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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x index 83a01ea..0dceb97 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.17 2010/12/04 18:36:58 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.19 2013/07/20 19:34:14 tom Exp $ .TH curs_initscr 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' .na .hy 0 .SH NAME @@ -121,10 +125,19 @@ Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, may have returned a null pointer from \fBinitscr\fR when an error is detected, rather than exiting. It is safe but redundant to check the return value of \fBinitscr\fR in XSI Curses. +.PP +If the TERM variable is missing or empty, \fBinitscr\fP uses the +value \*(``unknown\*('', +which normally corresponds to a terminal entry with the \fIgeneric\fP +(\fIgn\fP) capability. +Generic entries are detected by \fBsetupterm\fP(3X) and cannot be +used for full-screen operation. +Other implementations may handle a missing/empty TERM variable differently. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), \fBcurs_slk\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_terminfo\fR(3X), \fBcurs_util\fR(3X), \fBcurs_variables\fR(3X). |
