, and special treatment
- of untyped spaces) we have seen no terminals whose insert
+ While these are two logically separate attributes (one
+ line versus multi-line insert mode, and special treatment
+ of untyped spaces) we have seen no terminals whose insert
mode cannot be described with the single attribute.
- Terminfo can describe both terminals which have an insert
+ Terminfo can describe both terminals which have an insert
mode, and terminals which send a simple sequence to open a
- blank position on the current line. Give as <STRONG>smir</STRONG> the
- sequence to get into insert mode. Give as <STRONG>rmir</STRONG> the
- sequence to leave insert mode. Now give as <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> any
+ blank position on the current line. Give as <STRONG>smir</STRONG> the
+ sequence to get into insert mode. Give as <STRONG>rmir</STRONG> the
+ sequence to leave insert mode. Now give as <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> any
sequence needed to be sent just before sending the charac-
- ter to be inserted. Most terminals with a true insert
- mode will not give <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>; terminals which send a sequence
+ ter to be inserted. Most terminals with a true insert
+ mode will not give <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>; terminals which send a sequence
to open a screen position should give it here.
- If your terminal has both, insert mode is usually prefer-
- able to <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>. Technically, you should not give both
- unless the terminal actually requires both to be used in
- combination. Accordingly, some non-curses applications
- get confused if both are present; the symptom is doubled
+ If your terminal has both, insert mode is usually prefer-
+ able to <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>. Technically, you should not give both
+ unless the terminal actually requires both to be used in
+ combination. Accordingly, some non-curses applications
+ get confused if both are present; the symptom is doubled
characters in an update using insert. This requirement is
now rare; most <STRONG>ich</STRONG> sequences do not require previous smir,
and most smir insert modes do not require <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> before each
- character. Therefore, the new <STRONG>curses</STRONG> actually assumes
- this is the case and uses either <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG> or <STRONG>ich</STRONG>/<STRONG>ich1</STRONG> as
+ character. Therefore, the new <STRONG>curses</STRONG> actually assumes
+ this is the case and uses either <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG> or <STRONG>ich</STRONG>/<STRONG>ich1</STRONG> as
appropriate (but not both). If you have to write an entry
- to be used under new curses for a terminal old enough to
+ to be used under new curses for a terminal old enough to
need both, include the <STRONG>rmir</STRONG>/<STRONG>smir</STRONG> sequences in <STRONG>ich1</STRONG>.
If post insert padding is needed, give this as a number of
- milliseconds in <STRONG>ip</STRONG> (a string option). Any other sequence
- which may need to be sent after an insert of a single
+ milliseconds in <STRONG>ip</STRONG> (a string option). Any other sequence
+ which may need to be sent after an insert of a single
character may also be given in <STRONG>ip</STRONG>. If your terminal needs
both to be placed into an "insert mode" and a special code
- to precede each inserted character, then both <STRONG>smir</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmir</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> can be given, and both will be used. The <STRONG>ich</STRONG>
+ to precede each inserted character, then both <STRONG>smir</STRONG>/<STRONG>rmir</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> can be given, and both will be used. The <STRONG>ich</STRONG>
capability, with one parameter, <EM>n</EM>, will repeat the effects
of <STRONG>ich1</STRONG> <EM>n</EM> times.
@@ -1637,62 +1644,62 @@
in insert mode, give this as a number of milliseconds pad-
ding in <STRONG>rmp</STRONG>.
- It is occasionally necessary to move around while in
- insert mode to delete characters on the same line (e.g.,
- if there is a tab after the insertion position). If your
- terminal allows motion while in insert mode you can give
- the capability <STRONG>mir</STRONG> to speed up inserting in this case.
- Omitting <STRONG>mir</STRONG> will affect only speed. Some terminals
+ It is occasionally necessary to move around while in
+ insert mode to delete characters on the same line (e.g.,
+ if there is a tab after the insertion position). If your
+ terminal allows motion while in insert mode you can give
+ the capability <STRONG>mir</STRONG> to speed up inserting in this case.
+ Omitting <STRONG>mir</STRONG> will affect only speed. Some terminals
(notably Datamedia's) must not have <STRONG>mir</STRONG> because of the way
their insert mode works.
- Finally, you can specify <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to delete a single charac-
- ter, <STRONG>dch</STRONG> with one parameter, <EM>n</EM>, to delete <EM>n</EM> <EM>characters,</EM>
- and delete mode by giving <STRONG>smdc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmdc</STRONG> to enter and exit
- delete mode (any mode the terminal needs to be placed in
+ Finally, you can specify <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to delete a single charac-
+ ter, <STRONG>dch</STRONG> with one parameter, <EM>n</EM>, to delete <EM>n</EM> <EM>characters,</EM>
+ and delete mode by giving <STRONG>smdc</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmdc</STRONG> to enter and exit
+ delete mode (any mode the terminal needs to be placed in
for <STRONG>dch1</STRONG> to work).
- A command to erase <EM>n</EM> characters (equivalent to outputting
- <EM>n</EM> blanks without moving the cursor) can be given as <STRONG>ech</STRONG>
+ A command to erase <EM>n</EM> characters (equivalent to outputting
+ <EM>n</EM> blanks without moving the cursor) can be given as <STRONG>ech</STRONG>
with one parameter.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Highlighting_-Underlining_-and-Visible-Bells">Highlighting, Underlining, and Visible Bells</a></H3><PRE>
If your terminal has one or more kinds of display
- attributes, these can be represented in a number of dif-
+ attributes, these can be represented in a number of dif-
ferent ways. You should choose one display form as <EM>stand-</EM>
<EM>out</EM> <EM>mode</EM>, representing a good, high contrast, easy-on-the-
- eyes, format for highlighting error messages and other
- attention getters. (If you have a choice, reverse video
- plus half-bright is good, or reverse video alone.) The
- sequences to enter and exit standout mode are given as
- <STRONG>smso</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmso</STRONG>, respectively. If the code to change into
- or out of standout mode leaves one or even two blank spa-
- ces on the screen, as the TVI 912 and Teleray 1061 do,
+ eyes, format for highlighting error messages and other
+ attention getters. (If you have a choice, reverse video
+ plus half-bright is good, or reverse video alone.) The
+ sequences to enter and exit standout mode are given as
+ <STRONG>smso</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmso</STRONG>, respectively. If the code to change into
+ or out of standout mode leaves one or even two blank spa-
+ ces on the screen, as the TVI 912 and Teleray 1061 do,
then <STRONG>xmc</STRONG> should be given to tell how many spaces are left.
- Codes to begin underlining and end underlining can be
- given as <STRONG>smul</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmul</STRONG> respectively. If the terminal has
- a code to underline the current character and move the
+ Codes to begin underlining and end underlining can be
+ given as <STRONG>smul</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmul</STRONG> respectively. If the terminal has
+ a code to underline the current character and move the
cursor one space to the right, such as the Microterm Mime,
this can be given as <STRONG>uc</STRONG>.
- Other capabilities to enter various highlighting modes
- include <STRONG>blink</STRONG> (blinking) <STRONG>bold</STRONG> (bold or extra bright) <STRONG>dim</STRONG>
- (dim or half-bright) <STRONG>invis</STRONG> (blanking or invisible text)
- <STRONG>prot</STRONG> (protected) <STRONG>rev</STRONG> (reverse video) <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG> (turn off <EM>all</EM>
- attribute modes) <STRONG>smacs</STRONG> (enter alternate character set
- mode) and <STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> (exit alternate character set mode).
- Turning on any of these modes singly may or may not turn
+ Other capabilities to enter various highlighting modes
+ include <STRONG>blink</STRONG> (blinking) <STRONG>bold</STRONG> (bold or extra bright) <STRONG>dim</STRONG>
+ (dim or half-bright) <STRONG>invis</STRONG> (blanking or invisible text)
+ <STRONG>prot</STRONG> (protected) <STRONG>rev</STRONG> (reverse video) <STRONG>sgr0</STRONG> (turn off <EM>all</EM>
+ attribute modes) <STRONG>smacs</STRONG> (enter alternate character set
+ mode) and <STRONG>rmacs</STRONG> (exit alternate character set mode).
+ Turning on any of these modes singly may or may not turn
off other modes.
- If there is a sequence to set arbitrary combinations of
- modes, this should be given as <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes), tak-
- ing 9 parameters. Each parameter is either 0 or nonzero,
+ If there is a sequence to set arbitrary combinations of
+ modes, this should be given as <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> (set attributes), tak-
+ ing 9 parameters. Each parameter is either 0 or nonzero,
as the corresponding attribute is on or off. The 9 param-
- eters are, in order: standout, underline, reverse, blink,
- dim, bold, blank, protect, alternate character set. Not
- all modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those for which
+ eters are, in order: standout, underline, reverse, blink,
+ dim, bold, blank, protect, alternate character set. Not
+ all modes need be supported by <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>, only those for which
corresponding separate attribute commands exist.
For example, the DEC vt220 supports most of the modes:
@@ -1710,22 +1717,22 @@
p8 protect not used
p9 altcharset ^O (off) ^N (on)
- We begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing
- modes, since there is no quick way to determine whether
+ We begin each escape sequence by turning off any existing
+ modes, since there is no quick way to determine whether
they are active. Standout is set up to be the combination
- of reverse and bold. The vt220 terminal has a protect
- mode, though it is not commonly used in sgr because it
- protects characters on the screen from the host's era-
- sures. The altcharset mode also is different in that it
- is either ^O or ^N, depending on whether it is off or on.
