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41 .Nd curses termcap querying routines
47 .Fn fullname "char *termbuf" "char *name"
49 .Fn getcap "char *name"
55 function takes the termcap entry in
57 and copies the full name of the terminal from the entry into the
60 The full name of the terminal is assumed to be the last alias in the
62 It is assumed that the
64 variable has sufficient storage to hold the full name of the terminal.
66 A termcap entry can be retrieved by calling the
68 function with the name of the capability in
70 The matching capability string for the terminal is returned.
74 function returns a verbose description of the terminal which is taken
75 from the last name alias in the termcap description for the terminal.
76 This string will be at most 128 characters long and will only be
77 defined after a call to
82 Functions returning pointers will return
84 if an error is detected.
85 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
88 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
90 The function completed successfully.
92 An error occurred in the function.
99 library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
100 Single Unix Specification.
102 The Curses package appeared in