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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-23 10:23:51 +1200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-08-23 10:24:05 +1200 |
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termcap.5: Minor wording fixes
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man5/termcap.5 b/man5/termcap.5 index e580ba21c6..aa6fd487c8 100644 --- a/man5/termcap.5 +++ b/man5/termcap.5 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ termcap \- terminal capability database The termcap database is an obsolete facility for describing the capabilities of character-cell terminals and printers. It is retained only for capability with old programs; -new ones should use the +new programs should use the .BR terminfo (5) database and associated libraries. .LP @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ The first field of each entry starts at the left-hand margin, and contains a list of names for the terminal, separated by \(aq|\(aq. .LP The first subfield may (in BSD termcap entries from versions 4.3 and -prior) contain a short name consisting of two characters. +earlier) contain a short name consisting of two characters. This short name may consist of capital or small letters. -In 4.4BSD termcap entries this field is omitted. +In 4.4BSD, termcap entries this field is omitted. .LP The second subfield (first, in the newer 4.4BSD format) contains the name used by the environment variable @@ -422,14 +422,14 @@ because it terminates the string. You should reset tabulator expansion if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter. .IP Warning: -The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong, they document Minix +The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong: they document Minix termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap. .LP The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities: .IP as start the alternative charset .IP ae -end it +end the alternative charset .IP ac pairs of characters. The first character is the name of the block graphic @@ -465,8 +465,9 @@ x vertical line (|) ~ paragraph (???) .fi .sp -The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by curses, -if the capabilities are missing. +The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by the +.IR curses +library, if the capabilities are missing. .SH SEE ALSO .BR ncurses (3), .BR termcap (3), |