- If all modes are turned on, the resulting sequence is
+ of reverse and bold. The vt220 terminal has a protect
+ mode, though it is not commonly used in sgr because it
+ protects characters on the screen from the host's era-
+ sures. The altcharset mode also is different in that it
+ is either ^O or ^N, depending on whether it is off or on.
+ If all modes are turned on, the resulting sequence is
\E[0;1;4;5;7;8m^N.
- Some sequences are common to different modes. For exam-
- ple, ;7 is output when either p1 or p3 is true, that is,
+ Some sequences are common to different modes. For exam-
+ ple, ;7 is output when either p1 or p3 is true, that is,
if either standout or reverse modes are turned on.
- Writing out the above sequences, along with their depen-
+ Writing out the above sequences, along with their depen-
dencies yields
<STRONG>sequence</STRONG> <STRONG>when</STRONG> <STRONG>to</STRONG> <STRONG>output</STRONG> <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>translation</STRONG>
@@ -1744,62 +1751,62 @@
sgr=\E[0%?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p4%t;5%;
%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\016%e\017%;,
- Remember that if you specify sgr, you must also specify
- sgr0. Also, some implementations rely on sgr being given
- if sgr0 is, Not all terminfo entries necessarily have an
- sgr string, however. Many terminfo entries are derived
- from termcap entries which have no sgr string. The only
- drawback to adding an sgr string is that termcap also
- assumes that sgr0 does not exit alternate character set
+ Remember that if you specify sgr, you must also specify
+ sgr0. Also, some implementations rely on sgr being given
+ if sgr0 is, Not all terminfo entries necessarily have an
+ sgr string, however. Many terminfo entries are derived
+ from termcap entries which have no sgr string. The only
+ drawback to adding an sgr string is that termcap also
+ assumes that sgr0 does not exit alternate character set
mode.
- Terminals with the "magic cookie" glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit
+ Terminals with the "magic cookie" glitch (<STRONG>xmc</STRONG>) deposit
special "cookies" when they receive mode-setting
- sequences, which affect the display algorithm rather than
- having extra bits for each character. Some terminals,
- such as the HP 2621, automatically leave standout mode
- when they move to a new line or the cursor is addressed.
- Programs using standout mode should exit standout mode
- before moving the cursor or sending a newline, unless the
- <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it is safe to move in
+ sequences, which affect the display algorithm rather than
+ having extra bits for each character. Some terminals,
+ such as the HP 2621, automatically leave standout mode
+ when they move to a new line or the cursor is addressed.
+ Programs using standout mode should exit standout mode
+ before moving the cursor or sending a newline, unless the
+ <STRONG>msgr</STRONG> capability, asserting that it is safe to move in
standout mode, is present.
- If the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indi-
- cate an error quietly (a bell replacement) then this can
+ If the terminal has a way of flashing the screen to indi-
+ cate an error quietly (a bell replacement) then this can
be given as <STRONG>flash</STRONG>; it must not move the cursor.
- If the cursor needs to be made more visible than normal
+ If the cursor needs to be made more visible than normal
when it is not on the bottom line (to make, for example, a
- non-blinking underline into an easier to find block or
+ non-blinking underline into an easier to find block or
blinking underline) give this sequence as <STRONG>cvvis</STRONG>. If there
- is a way to make the cursor completely invisible, give
+ is a way to make the cursor completely invisible, give
that as <STRONG>civis</STRONG>. The capability <STRONG>cnorm</STRONG> should be given which
undoes the effects of both of these modes.
If your terminal correctly generates underlined characters
- (with no special codes needed) even though it does not
- overstrike, then you should give the capability <STRONG>ul</STRONG>. If a
- character overstriking another leaves both characters on
+ (with no special codes needed) even though it does not
+ overstrike, then you should give the capability <STRONG>ul</STRONG>. If a
+ character overstriking another leaves both characters on
the screen, specify the capability <STRONG>os</STRONG>. If overstrikes are
- erasable with a blank, then this should be indicated by
+ erasable with a blank, then this should be indicated by
giving <STRONG>eo</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Keypad-and-Function-Keys">Keypad and Function Keys</a></H3><PRE>
If the terminal has a keypad that transmits codes when the
- keys are pressed, this information can be given. Note
+ keys are pressed, this information can be given. Note
that it is not possible to handle terminals where the key-
pad only works in local (this applies, for example, to the
- unshifted HP 2621 keys). If the keypad can be set to
- transmit or not transmit, give these codes as <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> and
+ unshifted HP 2621 keys). If the keypad can be set to
+ transmit or not transmit, give these codes as <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> and
<STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>. Otherwise the keypad is assumed to always transmit.
- The codes sent by the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow,
- down arrow, and home keys can be given as <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG> and <STRONG>khome</STRONG> respectively. If there are func-
- tion keys such as f0, f1, ..., f10, the codes they send
- can be given as <STRONG>kf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf10</STRONG>. If these keys have
- labels other than the default f0 through f10, the labels
+ The codes sent by the left arrow, right arrow, up arrow,
+ down arrow, and home keys can be given as <STRONG>kcub1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcuf1,</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>kcuu1,</STRONG> <STRONG>kcud1,</STRONG> and <STRONG>khome</STRONG> respectively. If there are func-
+ tion keys such as f0, f1, ..., f10, the codes they send
+ can be given as <STRONG>kf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>kf10</STRONG>. If these keys have
+ labels other than the default f0 through f10, the labels
can be given as <STRONG>lf0,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf1,</STRONG> <STRONG>...,</STRONG> <STRONG>lf10</STRONG>.
The codes transmitted by certain other special keys can be
@@ -1839,60 +1846,60 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>khts</STRONG> (set a tab stop in this column).
- In addition, if the keypad has a 3 by 3 array of keys
- including the four arrow keys, the other five keys can be
+ In addition, if the keypad has a 3 by 3 array of keys
+ including the four arrow keys, the other five keys can be
given as <STRONG>ka1</STRONG>, <STRONG>ka3</STRONG>, <STRONG>kb2</STRONG>, <STRONG>kc1</STRONG>, and <STRONG>kc3</STRONG>. These keys are use-
- ful when the effects of a 3 by 3 directional pad are
+ ful when the effects of a 3 by 3 directional pad are
needed.
- Strings to program function keys can be given as <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>, and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG>. A string to program screen labels should
- be specified as <STRONG>pln</STRONG>. Each of these strings takes two
- parameters: the function key number to program (from 0 to
- 10) and the string to program it with. Function key num-
- bers out of this range may program undefined keys in a
- terminal dependent manner. The difference between the
- capabilities is that <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG> causes pressing the given key
- to be the same as the user typing the given string; <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>
+ Strings to program function keys can be given as <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>, and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG>. A string to program screen labels should
+ be specified as <STRONG>pln</STRONG>. Each of these strings takes two
+ parameters: the function key number to program (from 0 to
+ 10) and the string to program it with. Function key num-
+ bers out of this range may program undefined keys in a
+ terminal dependent manner. The difference between the
+ capabilities is that <STRONG>pfkey</STRONG> causes pressing the given key
+ to be the same as the user typing the given string; <STRONG>pfloc</STRONG>
causes the string to be executed by the terminal in local;
- and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG> causes the string to be transmitted to the com-
+ and <STRONG>pfx</STRONG> causes the string to be transmitted to the com-
puter.
The capabilities <STRONG>nlab</STRONG>, <STRONG>lw</STRONG> and <STRONG>lh</STRONG> define the number of pro-
- grammable screen labels and their width and height. If
- there are commands to turn the labels on and off, give
- them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>. <STRONG>smln</STRONG> is normally output after one
+ grammable screen labels and their width and height. If
+ there are commands to turn the labels on and off, give
+ them in <STRONG>smln</STRONG> and <STRONG>rmln</STRONG>. <STRONG>smln</STRONG> is normally output after one
or more pln sequences to make sure that the change becomes
visible.
</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
+ 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 pre-
- ceding 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 prop-
- erly 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 <EM>tset</EM> 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
+ ceding 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 prop-
+ erly 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 <EM>tset</EM> 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>, initializa-
- tion strings for the terminal, <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a
- program to be run to initialize the terminal, 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.
+ Other capabilities include <STRONG>is1</STRONG>, <STRONG>is2</STRONG>, and <STRONG>is3</STRONG>, initializa-
+ tion strings for the terminal, <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, the path name of a
+ program to be run to initialize the terminal, 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 <EM>tput</EM> program, each time the user logs in. They
+ of the <EM>tput</EM> program, each time the user logs in. They
will be printed in the following order:
run the program
@@ -1912,107 +1919,107 @@
and finally
output <STRONG>is3</STRONG>.
- Most initialization is done with <STRONG>is2</STRONG>. Special terminal
+ 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
+ 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 state can be given as <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, <STRONG>rs2</STRONG>, <STRONG>rf</STRONG> and <STRONG>rs3</STRONG>, analo-
- gous 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 <EM>reset</EM> 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 pro-
- duce 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
+ gous 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 pro-
+ duce 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 <EM>reset</EM> program writes strings including <STRONG>iprog</STRONG>, etc., in
- the same order as the <EM>init</EM> program, using <STRONG>rs1</STRONG>, etc.,
+ 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 <EM>reset</EM> program falls
+ capability strings are missing, the <STRONG>reset</STRONG> program falls
back upon the corresponding initialization capability
string.
