[PATCH 40/61] man/terminfo.tail: Revise discussion of capability portability.

[G. Branden Robinson]

* Set "terminfo", "curses", and "ncurses" it italics.
* Protect "terminfo", "ncurses", and capability names from hyphenation.
* Stop redundantly referring to XSI Curses as a standard.  That's all it
  was--there was no implementation.
* Favor operating system names over vendor names (SGI -> IRIX).
* Recast list as a set of sentences.  Stop boldfacing OS names.
* Spell OSF (Unix) as "OSF/1".
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 man/terminfo.tail | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/terminfo.tail b/man/terminfo.tail
index f207e597..d07819c3 100644
--- a/man/terminfo.tail
+++ b/man/terminfo.tail
@@ -2051,36 +2051,45 @@ an absent or cancelled \fBncv\fP.
 If italics should work with colors,
 then the \fBncv\fP value must be specified, even if it is zero.
 .PP
-Different commercial ports of terminfo and curses support different subsets of
-the XSI Curses standard and (in some cases) different extension sets.
-Here
-is a summary, accurate as of October 1995:
-.bP
-\fBSVR4, Solaris, ncurses\fP \-\-
-These support all SVr4 capabilities.
-.bP
-\fBSGI\fP \-\-
-Supports the SVr4 set, adds one undocumented extended string
-capability (\fBset_pglen\fP).
-.bP
-\fBSVr1, Ultrix\fP \-\-
-These support a restricted subset of terminfo capabilities.
-The booleans end with \fBxon_xoff\fP;
-the numerics with \fBwidth_status_line\fP;
-and the strings with \fBprtr_non\fP.
-.bP
-\fBHP/UX\fP \-\-
-Supports the SVr1 subset, plus the SVr[234] numerics \fBnum_labels\fP,
-\fBlabel_height\fP, \fBlabel_width\fP, plus function keys 11 through 63, plus
-\fBplab_norm\fP, \fBlabel_on\fP, and \fBlabel_off\fP, plus some incompatible
-extensions in the string table.
-.bP
-\fBAIX\fP \-\-
-Supports the SVr1 subset, plus function keys 11 through 63, plus a number
-of incompatible string table extensions.
-.bP
-\fBOSF\fP \-\-
-Supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
+Different commercial ports of \fI\%terminfo\fP and \fIcurses\fP support
+different subsets of XSI Curses and
+(in some cases)
+different extensions.
+Here is a summary,
+accurate as of October 1995,
+after which the commercial Unix market contracted and lost diversity.
+.bP
+SVr4,
+Solaris,
+and \fI\%ncurses\fP support all SVr4 capabilities.
+.bP
+IRIX supports the SVr4 set and adds one undocumented extended string
+capability (\fB\%set_pglen\fP).
+.bP
+SVr1 and Ultrix support a restricted subset of \fI\%terminfo\fP
+capabilities.
+The Booleans end with \fB\%xon_xoff\fP;
+the numerics with \fB\%width_status_line\fP;
+and the strings with \fB\%prtr_non\fP.
+.bP
+HP/UX supports the SVr1 subset,
+plus the SVr[234] numerics
+\fB\%num_labels\fP,
+\fB\%label_height\fP,
+\fB\%label_width\fP,
+plus function keys 11 through 63,
+plus
+\fB\%plab_norm\fP,
+\fB\%label_on\fP,
+and
+\fB\%label_off\fP,
+plus a number of incompatible string table extensions.
+.bP
+AIX supports the SVr1 subset,
+plus function keys 11 through 63,
+plus a number of incompatible string table extensions.
+.bP
+OSF/1 supports both the SVr4 set and the AIX extensions.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 .I \*d
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