Import ncurses-5.2-20010512 onto the vendor branch

Obtained from: ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/
author: peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> 2001-05-17 08:21:06 +0000
committer: peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> 2001-05-17 08:21:06 +0000
commit: b7ada7f2444f41b672faef4f93e446bdf8584cf9 (patch)
tree: e83b2ef47811e687a6c54035c9af6d4a2b7f14e1 /contrib/ncurses/man
parent: a81407a537bfd1ab9e48c69007eb6b30e66d271b (diff)
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8 files changed, 43 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_deleteln.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_deleteln.3x
index 8e48384..8b39402 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_deleteln.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_deleteln.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_deleteln.3x,v 1.6 2000/07/01 19:56:12 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_deleteln.3x,v 1.7 2000/11/11 20:43:20 Bernhard.Rosenkraenzer Exp $
 .TH curs_deleteln 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBdeleteln\fR,
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ bottom lines are lost.  For negative \fIn\fR, delete \fIn\fR lines (starting
 with the one under the cursor), and move the remaining lines up.  The bottom
 \fIn\fR lines are cleared.  The current cursor position remains the same.
 
-The \fBinsertln\fR and \fBinsertln\fR routines, insert a blank line above the
+The \fBinsertln\fR and \fBwinsertln\fR routines, insert a blank line above the
 current line and the bottom line is lost.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR (SVr4
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x
index b2b20ef..56028f8 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getch.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.17 2000/07/01 16:45:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.18 2001/02/25 00:20:30 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_getch 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBgetch\fR,
@@ -223,6 +223,15 @@ Use of the escape key by a programmer for a single character function is
 discouraged, as it will cause a delay of up to one second while the
 keypad code looks for a following function-key sequence.
 
+Note that some keys may be the same as commonly used control
+keys, e.g., KEY_ENTER versus control/M, KEY_BACKSPACE versus control/H.
+Some curses implementations may differ according to whether they
+treat these control keys specially (and ignore the terminfo), or
+use the terminfo definitions.
+\fBNcurses\fR uses the terminfo definition.
+If it says that KEY_ENTER is control/M, \fBgetch\fR, will return KEY_ENTER
+when you press control/M.
+
 When using \fBgetch\fR, \fBwgetch\fR, \fBmvgetch\fR, or
 \fBmvwgetch\fR, nocbreak mode (\fBnocbreak\fR) and echo mode
 (\fBecho\fR) should not be used at the same time.  Depending on the
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_outopts.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_outopts.3x
index 4c5bf1f..3ba7cf5 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_outopts.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_outopts.3x
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.14 2000/02/27 01:41:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.16 2001/03/31 23:47:31 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_outopts 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBclearok\fR, \fBidlok\fR, \fBidcok immedok\fR,
+\fBclearok\fR, \fBidlok\fR, \fBidcok\fR, \fBimmedok\fR,
 \fBleaveok\fR, \fBsetscrreg\fR, \fBwsetscrreg\fR, \fBscrollok\fR,
 \fBnl\fR, \fBnonl\fR - \fBcurses\fR output options
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ It is disabled by default.
 Normally, the hardware cursor is left at the location of the window cursor
 being refreshed.  The \fBleaveok\fR option allows the cursor to be left
 wherever the update happens to leave it.  It is useful for applications where
-the cursor is not used, since it reduces the need for cursor motions.  If
-possible, the cursor is made invisible when this option is enabled.
+the cursor is not used, since it reduces the need for cursor motions.
 
 The \fBsetscrreg\fR and \fBwsetscrreg\fR routines allow the application
 programmer to set a software scrolling region in a window.  \fItop\fR and
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_slk.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_slk.3x
index c52a705..8f1ae8a 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_slk.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_slk.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.10 2000/07/01 17:52:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.11 2001/03/03 21:05:41 Todd.C.Miller Exp $
 .TH curs_slk 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBslk_init\fR, \fBslk_set\fR, \fBslk_refresh\fR,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 \fBslk_clear\fR, \fBslk_restore\fR, \fBslk_touch\fR,
 \fBslk_attron\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR, \fBslk_attroff\fR,
 \fBslk_attr_on\fR, \fBslk_attr_set\fR, \fBslk_attr_off\fR,
-\fBslk_attr\fR \fBslk_color\fR - \fBcurses\fR soft label routines
+\fBslk_attr\fR, \fBslk_color\fR - \fBcurses\fR soft label routines
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_termcap.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_termcap.3x
index 01395bf..c7bd81a 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_termcap.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_termcap.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.13 2000/07/01 20:10:57 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_termcap.3x,v 1.14 2000/12/02 22:47:14 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_termcap 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 .br
 \fB#include <term.h>\fR
 .br
-\fBint tgetent(const char *bp, char *name);\fR
+\fBint tgetent(char *bp, const char *name);\fR
 .br
-\fBint tgetflag(const char *id);\fR
+\fBint tgetflag(char *id);\fR
 .br
-\fBint tgetnum(const char *id);\fR
+\fBint tgetnum(char *id);\fR
 .br
-\fBchar *tgetstr(const char *id, char **area);\fR
+\fBchar *tgetstr(char *id, char **area);\fR
 .br
 \fBchar *tgoto(const char *cap, int col, int row);\fR
 .br
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ The return value will also be copied to the buffer pointed to by \fIarea\fR,
 and the \fIarea\fR value will be updated to point past the null ending
 this value.
 