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 com-
- plex sequence is needed to set the tabs than can be
- described by this, the sequence can be placed in <STRONG>is2</STRONG> or
+ 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 com-
+ plex 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>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Delays-and-Padding">Delays and Padding</a></H3><PRE>
- Many older and slower terminals do not support either
+ 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 characters after cer-
+ and some very archaic CRTs (including, for example, DEC
+ VT100s). These may require padding characters after cer-
tain 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
+ (that is, it automatically emits ^S back to the host when
its input buffers are close to full), set <STRONG>xon</STRONG>. This capa-
- bility suppresses the emission of padding. You can also
- set it for memory-mapped console devices effectively that
- do not have a speed limit. Padding information should
- still be included so that routines can make better deci-
+ bility suppresses the emission of padding. You can also
+ set it for memory-mapped console devices effectively that
+ do not have a speed limit. Padding information should
+ still be included so that routines can make better deci-
sions about relative 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 whether padding is emitted or not
+ 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 whether padding is emitted or not
is completely controlled by <STRONG>xon</STRONG>.
- If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) charac-
- ter as a pad, then this can be given as <STRONG>pad</STRONG>. Only the
+ If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) charac-
+ ter 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 by software (and thus not counted in the
+ 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 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 scrolling
- region set up on initialization. This situation is indi-
+ 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 scrolling
+ region set up on initialization. This situation is indi-
cated 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
+ 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 capa-
+ a given zero-origin column on the status line. The capa-
bility <STRONG>fsl</STRONG> must return to the main-screen cursor positions
- 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>
+ 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
+ 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 speci-
+ A command to erase or blank the status line may be speci-
fied as <STRONG>dsl</STRONG>.
- The boolean capability <STRONG>eslok</STRONG> specifies that escape
+ 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. They are documented here in case they ever
+ 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. Terminfo and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> build in support for
- the drawing characters supported by the VT100, with some
- characters from the AT&amp;T 4410v1 added. This alternate
+ Many terminals have alternate character sets useful for
+ forms-drawing. Terminfo and <STRONG>curses</STRONG> build in support for
+ the drawing characters 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>VT100</STRONG>
@@ -2050,58 +2057,58 @@
upper right corner ACS_URCORNER + k
vertical line ACS_VLINE | x
- 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 correspond-
- ing graphic. Then read off the VT100/your terminal char-
- acter pairs right to left in sequence; these become 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 correspond-
+ ing graphic. Then read off the VT100/your terminal char-
+ acter pairs right to left in sequence; these become the
ACSC string.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Color-Handling">Color Handling</a></H3><PRE>
- Most color terminals are either "Tektronix-like" or "HP-
- like". Tektronix-like terminals have a predefined set of
- N colors (where N usually 8), and can set character-cell
+ Most color terminals are either "Tektronix-like" or "HP-
+ like". Tektronix-like terminals have a predefined set of
+ N colors (where N usually 8), and can set character-cell
foreground and background characters independently, mixing
- them into N * N color-pairs. On HP-like terminals, the
+ them into N * N color-pairs. On HP-like terminals, the
use must set each color pair up separately (foreground and
- background are not independently settable). Up to M
- color-pairs may be set up from 2*M different colors.
+ background are not independently settable). Up to M
+ color-pairs may be set up from 2*M 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> (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 (including many PC terminal emulators)
- erase screen areas with the current background color
- rather than the power-up default background; these should
+ 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 (including many PC terminal emulators)
+ erase screen areas with the current background color
+ rather than the power-up default background; these should
have the boolean capability <STRONG>bce</STRONG>.
- To change the current foreground or background color on a
- Tektronix-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 background). These take one parameter, the
+ To change the current foreground or background color on a
+ Tektronix-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 background). 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
+ <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>; the XPG4 draft says that "If the terminal
supports ANSI escape sequences to set background and fore-
- ground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
- tively. If the terminal supports other escape sequences
- to set background and foreground, they should be coded as
- <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respectively. The <EM>vidputs()</EM> function and
- the refresh functions use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> if they are
+ ground, they should be coded as <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG>, respec-
+ tively. If the terminal supports other escape sequences
+ to set background and foreground, they should be coded as
+ <STRONG>setf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setb</STRONG>, respectively. The <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> function and the
+ refresh functions use <STRONG>setaf</STRONG> and <STRONG>setab</STRONG> if they are
defined."
- The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single
+ The <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG> and <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> capabilities take a single
numeric argument each. Argument values 0-7 of <STRONG>setaf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setab</STRONG>
- are portably defined as follows (the middle column is the
+ 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
+ <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> libraries). The terminal hardware is free to map
+ these as it likes, but the RGB values indicate normal
locations in color space.
<STRONG>Color</STRONG> <STRONG>#define</STRONG> <STRONG>Value</STRONG> <STRONG>RGB</STRONG>
@@ -2114,7 +2121,7 @@
cyan <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG> 6 0,max,max
white <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG> 7 max,max,max
- The argument values of <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> historically correspond
+ The argument values of <STRONG>setf</STRONG>/<STRONG>setb</STRONG> historically correspond
to a different mapping, i.e.,
<STRONG>Color</STRONG> <STRONG>#define</STRONG> <STRONG>Value</STRONG> <STRONG>RGB</STRONG>
@@ -2128,32 +2135,32 @@
white <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG> 7 max,max,max
It is important to not confuse the two sets of color capa-
- bilities; otherwise red/blue will be interchanged on the
+ bilities; otherwise red/blue will be interchanged on the
display.
- On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number
+ On an HP-like terminal, use <STRONG>scp</STRONG> with a color-pair number
parameter to set which color pair is current.
- On a Tektronix-like terminal, the capability <STRONG>ccc</STRONG> may be
- present to indicate that colors can be modified. If so,
+ 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.
+ - 1)and three more parameters which describe the color.
These three parameters default to being interpreted as RGB
- (Red, Green, Blue) values. If the boolean capability <STRONG>hls</STRONG>
+ (Red, Green, Blue) values. If the boolean capability <STRONG>hls</STRONG>
is present, they are instead as HLS (Hue, Lightness, Satu-
ration) indices. The ranges are terminal-dependent.
- On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for
- changing a color-pair value. It will take seven parame-
- ters; a color-pair number (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two
- triples describing first background and then foreground
- colors. These parameters must be (Red, Green, Blue) or
+ On an HP-like terminal, <STRONG>initp</STRONG> may give a capability for
+ changing a color-pair value. It will take seven parame-
+ ters; a color-pair number (0 to <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> - 1), and two
+ triples describing first background 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.
+ On some color terminals, colors collide with highlights.
You can register these collisions with the <STRONG>ncv</STRONG> capability.
- This is a bit-mask of attributes not to be used when col-
- ors are enabled. The correspondence with the attributes
+ This is a bit-mask of attributes not to be used when col-
+ ors 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>
@@ -2174,240 +2181,240 @@
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. These should have an <STRONG>ncv</STRONG>
+ 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
+ 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) charac-
- ter as a pad, then this can be given as pad. Only the
- first character of the pad string is used. If the termi-
+ If the terminal requires other than a null (zero) charac-
+ ter as a pad, then this can be given as pad. Only the
+ first character of the pad string is used. If the termi-
nal 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
+ 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 with <STRONG>hu</STRONG> (half-line up) and <STRONG>hd</STRONG> (half-line
+ 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 useful for superscripts and sub-
- scripts on hard-copy terminals. If a hard-copy terminal
- can eject to the next page (form feed), give this as <STRONG>ff</STRONG>
+ scripts 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).
- If there is a command to repeat a given character a given
- number of times (to save time transmitting a large number
- of identical characters) 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
+ If there is a command to repeat a given character a given
+ number of times (to save time transmitting a large number
+ of identical characters) 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
+ 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> capa-
- bility to identify it. The following convention is sup-
- ported on some UNIX systems: The environment is to be
- searched for a <STRONG>CC</STRONG> variable, and if found, all occurrences
+ capabilities. This character is given in the <STRONG>cmdch</STRONG> capa-
+ bility to identify it. The following convention is sup-
+ ported 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 are replaced with the character
in the environment variable.
- Terminal descriptions that do not represent a specific
+ 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
+ <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
+ 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
+ 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 of <STRONG>lm</STRONG>#0 indicates that the
+ 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 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 vir-
- tual terminal protocol, the terminal number can be given
+ tual terminal protocol, the terminal number can be given
as <STRONG>vt</STRONG>.
Media copy strings which control an auxiliary printer con-
nected to the terminal can be given as <STRONG>mc0</STRONG>: print the con-
- tents 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
+ tents 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 termi-
nal screen when the printer is on. A variation <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> takes
one parameter, and leaves the printer on for as many char-
- acters as the value of the parameter, then turns the
- printer off. The parameter should not exceed 255. All
+ acters as the value of the parameter, then turns the
+ printer off. The parameter should not exceed 255. 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
+ 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 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 normal text on top of it), <STRONG>xhp</STRONG> should be
+ 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-
+ 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-
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 standout mode it is instead neces-
+ not possible to position the cursor on top of a "magic
+ cookie", that to erase standout mode it is instead neces-
sary to use delete and insert line. The ncurses implemen-
tation ignores this glitch.
