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[PATCH 05/23] man/terminfo.tail: Tweak discussion of ADM-3A terminal.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 05/23] man/terminfo.tail: Tweak discussion of ADM-3A terminal.
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:34:09 -0600

* Drop the term "blank character", which is a term of art in curses;
  here, a humble space (U+0020) is meant.
* Stop setting non-acronym in a smaller typeface.  "LSI" and "ADM" are
  initialisms, not acronyms.
* Use `EX`/`EE` macros (if available) to set example of ADM-3A
  terminal's `cup` capability in a monospaced font on typesetters.
---
 man/terminfo.tail | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/terminfo.tail b/man/terminfo.tail
index b47d2326b..eefcfd30e 100644
--- a/man/terminfo.tail
+++ b/man/terminfo.tail
@@ -632,10 +632,13 @@ This is necessary because it is not always safe to 
transmit \fB\en\fP
 tabs are never expanded, so \et is safe to send.
 This turns out to be essential for the Ann Arbor 4080.)
 .PP
-A final example is the \s-1LSI ADM\s0-3a, which uses line and column
-offset by a blank character, thus
+A final example is the LSI ADM-3A,
+which uses line and column offset by a space,
+thus
 .RS
+.EX
 cup=\eE=%p1%\*' \*'%+%c%p2%\*' \*'%+%c
+.EE
 .RE
 .PP
 After sending \*(``\eE=\*('', this pushes the first parameter, pushes the
-- 
2.30.2

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