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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail')
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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail b/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail index 7b019db34856..65a83c990cf2 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/terminfo.tail @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.29 1999/03/07 02:09:07 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.32 2000/04/15 20:04:58 tom Exp $ .\" Beginning of terminfo.tail file .ps +1 .PP @@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ The \fB%\fR encodings have the following meanings: \s-1%% outputs `%' %\fI[[\fP:\fI]flags][width[.precision]][\fPdoxXs\fI]\fP as in \fBprintf\fP, flags are [-+#] and space - %c print pop() gives %c + %c print pop() like %c in printf() + %s print pop() like %s in printf() %p[1-9] push \fIi\fP'th parm %P[a-z] set dynamic variable [a-z] to pop() @@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ The \fB%\fR encodings have the following meanings: %= %> %< logical operations: push(pop() op pop()) %A, %O logical and & or operations (for conditionals) %! %~ unary operations push(op pop()) - %i add 1 to first two parms (for ANSI terminals) + %i add 1 to first two parameters (for ANSI terminals) %? expr %t thenpart %e elsepart %; if-then-else, %e elsepart is optional. @@ -1326,16 +1327,20 @@ capabilities of the form \fBx\fR\fIx\fR. .PP .SS Similar Terminals .PP -If there are two very similar terminals, -one can be defined as being just like the other with certain exceptions. -The string capability \fBuse\fR can be given -with the name of the similar terminal. -The capabilities given before +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 variant, the string capability \fBuse\fR can be given with +the name of the base terminal. The capabilities given before .B use -override those in the terminal type invoked by +override those in the base type named by .BR use . +If there are multiple \fBuse\fR capabilities, they are merged in reverse order. +That is, the rightmost \fBuse\fR reference is processed first, then the one to +its left, and so forth. Capabilities given explicitly in the entry override +those brought in by \fBuse\fR references. +.PP A capability can be canceled by placing \fBxx@\fR to the left of the -capability definition, where xx is the capability. +use reference that imports it, where \fIxx\fP is the capability. For example, the entry .PP 2621-nl, smkx@, rmkx@, use=2621, @@ -1425,10 +1430,6 @@ 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 and XSI Curses extensions. .SH EXTENSIONS -The %x operator in parameterized strings is unique to the ncurses implementation -of \fBtparm\fR (it is required in order to support an unfortunate choice of -\fBinitc\fR format on the Linux console). -.PP Some SVr4 \fBcurses\fR implementations, and all previous to SVr4, don't interpret the %A and %O operators in parameter strings. .PP |