- The Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly trans-
- mit the escape or control C characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicat-
- ing 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
+ The Beehive Superbee, which is unable to correctly trans-
+ mit the escape or control C characters, has <STRONG>xsb</STRONG>, indicat-
+ ing 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
+ Other specific terminal problems may be corrected by
adding more capabilities of the form <STRONG>x</STRONG><EM>x</EM>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Similar-Terminals">Similar Terminals</a></H3><PRE>
If there are two very similar terminals, one (the variant)
- can be defined as being just like the other (the base)
- with certain exceptions. In the definition of the vari-
- ant, the string capability <STRONG>use</STRONG> can be given with the name
- of the base terminal. The capabilities given before <STRONG>use</STRONG>
- override those in the base type named by <STRONG>use</STRONG>. If there
- are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in reverse
- order. That is, the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference is processed
- first, then the one to its left, and so forth. Capabili-
- ties given explicitly in the entry override those brought
+ can be defined as being just like the other (the base)
+ with certain exceptions. In the definition of the vari-
+ ant, the string capability <STRONG>use</STRONG> can be given with the name
+ of the base terminal. The capabilities given before <STRONG>use</STRONG>
+ override those in the base type named by <STRONG>use</STRONG>. If there
+ are multiple <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities, they are merged in reverse
+ order. That is, the rightmost <STRONG>use</STRONG> reference is processed
+ first, then the one to its left, and so forth. Capabili-
+ ties given explicitly in the entry override those brought
in by <STRONG>use</STRONG> references.
A capability can be canceled by placing <STRONG>xx@</STRONG> to the left of
- the use reference that imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capa-
+ the use reference that imports it, where <EM>xx</EM> is the capa-
bility. For example, the entry
2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621,
- defines a 2621-nl that does not have the <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> or <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>
- capabilities, and hence does not turn on the function key
- labels when in visual mode. This is useful for different
+ defines a 2621-nl that does not have the <STRONG>smkx</STRONG> or <STRONG>rmkx</STRONG>
+ capabilities, and hence does not turn on the function key
+ labels when in visual mode. This is useful for different
modes for a terminal, or for different user preferences.
</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
+ Long terminfo entries are unlikely to be a problem; to
+ date, no entry has even approached terminfo's 4096-byte
string-table maximum. Unfortunately, the termcap transla-
tions are much more strictly limited (to 1023 bytes), thus
- termcap translations of long terminfo entries can cause
+ 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
+ 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>
+ 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 entry that's longer than 1023 bytes; others
- do not; others truncate the entries to 1023 bytes. Some
+ 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 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 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
+ 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 par-
- ticular terminal. This is the length of the entry as it
+ The "before tc expansion" length is the most important
+ one, because it affects more than just users of that par-
+ ticular 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
+ which <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> strips out while reading it. Some termcap
+ libraries strip off the final newline, too (GNU termcap
does not). Now suppose:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> a termcap entry before expansion is more than 1023
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> a termcap entry before expansion is more than 1023
bytes long,
<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 if it is the entry it
+ <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 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 vulnerable; modern telnets pass along
- values like the terminal type automatically. 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.
+ <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 term-
+ cap file).
+
+ Then <STRONG>tgetent</STRONG> will overwrite memory, perhaps its stack, and
+ probably core dump the program. Programs like telnet are
+ particularly vulnerable; modern telnets pass along values
+ like the terminal type automatically. 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 termi-
+ nal.
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" expan-
- sion once it is found the terminal type it was looking
- for, not while searching.
+ that terminal type, 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,
+ 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 ter-
- minal types and users whose TERM variable does not have a
+ minal types and users whose TERM variable does not have a
termcap entry.
When in -C (translate to termcap) mode, the <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> imple-
mentation 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)
+ 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
+ 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 capabilities to the string
- table that (in the binary format) collide with System V
+ SVr1, and have added extension capabilities to the string
+ table that (in the binary format) collide with System V
and XSI Curses extensions.
@@ -2415,66 +2422,66 @@
Searching for terminal descriptions in <STRONG>$HOME/.terminfo</STRONG> and
TERMINFO_DIRS is not supported by older implementations.
- Some SVr4 <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementations, and all previous to
- SVr4, do not interpret the %A and %O operators in parame-
+ Some SVr4 <STRONG>curses</STRONG> implementations, and all previous to
+ SVr4, do not interpret the %A and %O operators in parame-
ter 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 possi-
- bility that an XPG4 implementation making the opposite
- interpretation may need terminfo entries made for <STRONG>ncurses</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 possi-
+ bility that an XPG4 implementation making the opposite
+ interpretation 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-
+ The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library handles insert-character and insert-
character modes in a slightly non-standard way to get bet-
- ter update efficiency. See the <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG>
+ ter update efficiency. See the <STRONG>Insert/Delete</STRONG> <STRONG>Character</STRONG>
subsection above.
- The parameter substitutions for <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG> and <STRONG>dis-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>play_clock</STRONG> are not documented in SVr4 or the XSI Curses
+ The parameter substitutions for <STRONG>set_clock</STRONG> and <STRONG>dis-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>play_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>
- wants to interpret it as <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>, for use by terminals
- and emulators like xterm that can return mouse-tracking
+ Be careful assigning the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability. The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
+ 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 applica-
- tions 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
+ tions 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 subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in some
+ Different commercial ports of terminfo and curses support
+ different subsets of the XSI Curses standard and (in some
cases) different extension sets. Here is a summary, accu-
rate as of October 1995:
<STRONG>SVR4,</STRONG> <STRONG>Solaris,</STRONG> <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> -- These support all SVr4 capabili-
ties.
- <STRONG>SGI</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr4 set, adds one undocumented
+ <STRONG>SGI</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr4 set, adds one undocumented
extended string capability (<STRONG>set_pglen</STRONG>).
- <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG> <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of ter-
- minfo capabilities. The booleans end with <STRONG>xon_xoff</STRONG>; the
- numerics with <STRONG>width_status_line</STRONG>; and the strings with
+ <STRONG>SVr1,</STRONG> <STRONG>Ultrix</STRONG> -- These support a restricted subset of ter-
+ minfo capabilities. 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>HP/UX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus the SVr[234]
+ <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 func-
- tion keys 11 through 63, plus <STRONG>plab_norm</STRONG>, <STRONG>label_on</STRONG>, and
+ tion 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>AIX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11
- through 63, plus a number of incompatible string table
+ <STRONG>AIX</STRONG> -- Supports the SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11
+ through 63, plus a number of incompatible string table
extensions.
<STRONG>OSF</STRONG> -- Supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
@@ -2486,12 +2493,12 @@
</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>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</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>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>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></H2><PRE>
- Zeyd M. Ben-Halim, Eric S. Raymond, Thomas E. Dickey.
+ Zeyd M. Ben-Halim, Eric S. Raymond, Thomas E. Dickey.
Based on pcurses by Pavel Curtis.
Index: doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html 2016-09-10 22:14:42.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.61 2015/09/05 20:45:49 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.62 2016/10/01 17:14:50 tom Exp @
-->
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN">
<HTML>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>tic</STRONG> [<STRONG>-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgqrstx</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>] [<STRONG>-o</STRONG> <EM>dir</EM>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]]
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG> [<STRONG>-01CDGIKLNTUVWacfgqrstx</STRONG>] [<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>] [<STRONG>-o</STRONG> <EM>dir</EM>] [<STRONG>-Q</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]]
[<STRONG>-R</STRONG> <EM>subset</EM>] [<STRONG>-v</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]] [<STRONG>-w</STRONG>[<EM>n</EM>]] <EM>file</EM>
@@ -304,25 +304,28 @@
If the debug level <EM>n</EM> is not given, it is taken to be
one.
- <STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies the width of the output. The parameter is
+ <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings
+ to be wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
+
+ <STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies the width of the output. The parameter is
optional. If it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
<STRONG>-x</STRONG> Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined. That is,
- if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not
+ if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not
recognize, it will infer its type (boolean, number or
- string) from the syntax and make an extended table
+ string) from the syntax and make an extended table
entry for that. User-defined capability strings
- whose name begins with "k" are treated as function
+ whose name begins with "k" are treated as function
keys.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PARAMETERS">PARAMETERS</a></H3><PRE>
<EM>file</EM> contains one or more <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> terminal descriptions
- in source format [see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>]. Each descrip-
- tion in the file describes the capabilities of a
+ in source format [see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>]. Each descrip-
+ tion in the file describes the capabilities of a
particular terminal.
- If <EM>file</EM> is "-", then the data is read from the
+ If <EM>file</EM> is "-", then the data is read from the
standard input. The <EM>file</EM> parameter may also be the
path of a character-device.
@@ -332,60 +335,60 @@
umented in <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. The exception is the <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabil-
ity.
- When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal
- entry currently being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary
- from <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> to complete the entry. (Entries
- created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first. <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the
+ When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal
+ entry currently being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary
+ from <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> to complete the entry. (Entries
+ created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first. <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the
capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry, with the
- exception of those capabilities that explicitly are
+ exception of those capabilities that explicitly are
defined in the current entry.
- When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a
- <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field, any canceled capabilities in
- <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> must also appear in <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG> before <STRONG>use=</STRONG>
+ When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a
+ <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field, any canceled capabilities in
+ <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> must also appear in <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG> before <STRONG>use=</STRONG>
for these capabilities to be canceled in <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>.
Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name
- field cannot exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding
- the maximum alias length (32 characters on systems with
+ field cannot exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding
+ the maximum alias length (32 characters on systems with
long filenames, 14 characters otherwise) will be truncated
- to the maximum alias length and a warning message will be
+ to the maximum alias length and a warning message will be
printed.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- There is some evidence that historic <STRONG>tic</STRONG> implementations
- treated description fields with no whitespace in them as
- additional aliases or short names. This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not do
- that, but it does warn when description fields may be
+ There is some evidence that historic <STRONG>tic</STRONG> implementations
+ treated description fields with no whitespace in them as
+ additional aliases or short names. This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not do
+ that, but it does warn when description fields may be
treated that way and check them for dangerous characters.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
Unlike the SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> command, this implementation can actu-
- ally compile termcap sources. In fact, entries in ter-
- minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a single source
+ ally compile termcap sources. In fact, entries in ter-
+ minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a single source
file. See <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for the list of termcap names taken
to be equivalent to terminfo names.
- The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution
- rules for <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities. This implementation of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>
+ The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution
+ rules for <STRONG>use</STRONG> capabilities. This implementation of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>
will find <STRONG>use</STRONG> targets anywhere in the source file, or any-
- where in the file tree rooted at <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is
+ where in the file tree rooted at <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is
defined), or in the user's <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> database (if it
- exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree
+ exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree
of compiled entries.
- The error messages from this <STRONG>tic</STRONG> have the same format as
- GNU C error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's
+ The error messages from this <STRONG>tic</STRONG> have the same format as
+ GNU C error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's
compile facility.
- The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-N</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>-o</STRONG>, <STRONG>-r</STRONG>, <STRONG>-s</STRONG>, <STRONG>-t</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG> options are not supported under
+ The <STRONG>-0</STRONG>, <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, <STRONG>-C</STRONG>, <STRONG>-G</STRONG>, <STRONG>-I</STRONG>, <STRONG>-N</STRONG>, <STRONG>-R</STRONG>, <STRONG>-T</STRONG>, <STRONG>-V</STRONG>, <STRONG>-a</STRONG>, <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-f</STRONG>, <STRONG>-g</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>-o</STRONG>, <STRONG>-r</STRONG>, <STRONG>-s</STRONG>, <STRONG>-t</STRONG> and <STRONG>-x</STRONG> options are not supported under
SVr4. The SVr4 <STRONG>-c</STRONG> mode does not report bad use links.
- System V does not compile entries to or read entries from
- your <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> database unless TERMINFO is explic-
+ System V does not compile entries to or read entries from
+ your <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> database unless TERMINFO is explic-
itly set to it.
@@ -395,10 +398,10 @@
</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="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="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>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/toe.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2016-09-10 22:14:42.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
<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><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/tput.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/tput.1.html 2016-09-10 22:14:42.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/tput.1.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
<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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: doc/html/man/tset.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/doc/html/man/tset.1.html 2016-09-10 22:14:42.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/doc/html/man/tset.1.html 2016-10-15 23:12:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
<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 6.0 (patch 20160910).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20161015).
Index: man/captoinfo.1m
Prereq: 1.25
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/captoinfo.1m 2010-12-04 18:36:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/captoinfo.1m 2016-10-15 17:26:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.25 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: captoinfo.1m,v 1.26 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp $
.TH @CAPTOINFO@ 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
.TE
.PP
If the single-line capabilities occur in an entry, they will automatically
-be composed into an \fIacsc\fR string.
+be composed into an \fBacsc\fR string.
The double-line capabilities and
\fBGG\fR are discarded with a warning message.
.PP
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@
.TE
.PP
Additionally, the AIX \fIbox1\fR capability will be automatically translated to
-an \fIacsc\fR string.
+an \fBacsc\fR string.
.PP
Hewlett-Packard's terminfo library supports two nonstandard terminfo
-capabilities \fImeml\fR (memory lock) and \fImemu\fR (memory unlock).
+capabilities \fBmeml\fR (memory lock) and \fBmemu\fR (memory unlock).
These will be discarded with a warning message.
.SH NOTES
This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR(1M), running in \fI\-I\fR mode.
Index: man/curs_attr.3x
Prereq: 1.47
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_attr.3x 2016-07-23 23:48:49.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_attr.3x 2016-10-15 17:09:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.47 2016/07/23 23:48:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.48 2016/10/15 17:09:05 tom Exp $
.TH curs_attr 3X ""
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
@@ -285,12 +285,13 @@
(specifically, \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fR, \fBA_PROTECT\fR, and \fBA_INVIS\fR).
.PP
This implementation provides the \fBA_ITALIC\fP attribute for terminals
-which have the \fIenter_italics_mode\fP (sitm) and \fIexit_italics_mode\fP (ritm) capabilities.
+which have the \fBenter_italics_mode\fP (\fBsitm\fP)
+and \fBexit_italics_mode\fP (\fBritm\fP) capabilities.
Italics are not mentioned in X/Open Curses.
-Unlike the other video attributes, \fBI_ITALIC\fP is unrelated
-to the \fIset_attributes\fP capabilities.
+Unlike the other video attributes, \fBA_ITALIC\fP is unrelated
+to the \fBset_attributes\fP capabilities.
This implementation makes the assumption that
-\fIexit_attribute_mode\fP may also reset italics.
+\fBexit_attribute_mode\fP may also reset italics.
.PP
XSI Curses added the new entry points, \fBattr_get\fR, \fBattr_on\fR,
\fBattr_off\fR, \fBattr_set\fR, \fBwattr_on\fR, \fBwattr_off\fR,
Index: man/curs_clear.3x
Prereq: 1.14
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_clear.3x 2010-12-04 18:36:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_clear.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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: curs_clear.3x,v 1.14 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_clear.3x,v 1.15 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_clear 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
.PP
This implementation, and others such as Solaris,
sets the current position to 0,0 after erasing
-via \fBwerase()\fP and \fBwclear()\fP.
+via \fBwerase\fP and \fBwclear\fP.
That fact is not documented in other implementations,
and may not be true of implementations
which were not derived from SVr4 source.
Index: man/curs_color.3x
Prereq: 1.43
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_color.3x 2016-07-30 15:22:11.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_color.3x 2016-10-15 17:10:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.43 2016/07/30 15:22:11 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.45 2016/10/15 17:10:19 tom Exp $
.TH curs_color 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
\fBCOLOR_WHITE\fR
.fi
.SH RETURN VALUE
-The routines \fBcan_change_color()\fR and \fBhas_colors()\fR return \fBTRUE\fR
+The routines \fBcan_change_color\fR and \fBhas_colors\fR return \fBTRUE\fR
or \fBFALSE\fR.
.PP
All other routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
.TP 5
\fBinit_color\fP
returns an error if the terminal does not support
-this feature, e.g., if the \fIinitialize_color\fP capability is absent
+this feature, e.g., if the \fBinitialize_color\fP capability is absent
from the terminal description.
.TP 5
\fBstart_color\fP
Index: man/curs_extend.3x
Prereq: 1.20
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_extend.3x 2016-05-14 23:10:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_extend.3x 2016-10-15 16:52:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1999-on
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.20 2016/05/14 23:10:54 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.21 2016/10/15 16:52:48 tom Exp $
.TH curs_extend 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBcurses_version\fP,
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@
which do not fit easily into other categories.
.SS curses_version
.PP
-Use
-.I curses_version()
+Use \fBcurses_version\fP
to get the version number, including patch level of the library, e.g.,
.B 5.0.19991023
.SS use_extended_names
.PP
-The
-.I use_extended_names()
+The \fBuse_extended_names\fP
function controls whether the calling application
is able to use user-defined or nonstandard names
which may be compiled into the terminfo
Index: man/curs_getch.3x
Prereq: 1.48
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_getch.3x 2016-09-10 21:56:25.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_getch.3x 2016-10-15 16:44:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.48 2016/09/10 21:56:25 Leon.Winter Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.49 2016/10/15 16:44:01 tom Exp $
.TH curs_getch 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
.PP
.SH RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
-other than \fBERR\fR (\fBOK\fR in the case of ungetch()) upon successful
+other than \fBERR\fR (\fBOK\fR in the case of \fBungetch\fP) upon successful
completion.
.RS 3
.TP 5
Index: man/curs_initscr.3x
Prereq: 1.24
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_initscr.3x 2015-07-21 23:01:38.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_initscr.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.24 2015/07/21 23:01:38 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.25 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_initscr 3X ""
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
.PP
\fICurses implementations may provide for special handling of the SIGINT,
SIGQUIT and SIGTSTP signals if their disposition is SIG_DFL at the time
-\fBinitscr()\fP is called \fP...
+\fBinitscr\fP is called \fP...
.PP
\fIAny special handling for these signals may remain in effect for the
life of the process or until the process changes the disposition of
Index: man/curs_inopts.3x
Prereq: 1.20
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_inopts.3x 2015-11-28 19:03:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_inopts.3x 2016-10-15 17:13:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2015 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: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.20 2015/11/28 19:03:12 Benno.Schulenberg Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.22 2016/10/15 17:13:45 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inopts 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
When
\fBqiflush\fR is called, the queues will be flushed when these control
characters are read.
-You may want to call \fBnoqiflush()\fR in a signal
+You may want to call \fBnoqiflush\fR in a signal
handler if you want output to continue as though the interrupt
had not occurred, after the handler exits.
.\"
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
On the other hand, an application can use \fBdefine_key\fP to establish
a specific keycode for a given string.
