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[PATCH 13/19] man/ncurses.3x: Fix content and style nits.
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[PATCH 13/19] man/ncurses.3x: Fix content and style nits. |
Date: |
Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:46:59 -0500 |
* Make it clearer that it's the terminal driver, not curses, that
decides how key events are encoded.
* Use better preposition when discussing terminfo compiled database
directory structure.
---
man/ncurses.3x | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 5631cfe11..e2c3c935a 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -333,17 +333,19 @@ .SS Overview
.I curses
is implemented using the operating system's terminal driver;
key events are received not as scan codes but as byte sequences.
-Graphical keycaps
+The driver reports graphical keycaps
(alphanumeric and punctuation keys,
and the space)
-appear as-is.
+as-is.
Everything else,
including the tab,
enter/return,
keypad,
arrow,
and function keys,
-appears as a control character or a multibyte
+appears to
+.I curses
+as a control character or a multibyte
.I "escape sequence."
.I curses
can translate the latter into unique
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@ .SS "\fITERMINFO\fP"
Descriptions in
.I \%term\%info
format are normally stored in a directory tree using subdirectories
-named by the common first letters of the terminal types named therein.
+named for the common first letters of the terminal types named therein.
This is the scheme used in System\ V.
.bP
If
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