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Diffstat (limited to 'devel/ncurses')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/ncurses/pkg-comment | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/ncurses/pkg-descr | 19 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/devel/ncurses/pkg-comment b/devel/ncurses/pkg-comment index 1e87c6b6c466..033ac8d2641d 100644 --- a/devel/ncurses/pkg-comment +++ b/devel/ncurses/pkg-comment @@ -1 +1 @@ -SVr4 and XSI-Curses compatible curses library +Library for terminal-independent, full-screen output (color, etc). diff --git a/devel/ncurses/pkg-descr b/devel/ncurses/pkg-descr index dbebd4e9dc5a..d47a6df4f45a 100644 --- a/devel/ncurses/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/ncurses/pkg-descr @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ - SVr4 and XSI-Curses compatible curses library and terminfo -tools including tic, infocmp, captoinfo. The library can -be configured to fall back to reading /etc/termcap for -backward compatibility with BSD curses, but the distribution -includes a copy of the master terminfo database. Supports -color, multiple highlights, forms-drawing characters, and -automatic recognition of keypad and function-key sequences. - Approved to replace 4.4BSD curses. +The ncurses software includes a SVr4 and XSI-Curses compatible +curses library as well as terminfo tools include "tic", "infocmp", +and "captoinfo". The library is used by other programs for text-mode +support of color, multiple highlights, forms-drawing characters, +automatic recognition of keybad and function-key sequences, and +more. + +The ncurses library uses a terminfo database (included), but can +be configured to use BSD's /etc/termcap file instead. This has +been approved by the old 4.4BSD curses maintainer as the official +4.4BSD curses successor. |