This makes it possible for an application to check for an extended
-capability's presence with \fItigetstr\fP,
+capability's presence with \fBtigetstr\fP,
and reassign the keycode to match its own needs.
.PP
Low-level applications can use \fBtigetstr\fP to obtain the definition
Index: man/curs_kernel.3x
Prereq: 1.20
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_kernel.3x 2015-07-21 01:10:11.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_kernel.3x 2016-10-15 16:42:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -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: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.20 2015/07/21 01:10:11 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.21 2016/10/15 16:42:55 tom Exp $
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
..
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
(not in \fBcurses\fR) state for use by the \fBreset_prog_mode\fR and
\fBreset_shell_mode\fR routines. This is done automatically by
\fBinitscr\fR. There is one such save area for each screen context
-allocated by \fBnewterm()\fR.
+allocated by \fBnewterm\fR.
.SS reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode
.PP
The \fBreset_prog_mode\fR and \fBreset_shell_mode\fR routines restore
Index: man/curs_outopts.3x
Prereq: 1.26
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_outopts.3x 2015-07-21 00:23:43.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_outopts.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -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: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.26 2015/07/21 00:23:43 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.27 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_outopts 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@
.SH PORTABILITY
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
.PP
-The XSI Curses standard is ambiguous on the question of whether \fBraw\fR()
-should disable the CRLF translations controlled by \fBnl\fR() and \fBnonl\fR().
+The XSI Curses standard is ambiguous on the question of whether \fBraw\fR
+should disable the CRLF translations controlled by \fBnl\fR and \fBnonl\fR.
BSD curses did turn off these translations; AT&T curses (at least as late as
SVr1) did not.
We choose to do so, on the theory that a programmer requesting
Index: man/curs_refresh.3x
Prereq: 1.16
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_refresh.3x 2016-01-30 15:52:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_refresh.3x 2016-10-15 16:45:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.16 2016/01/30 15:52:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_refresh.3x,v 1.17 2016/10/15 16:45:45 tom Exp $
.TH curs_refresh 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
The \fBwredrawln\fR routine indicates to \fBcurses\fR that some screen lines
are corrupted and should be thrown away before anything is written over them.
It touches the indicated lines (marking them changed).
-The routine \fBredrawwin\fR() touches the entire window.
+The routine \fBredrawwin\fR touches the entire window.
.SH RETURN VALUE
Routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure, and \fBOK\fR
(SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@
.SH PORTABILITY
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
.PP
-Whether \fBwnoutrefresh()\fR copies to the virtual screen the entire contents
+Whether \fBwnoutrefresh\fR copies to the virtual screen the entire contents
of a window or just its changed portions has never been well-documented in
historic curses versions (including SVr4).
It might be unwise to rely on
either behavior in programs that might have to be linked with other curses
implementations.
-Instead, you can do an explicit \fBtouchwin()\fR before the
-\fBwnoutrefresh()\fR call to guarantee an entire-contents copy anywhere.
+Instead, you can do an explicit \fBtouchwin\fR before the
+\fBwnoutrefresh\fR call to guarantee an entire-contents copy anywhere.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X)
Index: man/curs_slk.3x
Prereq: 1.22
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_slk.3x 2010-12-04 18:38:55.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_slk.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2016 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: curs_slk.3x,v 1.22 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.23 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_slk 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
argument type of the attribute-manipulation functions \fBslk_attron\fR,
\fBslk_attroff\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR to be \fBattr_t\fR, and adds \fBconst\fR
qualifiers.
-The format codes \fB2\fR and \fB3\fR for \fBslk_init()\fR and the
+The format codes \fB2\fR and \fB3\fR for \fBslk_init\fR and the
function \fBslk_attr\fR are specific to ncurses.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
Index: man/curs_terminfo.3x
Prereq: 1.44
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_terminfo.3x 2016-08-20 23:26:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_terminfo.3x 2016-10-15 17:27:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.44 2016/08/20 23:26:10 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.46 2016/10/15 17:27:48 tom Exp $
.TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
means that the terminal is hardcopy, cannot be used for curses applications.
.IP
\fBsetupterm\fP determines if the entry is a hardcopy type by
-checking the \fIhc\fP (\fIhardcopy\fP) capability.
+checking the \fBhc\fP (\fBhardcopy\fP) capability.
.TP 5
.B 0
means that the terminal could not be found,
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
having too little information for curses applications to run.
.IP
\fBsetupterm\fP determines if the entry is a generic type by
-checking the \fIgn\fP (\fIgeneric\fP) capability.
+checking the \fBgn\fP (\fBgeneric\fP) capability.
.TP 5
.B \-1
means that the \fBterminfo\fR database could not be found.
@@ -249,10 +249,16 @@
.SS Output Functions
.PP
The \fBtputs\fR routine applies padding information to the string
-\fIstr\fR and outputs it. The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
+\fIstr\fR and outputs it:
+.bP
+The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
variable or the return value from \fBtparm\fR, \fBtgetstr\fR, or
-\fBtgoto\fR. \fIaffcnt\fR is the number of lines affected, or 1 if
-not applicable. \fIputc\fR is a \fBputchar\fR-like routine to which
+\fBtgoto\fR.
+.bP
+\fIaffcnt\fR is the number of lines affected, or 1 if
+not applicable.
+.bP
+\fIputc\fR is a \fBputchar\fR-like routine to which
the characters are passed, one at a time.
.PP
The \fBputp\fR routine calls \fBtputs(\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, 1, putchar)\fR.
Index: man/curs_trace.3x
Prereq: 1.13
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_trace.3x 2015-07-20 22:54:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_trace.3x 2016-10-15 17:26:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2010,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000-2015,2016 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: curs_trace.3x,v 1.13 2015/07/20 22:54:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_trace.3x,v 1.14 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp $
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
..
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
trace user and system times of updates.
.TP 5
.B TRACE_TPUTS
-trace tputs calls.
+trace \fBtputs\fP calls.
.TP 5
.B TRACE_UPDATE
trace update actions, old & new screens.
Index: man/curs_window.3x
Prereq: 1.19
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/curs_window.3x 2015-07-21 08:25:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/curs_window.3x 2016-10-15 17:26:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 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: curs_window.3x,v 1.19 2015/07/21 08:25:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_window.3x,v 1.20 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp $
.TH curs_window 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
.PP
Note that \fBsyncok\fR may be a macro.
.SH BUGS
-The subwindow functions (\fIsubwin\fR, \fIderwin\fR, \fImvderwin\fR,
+The subwindow functions (\fBsubwin\fR, \fBderwin\fR, \fBmvderwin\fR,
\fBwsyncup\fR, \fBwsyncdown\fR, \fBwcursyncup\fR, \fBsyncok\fR) are flaky,
incompletely implemented, and not well tested.
.PP
Index: man/default_colors.3x
Prereq: 1.23
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/default_colors.3x 2011-01-03 21:52:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/default_colors.3x 2016-10-15 17:16:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2016 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 *
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1997,1999,2000,2005
.\"
-.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.23 2011/01/03 21:52:27 Tim.van.der.Molen Exp $
+.\" $Id: default_colors.3x,v 1.25 2016/10/15 17:16:48 tom Exp $
.TH default_colors 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBuse_default_colors\fR,
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
.br
\fBint assume_default_colors(int fg, int bg);\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The
-.I use_default_colors()
-and
-.I assume_default_colors()
+The \fBuse_default_colors\fP and \fBassume_default_colors\fP
functions are extensions to the curses library.
They are used with terminals that support ISO 6429 color, or equivalent.
These terminals allow the application to reset color to an unspecified
@@ -56,20 +53,18 @@
For example, there are several implementations of the \fBls\fP program
which use colors to denote different file types or permissions.
These "color ls" programs do not necessarily modify the background color,
-typically using only the \fIsetaf\fP terminfo capability to set the
+typically using only the \fBsetaf\fP terminfo capability to set the
foreground color.
Full-screen applications that use default colors can achieve similar
visual effects.
.PP
-The first function,
-.I use_default_colors()
+The first function, \fBuse_default_colors\fP
tells the curses library to assign terminal default
foreground/background colors to color number \-1. So init_pair(x,COLOR_RED,\-1)
will initialize pair x as red on default background and init_pair(x,\-1,COLOR_BLUE) will
initialize pair x as default foreground on blue.
.PP
-The other,
-.I assume_default_colors()
+The other, \fBassume_default_colors\fP
is a refinement which tells which colors to paint for color pair 0.
This function recognizes a special color number \-1,
which denotes the default terminal color.
@@ -85,29 +80,29 @@
These are ncurses extensions.
For other curses implementations, color
number \-1 does not mean anything, just as for ncurses before a
-successful call of \fIuse_default_colors()\fP or \fIassume_default_colors()\fP.
+successful call of \fBuse_default_colors\fP or \fBassume_default_colors\fP.
.PP
Other curses implementations do not allow an application to modify color pair 0.
They assume that the background is COLOR_BLACK,
but do not ensure that the color pair 0 is painted to match the
assumption.
If your application does not use either
-.I use_default_colors()
+.B use_default_colors
or
-.I assume_default_colors()
+.B assume_default_colors
ncurses will paint a white foreground (text) with black background
for color pair 0.
.SH RETURN VALUE
These functions return the integer \fBERR\fP upon failure and \fBOK\fP on success.
They will fail if either the terminal does not support
-the \fIorig_pair\fP or \fIorig_colors\fP capability.