+Only the first two characters of the \fBid\fR parameter of
+\fBtgetflag\fR,
+\fBtgetnum\fR and
+\fBtgetstr\fR are compared in lookups.
+
 The \fBtgoto\fR routine instantiates the parameters into the given capability.
 The output from this routine is to be passed to \fBtputs\fR.
 
@@ -96,7 +101,11 @@ If you call \fBtgetstr\fR to fetch \fBca\fR or any other parameterized string,
 be aware that it will be returned in terminfo notation, not the older and
 not-quite-compatible termcap notation.  This won't cause problems if all
 you do with it is call \fBtgoto\fR or \fBtparm\fR, which both expand
-terminfo-style.
+terminfo-style strings as terminfo.
+(The \fBtgoto\fR function, if configured to support termcap, will check
+if the string is indeed terminfo-style by looking for "%p" parameters or
+"$<..>" delays, and invoke a termcap-style parser if the string does not
+appear to be terminfo).
 
 Because terminfo conventions for representing padding in string capabilities
 differ from termcap's, \fBtputs("50");\fR will put out a literal "50" rather
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index bb5c8ca..d55fa24 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.13 2000/07/01 20:07:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.14 2000/12/03 00:07:23 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
 .ds n 5
 .SH NAME
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ In System V Release 4, the third argument of \fBtputs\fR has the type
 
 The XSI Curses standard prototypes \fBtparm\fR with a fixed number of parameters,
 rather than a variable argument list.
+That prototype assumes that none of the parameters are strings
+(or if so, that a long is big enough to hold a pointer).
+The variable argument list implemented in ncurses does not rely on
+that assumption.
 
 XSI notes that after calling \fBmvcur\fR, the curses state may not match the
 actual terminal state, and that an application should touch and refresh
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x
index 3b36fa9..6ce50d8 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.44 2000/10/08 01:39:26 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.46 2000/11/25 21:58:45 tom Exp $
 .hy 0
 .TH ncurses 3X ""
 .ds n 5
@@ -699,14 +699,14 @@ ncurses library, e.g.,
 .TP 5
 TERMINFO_DIRS
 Specifies a list of directories to search for terminal descriptions.
-The list is separated by colons (i.e., ":").
+The list is separated by colons (i.e., ":") on Unix, semicolons on OS/2 EMX.
 All of the terminal descriptions are in terminfo form, which makes
 a subdirectory named for the first letter of the terminal names therein.
 .TP 5
 TERMPATH
 If TERMCAP does not hold a file name then \fBncurses\fR checks
 the TERMPATH symbol.
-This is a list of filenames separated by colons (i.e., ":").
+This is a list of filenames separated by spaces or colons (i.e., ":") on Unix, semicolons on OS/2 EMX.
 If the TERMPATH symbol is not set, \fBncurses\fR looks in the files
 /etc/termcap, /usr/share/misc/termcap and $HOME/.termcap, in that order.
 .PP
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail b/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail
index 65a83c9..e39230f 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.32 2000/04/15 20:04:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.33 2000/10/14 14:06:50 tom Exp $
 .\" Beginning of terminfo.tail file
 .ps +1
 .PP
@@ -912,7 +912,8 @@ output
 .BR is2 ;
 set the margins using
 .BR mgc ,
-.BR smgl and
+.BR smgl
+and
 .BR smgr ;
 set tabs using
 .B tbc
author	peter <peter@FreeBSD.org>	2001-05-17 08:21:06 +0000
committer	peter <peter@FreeBSD.org>	2001-05-17 08:21:06 +0000
commit	b7ada7f2444f41b672faef4f93e446bdf8584cf9 (patch)
tree	e83b2ef47811e687a6c54035c9af6d4a2b7f14e1 /contrib/ncurses/man
parent	a81407a537bfd1ab9e48c69007eb6b30e66d271b (diff)
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