Bug#1329: ncurses manpages - two infelicities
Package: ncurses-runtime, ncurses-developer
Version: 1.9.3-1
The capability table in terminfo(5) is badly formatted:
Variable Cap- I. Description
Booleans name Code
auto_left_margin, bw bw cub1 wraps from column 0 to last
column
auto_right_margin, am am Terminal has automatic margins
back_color_erase, bce ut screen erased with background color
can_change, ccc cc terminal can re-define existing colors
ceol_standout_glitch, xhp xs Standout not erased by overwriting
(hp)
(It continues in the same vein).
ncurses(3ncurses) contains the following:
Windows are referred to by variables declared as WINDOW *.
These data structures are manipulated with routines
described on 3X pages (whose names begin ""). Among which
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the most basic routines are move and addch. More general
versions of these routines are included with names begin-
ning with w, allowing the user to specify a window. The
routines not beginning with w affect stdscr.)
This does not reflect the manpage arrangement in Debian - we have the
manpages as foo(3ncurses) rather than curs_foo(3x).
Ian.
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