-If the \fIinitialize_pair\fP capability is not found, this causes an
+the \fBorig_pair\fP or \fBorig_colors\fP capability.
+If the \fBinitialize_pair\fP capability is not found, this causes an
error as well.
.SH NOTES
Associated with this extension, the \fBinit_pair\fR function accepts
negative arguments to specify default foreground or background colors.
.PP
-The \fIuse_default_colors()\fP function was added to support \fIded\fP.
+The \fBuse_default_colors\fP function was added to support \fIded\fP.
This is a full-screen application which uses curses to manage only part
of the screen. The bottom portion of the screen, which is of adjustable
size, is left uncolored to display the results from shell commands.
@@ -120,9 +115,9 @@
which does not necessarily correspond to any of the ANSI colors.
While a special terminfo entry could be constructed using nine colors,
there was no mechanism provided within curses to account for the related
-\fIorig_pair\fP and \fIback_color_erase\fP capabilities.
+\fBorig_pair\fP and \fBback_color_erase\fP capabilities.
.PP
-The \fIassume_default_colors()\fP function was added to solve
+The \fBassume_default_colors\fP function was added to solve
a different problem: support for applications which would use
environment variables and other configuration to bypass curses'
notion of the terminal's default colors, setting specific values.
Index: man/infotocap.1m
Prereq: 1.11
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/infotocap.1m 2010-12-04 18:38:55.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/infotocap.1m 2016-10-15 17:26:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.11 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infotocap.1m,v 1.12 2016/10/15 17:26:09 tom Exp $
.TH @INFOTOCAP@ 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
\*d
Compiled terminal description database.
.SH NOTES
-This utility is actually a link to \fI@TIC@\fR, running in \fI\-C\fR mode.
-You can use other \fI@TIC@\fR options such as \fB\-f\fR and \fB\-x\fR.
+This utility is actually a link to \fB@TIC@\fR, running in \fI\-C\fR mode.
+You can use other \fB@TIC@\fR options such as \fB\-f\fR and \fB\-x\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fB@TIC@\fR(1M),
Index: man/legacy_coding.3x
Prereq: 1.4
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/legacy_coding.3x 2010-12-04 18:49:20.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/legacy_coding.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2010,2016 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 *
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey
.\"
-.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.4 2010/12/04 18:49:20 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.5 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH legacy_coding 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBuse_legacy_coding\fR \- use terminal's default colors
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
.sp
\fBint use_legacy_coding(int level);\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The
-.I use_legacy_coding()
-function is an extension to the curses library.
+The \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP function is an extension to the curses library.
It allows the caller to change the result of \fBunctrl\fP,
and suppress related checks within the library that would normally
cause nonprinting characters to be rendered in visible form.
Index: man/menu_format.3x
Prereq: 1.13
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/menu_format.3x 2015-12-05 23:01:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/menu_format.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.13 2015/12/05 23:01:16 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_format.3x,v 1.14 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH menu_format 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBset_menu_format\fP,
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
The function \fBset_menu_format\fR sets the maximum display size of the given
menu. If this size is too small to display all menu items, the menu will be
made scrollable. If this size is larger than the menus subwindow and the
-subwindow is too small to display all menu items, \fBpost_menu()\fR will fail.
+subwindow is too small to display all menu items, \fBpost_menu\fR will fail.
.PP
The default format is 16 rows, 1 column. Calling \fBset_menu_format\fR with a
null menu pointer will change this default. A zero row or column argument to
Index: man/menu_post.3x
Prereq: 1.12
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/menu_post.3x 2015-12-05 23:42:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/menu_post.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" 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 *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: menu_post.3x,v 1.12 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: menu_post.3x,v 1.13 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH menu_post 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBpost_menu\fR,
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
Routine was called from an initialization or termination function.
.TP 5
.B E_NO_ROOM
-Menu is too large for its window. You should consider to use
-\fBset_menu_format()\fR to solve the problem.
+Menu is too large for its window.
+You should consider using \fBset_menu_format\fR to solve the problem.
.TP 5
.B E_NOT_POSTED
The menu has not been posted.
Index: man/panel.3x
Prereq: 1.19
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/panel.3x 2015-12-05 23:42:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/panel.3x 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -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: panel.3x,v 1.19 2015/12/05 23:42:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: panel.3x,v 1.20 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH panel 3X ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@
to be displayed above any other panel) and returns a
pointer to the new panel.
.TP
-.B update_panels()
+.B update_panels
refreshes the virtual screen to reflect the relations between the
-panels in the stack, but does not call doupdate() to refresh the
+panels in the stack, but does not call \fBdoupdate\fP to refresh the
physical screen.
Use this function and not \fBwrefresh\fP or \fBwnoutrefresh\fP.
.B update_panels
may be called more than once before a call to
-doupdate(), but doupdate() is the function responsible for updating
+\fBdoupdate\fP, but \fBdoupdate\fP is the function responsible for updating
the physical screen.
.TP
.B del_panel(pan)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
.B move_panel(pan,starty,startx)
moves the given panel window so that its upper-left corner is at
\fBstarty\fR, \fBstartx\fR. It does not change the position of the
-panel in the stack. Be sure to use this function, not \fBmvwin()\fR,
+panel in the stack. Be sure to use this function, not \fBmvwin\fR,
to move a panel window.
.TP
.B replace_panel(pan,window)
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@
The \fBPANEL\fR data structures are merely similar. The programmer
is cautioned not to directly use \fBPANEL\fR fields.
.P
-The functions \fBshow_panel()\fR and \fBtop_panel()\fR are identical
+The functions \fBshow_panel\fR and \fBtop_panel\fR are identical
in this implementation, and work equally well with displayed or hidden
-panels. In the native System V implementation, \fBshow_panel()\fR is
+panels. In the native System V implementation, \fBshow_panel\fR is
intended for making a hidden panel visible (at the top of the stack)
-and \fBtop_panel()\fR is intended for making an already-visible panel
+and \fBtop_panel\fR is intended for making an already-visible panel
move to the top of the stack. You are cautioned to use the correct
function to ensure compatibility with native panel libraries.
.SH NOTE
Index: man/tabs.1
Prereq: 1.12
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/tabs.1 2016-04-02 23:40:46.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/tabs.1 2016-10-15 16:16:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.12 2016/04/02 23:40:46 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.13 2016/10/15 16:16:38 tom Exp $
.TH @TABS@ 1 ""
.ds n 5
.de bP
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
Very few of the entries in the terminal database provide this capability.
.bP
There is no counterpart in X/Open Curses Issue 7 for this utility,
-unlike @TPUT@(3X).
+unlike @TPUT@(1).
.PP
The \fB\-d\fP (debug) and \fB\-n\fP (no-op) options are extensions not provided
by other implementations.
Index: man/term.5
Prereq: 1.22
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/term.5 2015-04-26 14:50:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/term.5 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -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 1.23 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH term 5
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
The compiled file is created with the
.B @TIC@
program, and read by the routine
-.IR setupterm .
+.BR setupterm .
The file is divided into six parts:
the header,
terminal names,
@@ -197,18 +197,18 @@
.
.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
Index: man/terminfo.head
Prereq: 1.21
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/terminfo.head 2013-03-09 22:11:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/terminfo.head 2016-10-15 17:02:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2016 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: terminfo.head,v 1.21 2013/03/09 22:11:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.head,v 1.22 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
.TH terminfo 5 "" "" "File Formats"
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
Index: man/terminfo.tail
Prereq: 1.69
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/man/terminfo.tail 2015-04-26 14:47:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/man/terminfo.tail 2016-10-15 18:34:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.69 2015/04/26 14:47:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.72 2016/10/15 18:34:58 tom Exp $
.\" Beginning of terminfo.tail file
.\" This file is part of ncurses.
.\" See "terminfo.head" for copyright.
@@ -156,20 +156,23 @@
Finally, characters may be given as three octal digits after a \fB\e\fR.
.PP
A delay in milliseconds may appear anywhere in a string capability, enclosed in
-$<..> brackets, as in \fBel\fP=\eEK$<5>, and padding characters are supplied by
-.I tputs
+$<..> brackets, as in \fBel\fP=\eEK$<5>,
+and padding characters are supplied by \fBtputs\fP
to provide this delay.
+.bP
The delay must be a number with at most one decimal
place of precision; it may be followed by suffixes \*(``*\*('' or \*(``/\*('' or both.
+.bP
A \*(``*\*(''
indicates that the padding required is proportional to the number of lines
affected by the operation, and the amount given is the per-affected-unit
padding required.
(In the case of insert character, the factor is still the
-number of
-.IR lines
-affected.) Normally, padding is advisory if the device has the \fBxon\fR
+number of \fIlines\fP affected.)
+.IP
+Normally, padding is advisory if the device has the \fBxon\fR
capability; it is used for cost computation but does not trigger delays.
+.bP
A \*(``/\*(''
suffix indicates that the padding is mandatory and forces a delay of the given
number of milliseconds even on devices for which \fBxon\fR is present to
@@ -409,16 +412,16 @@
avoiding interpreting "%\-" as an operator.
