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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libcurses/terminfo.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libcurses/terminfo.3 | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libcurses/terminfo.3 b/lib/libcurses/terminfo.3 index b67efcb8bdf..456bf701367 100644 --- a/lib/libcurses/terminfo.3 +++ b/lib/libcurses/terminfo.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: terminfo.3,v 1.5 1999/08/15 11:41:04 millert Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: terminfo.3,v 1.6 1999/11/28 17:53:40 millert Exp $ .\" .\"*************************************************************************** .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $From: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.11 1999/07/31 21:41:29 tom Exp $ +.\" $From: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.12 1999/10/17 01:11:59 tom Exp $ .TH terminfo 3 "" .ds n 5 .SH NAME @@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ 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. + +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 +the window before resuming normal curses calls. +Both ncurses and System V Release 4 curses implement \fBmvcur\fR using +the SCREEN data allocated in either \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR. +So though it is documented as a terminfo function, +\fBmvcur\fR is really a curses function which is not well specified. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3), \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3), \fBtermcap\fR(3), \fBputc\fR(3), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) |