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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man1/tset.1 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man1/tset.1 index cee05757..df53565e 100644 --- a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man1/tset.1 +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man1/tset.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: tset.1,v 1.79 2023/12/23 16:20:07 tom Exp $ -.TH tset 1 2023-12-23 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands" +.\" $Id: tset.1,v 1.85 2024/04/27 17:57:47 tom Exp $ +.TH tset 1 2024-04-27 "ncurses 6.5" "User commands" .ie \n(.g \{\ .ds `` \(lq .ds '' \(rq @@ -391,23 +391,25 @@ to set the window size if \fBtset\fP is not able to obtain the window size from the operating system. .bP In \fI\%ncurses\fP, \fBtset\fP obtains the window size using -\fBsetupterm\fP, which may be from +\fB\%setupterm\fP(3NCURSES), which may be from the operating system, the \fILINES\fP and \fICOLUMNS\fP environment variables or the terminal description. .PP -Obtaining the window size from the terminal description is common to -both implementations, but considered obsolescent. +Obtaining the window size from a terminal's type description is common +to both implementations, +but considered obsolescent. Its only practical use is for hardware terminals. -Generally speaking, a window size would be unset only if there were -some problem obtaining the value from the operating system -(and \fBsetupterm\fP would still fail). -For that reason, -the \fILINES\fP and \fI\%COLUMNS\fP environment variables -may be useful for working around window-size problems. -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. +Generally, +the window size will remain uninitialized only if there were a problem +obtaining the value from the operating system +(and \fB\%setupterm\fP would still fail). +The \fILINES\fP and \fI\%COLUMNS\fP environment variables +may thus be useful for working around window-size problems, +but have the drawback that if the window is resized, +their values must be recomputed and reassigned. +The \fI\%resize\fP(1) program distributed with +\fI\%xterm\fP(1) assists this activity. .SH HISTORY A \fB\%reset\fP command written by Kurt Shoens appeared in 1BSD (March 1978). |