.TP
\f(CW%c\fP
-print pop() like %c in \fBprintf\fP
+print \fIpop()\fP like %c in \fBprintf\fP
.TP
\fB%s\fP
-print pop() like %s in \fBprintf\fP
+print \fIpop()\fP like %s in \fBprintf\fP
.TP
\fB%p\fP\fI[1\-9]\fP
push \fIi\fP'th parameter
.TP
\fB%P\fP\fI[a\-z]\fP
-set dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP to pop()
+set dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP to \fIpop()\fP
.TP
\fB%g\fP\fI[a\-z]/\fP
get dynamic variable \fI[a\-z]\fP and push it
@@ -445,7 +448,7 @@
push strlen(pop)
.TP
\fB%+\fP, \fB%\-\fP, \fB%*\fP, \fB%/\fP, \fB%m\fP
-arithmetic (%m is mod): \fIpush(pop() op pop())\fP
+arithmetic (%m is \fImod\fP): \fIpush(pop() op pop())\fP
.TP
\fB%&\fP, \fB%|\fP, \fB%^\fP
bit operations (AND, OR and exclusive-OR): \fIpush(pop() op pop())\fP
@@ -457,7 +460,7 @@
logical AND and OR operations (for conditionals)
.TP
\fB%!\fP, \fB%~\fP
-unary operations (logical and bit complement): push(op pop())
+unary operations (logical and bit complement): \fIpush(op pop())\fP
.TP
\fB%i\fP
add 1 to first two parameters (for ANSI terminals)
@@ -1156,9 +1159,8 @@
and
.BR is3
respectively.
-These strings are output by the
-.IR reset
-program, which is used when the terminal gets into a wedged state.
+These strings are output by the \fB@RESET@\fP program,
+which is used when the terminal gets into a wedged state.
Commands are normally placed in
.BR rs1 ,
.BR rs2
@@ -1173,10 +1175,7 @@
but it causes an annoying glitch of the screen and is not normally
needed since the terminal is usually already in 80 column mode.
.PP
-The
-.IR reset
-program writes strings
-including
+The \fB@RESET@\fP program writes strings including
.BR iprog ,
etc., in the same order as the
.IR init
@@ -1191,8 +1190,7 @@
.BR rs3 ,
or
.BR rf
-reset capability strings are missing, the
-.IR reset
+reset capability strings are missing, the \fB@RESET@\fP
program falls back upon the corresponding initialization capability string.
.PP
If there are commands to set and clear tab stops, they can be given as
@@ -1365,7 +1363,7 @@
If the terminal
supports other escape sequences to set background and foreground, they should
be coded as \fBsetf\fR and \fBsetb\fR, respectively.
-The \fIvidputs()\fR
+The \fBvidputs\fR
function and the refresh functions use \fBsetaf\fR and \fBsetab\fR if they are
defined."
.PP
@@ -1656,13 +1654,13 @@
translations are much more strictly limited (to 1023 bytes), thus termcap translations
of long terminfo entries can cause problems.
.PP
-The man pages for 4.3BSD and older versions of \fBtgetent()\fP instruct the user to
+The man pages for 4.3BSD and older versions of \fBtgetent\fP 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 \fBtgetent()\fP
+being used does, and where in the termcap file the terminal type that \fBtgetent\fP
is searching for is, several bad things can happen.
.PP
Some termcap libraries print a warning message or exit if they find an
@@ -1683,7 +1681,7 @@
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 \fBtgetent()\fP strips out while reading it.
+backslash-newline pairs, which \fBtgetent\fP strips out while reading it.
Some termcap libraries strip off the final newline, too (GNU termcap does not).
Now suppose:
.bP
@@ -1695,12 +1693,12 @@
the whole entry into the buffer, no matter what its length, to see
if it is the entry it wants,
.bP
-and \fBtgetent()\fP is searching for a terminal type that either is the
+and \fBtgetent\fP 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 \fBtgetent()\fP has to search
+does not appear in the file at all (so that \fBtgetent\fP has to search
the whole termcap file).
.PP
-Then \fBtgetent()\fP will overwrite memory, perhaps its stack, and probably core dump
+Then \fBtgetent\fP will overwrite memory, perhaps its stack, and probably core dump
the program.
Programs like telnet are particularly vulnerable; modern telnets
pass along values like the terminal type automatically.
@@ -1713,7 +1711,7 @@
.PP
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 \fBtgetent()\fP only does "tc" expansion once it is found the
+type, since \fBtgetent\fP only does "tc" expansion once it is found the
terminal type it was looking for, not while searching.
.PP
In summary, a termcap entry that is longer than 1023 bytes can cause,
Index: ncurses/llib-lncurses
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-lncurses 2015-08-15 19:06:20.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-lncurses 2016-10-15 23:25:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2015 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 *
@@ -3000,8 +3000,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
@@ -4269,6 +4269,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-lncursest
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-lncursest 2015-08-15 20:08:58.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-lncursest 2016-10-15 23:25:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2008-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -3015,8 +3015,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
@@ -4382,6 +4382,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-lncursestw
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-lncursestw 2015-08-15 19:07:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-lncursestw 2016-10-15 23:25:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -3798,8 +3798,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
@@ -5198,6 +5198,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-lncursesw
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-lncursesw 2015-08-15 20:03:43.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-lncursesw 2016-10-15 23:25:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -3783,8 +3783,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
@@ -5085,6 +5085,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-ltic
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltic 2015-08-15 19:06:29.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltic 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/alloc_entry.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_init_entry
void _nc_init_entry(
TERMTYPE *const tp)
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-ltict
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltict 2015-08-15 19:08:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltict 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/alloc_entry.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_init_entry
void _nc_init_entry(
TERMTYPE *const tp)
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-ltictw
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltictw 2015-08-15 19:08:02.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltictw 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/alloc_entry.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_init_entry
void _nc_init_entry(
TERMTYPE *const tp)
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-lticw
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-lticw 2015-08-15 19:07:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-lticw 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/alloc_entry.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_init_entry
void _nc_init_entry(
TERMTYPE *const tp)
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@
TERMTYPE *const tp)
{ /* void */ }
+#undef _nc_write_object
+int _nc_write_object(
+ TERMTYPE *tp,
+ char *buffer,
+ unsigned *offset,
+ unsigned limit)
+ { return(*(int *)0); }
+
#undef _nc_tic_written
int _nc_tic_written(void)
{ return(*(int *)0); }
Index: ncurses/llib-ltinfo
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltinfo 2015-08-15 19:06:34.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltinfo 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/access.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_rootname
char *_nc_rootname(
char *path)
@@ -318,8 +319,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
Index: ncurses/llib-ltinfot
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltinfot 2015-08-15 19:08:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltinfot 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/access.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_rootname
char *_nc_rootname(
char *path)
@@ -324,8 +325,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
Index: ncurses/llib-ltinfotw
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltinfotw 2015-08-15 19:08:08.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltinfotw 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/access.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_rootname
char *_nc_rootname(
char *path)
@@ -324,8 +325,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
Index: ncurses/llib-ltinfow
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/llib-ltinfow 2015-08-15 19:07:20.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/llib-ltinfow 2016-10-15 23:24:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2015,2016 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 *
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
/* ./tinfo/access.c */
#include <curses.priv.h>
+
#undef _nc_rootname
char *_nc_rootname(
char *path)
@@ -318,8 +319,8 @@
/* ./tinfo/lib_baudrate.c */
struct speed {
- short s;
- int sp;
+ int given_speed;
+ int actual_speed;
};
#undef _nc_baudrate
Index: ncurses/tty/tty_update.c
Prereq: 1.283
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c 2016-05-28 23:32:40.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/ncurses/tty/tty_update.c 2016-10-15 23:00:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
#include <ctype.h>
-MODULE_ID("$Id: tty_update.c,v 1.283 2016/05/28 23:32:40 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: tty_update.c,v 1.284 2016/10/15 23:00:29 tom Exp $")
/*
* This define controls the line-breakout optimization. Every once in a
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
TPARM_2(repeat_char,
CharOf(ntext0),
rep_count),
- rep_count,
+ 1,
NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_outch));
SP_PARM->_curscol += rep_count;
@@ -1736,7 +1736,7 @@
TPUTS_TRACE("parm_ich");
NCURSES_SP_NAME(tputs) (NCURSES_SP_ARGx
TPARM_1(parm_ich, count),
- count,
+ 1,
NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_outch));
while (count) {
PutAttrChar(NCURSES_SP_ARGx CHREF(*line));
@@ -1789,7 +1789,7 @@
TPUTS_TRACE("parm_dch");
NCURSES_SP_NAME(tputs) (NCURSES_SP_ARGx
TPARM_1(parm_dch, count),
- count,
+ 1,
NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_outch));
} else {
int n;
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20161008) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20161015) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:57:15 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:43:49 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20161008) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20161015) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:57:15 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:43:49 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/debian/changelog 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/debian/changelog 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20161008) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20161015) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sun, 02 Oct 2016 20:57:15 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 15 Oct 2016 11:43:49 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9-20120608) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq: 1.179
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.179 2016/10/03 00:57:15 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.180 2016/10/15 15:43:49 tom Exp $
; TODO add examples
; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
!define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
!define VERSION_MINOR "0"
!define VERSION_YYYY "2016"
-!define VERSION_MMDD "1008"
+!define VERSION_MMDD "1015"
!define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
!define MY_ABI "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: mingw32-ncurses6
Version: 6.0
-Release: 20161008
+Release: 20161015
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.0-20161008+/package/ncurses.spec 2016-10-03 00:57:15.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20161015/package/ncurses.spec 2016-10-15 15:43:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: ncurses6
Version: 6.0
-Release: 20161008
+Release: 20161015
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
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