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From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[PATCH 27/61] man/tset.1: Relocate more material. |
Date: |
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:04:27 -0600 |
Arrange "PORTABILITY" and "HISTORY" sections in that order, between
"FILES" and "SEE ALSO", to more closely resemble other ncurses man
pages.
---
man/tset.1 | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/tset.1 b/man/tset.1
index 88db2ff8..504bdbbb 100644
--- a/man/tset.1
+++ b/man/tset.1
@@ -288,34 +288,29 @@ .SH OPTIONS
notation, i.e., control-h may be specified as \*(``\*^H\*('' or \*(``\*^h\*(''.
.PP
If neither \fB\-c\fP or \fB\-w\fP is given, both options are assumed.
-.
-.SH HISTORY
-A \fBreset\fP command appeared in 1BSD (March 1978), written by Kurt Shoens.
-This program set the \fIerase\fP and \fIkill\fP characters
-to \fB\*^H\fP (backspace) and \fB@\fP respectively.
-Mark Horton improved that in 3BSD (October 1979), adding
-\fIintr\fP, \fIquit\fP, \fIstart\fP/\fIstop\fP and \fIeof\fP characters
-as well as changing the program to avoid modifying any user settings.
-That version of \fBreset\fP did not use the termcap database.
-.PP
-A separate \fBtset\fP command was provided in 1BSD by Eric Allman,
-using the termcap database.
-Allman's comments in the source code indicate
-that he began work in October 1977,
-continuing development over the next few years.
-.PP
-According to comments in the source code,
-the \fBtset\fP program was modified in September 1980,
-to use logic copied from the 3BSD \*(``reset\*(''
-when it was invoked as \fBreset\fP.
-This version appeared in 4.1cBSD, late in 1982.
-.PP
-Other developers (e.g., Keith Bostic and Jim Bloom)
-continued to modify \fBtset\fP until 4.4BSD was released in 1993.
-.PP
-The \fBncurses\fP implementation
-was lightly adapted from the 4.4BSD sources for a terminfo environment by Eric
-S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+The \fB@TSET@\fP command uses these environment variables:
+.TP 5
+SHELL
+tells \fB@TSET@\fP whether to initialize \fBTERM\fP using \fBsh\fP(1) or
+\fBcsh\fP(1) syntax.
+.TP 5
+TERM
+Denotes your terminal type.
+Each terminal type is distinct, though many are similar.
+.TP 5
+TERMCAP
+may denote the location of a termcap database.
+If it is not an absolute pathname, e.g., begins with a \*(``/\*('',
+\fB@TSET@\fP removes the variable from the environment before looking
+for the terminal description.
+.SH FILES
+.TP 5
+/etc/ttys
+system port name to terminal type mapping database (BSD versions only).
+.TP
+.I \*d
+compiled terminal description database directory
.SH PORTABILITY
Neither IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
(POSIX.1-2008) nor
@@ -404,29 +399,33 @@ .SH PORTABILITY
Those have the drawback that if the window is resized,
those variables must be recomputed and reassigned.
To do this more easily, use the \fBresize\fP(1) program.
-.SH ENVIRONMENT
-The \fB@TSET@\fP command uses these environment variables:
-.TP 5
-SHELL
-tells \fB@TSET@\fP whether to initialize \fBTERM\fP using \fBsh\fP(1) or
-\fBcsh\fP(1) syntax.
-.TP 5
-TERM
-Denotes your terminal type.
-Each terminal type is distinct, though many are similar.
-.TP 5
-TERMCAP
-may denote the location of a termcap database.
-If it is not an absolute pathname, e.g., begins with a \*(``/\*('',
-\fB@TSET@\fP removes the variable from the environment before looking
-for the terminal description.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 5
-/etc/ttys
-system port name to terminal type mapping database (BSD versions only).
-.TP
-.I \*d
-compiled terminal description database directory
+.SH HISTORY
+A \fBreset\fP command appeared in 1BSD (March 1978), written by Kurt Shoens.
+This program set the \fIerase\fP and \fIkill\fP characters
+to \fB\*^H\fP (backspace) and \fB@\fP respectively.
+Mark Horton improved that in 3BSD (October 1979), adding
+\fIintr\fP, \fIquit\fP, \fIstart\fP/\fIstop\fP and \fIeof\fP characters
+as well as changing the program to avoid modifying any user settings.
+That version of \fBreset\fP did not use the termcap database.
+.PP
+A separate \fBtset\fP command was provided in 1BSD by Eric Allman,
+using the termcap database.
+Allman's comments in the source code indicate
+that he began work in October 1977,
+continuing development over the next few years.
+.PP
+According to comments in the source code,
+the \fBtset\fP program was modified in September 1980,
+to use logic copied from the 3BSD \*(``reset\*(''
+when it was invoked as \fBreset\fP.
+This version appeared in 4.1cBSD, late in 1982.
+.PP
+Other developers (e.g., Keith Bostic and Jim Bloom)
+continued to modify \fBtset\fP until 4.4BSD was released in 1993.
+.PP
+The \fBncurses\fP implementation
+was lightly adapted from the 4.4BSD sources for a terminfo environment by Eric
+S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%csh\fP(1),
\fB\%sh\fP(1),
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