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    22<title>Contents</title>
    33
    4 <para>
    5 The Ncurses package contains the ncurses, panel, menu and form
     4<para>The Ncurses package contains the ncurses, panel, menu and form
    65libraries. It also contains the tic, infocmp, clear, tput, toe and tset
    7 programs.
    8 </para>
     6programs.</para>
    97
    108</sect2>
    … …  
    1412<sect3><title>The libraries</title>
    1513
    16 <para>
    17 The libraries that make up the Ncurses library are used to display text
     14<para>The libraries that make up the Ncurses library are used to display text
    1815(often in a fancy way) on the screen. An example where ncurses is used
    1916is in the kernel's <quote>make menuconfig</quote> process. The libraries
    2017contain routines to create panels, menu's, form and general text display
    21 routines.
    22 </para>
     18routines.</para>
    2319
    2420</sect3>
    … …  
    2622<sect3><title>Tic</title>
    2723
    28 <para>
    29 Tic is the terminfo entry-description compiler. The program translates a
     24<para>Tic is the terminfo entry-description compiler. The program translates a
    3025terminfo file from source format into the binary format for use with the
    3126ncurses library routines. Terminfo files contain information about the
    32 capabilities of a terminal.
    33 </para>
     27capabilities of a terminal.</para>
    3428
    3529</sect3>
    … …  
    3731<sect3><title>Infocmp</title>
    3832
    39 <para>
    40 The infocmp program can be used to compare a binary terminfo entry with
     33<para>The infocmp program can be used to compare a binary terminfo entry with
    4134other
    4235terminfo entries, rewrite a terminfo description to take advantage of
    … …  
    4437use=  terminfo field, or print  out  a  terminfo  description  from the
    4538binary
    46 file (term) in a variety of formats (the opposite of what tic does).
    47 </para>
     39file (term) in a variety of formats (the opposite of what tic does).</para>
    4840
    4941</sect3>
    … …  
    5143<sect3><title>clear</title>
    5244
    53 <para>
    54 The clear program clears the screen if this is possible.  It looks in
     45<para>The clear program clears the screen if this is possible.  It looks in
    5546the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database
    5647to
    57 figure out how to clear the screen.
    58 </para>
     48figure out how to clear the screen.</para>
    5949
    6050</sect3>
    … …  
    6252<sect3><title>tput</title>
    6353
    64 <para>
    65 The tput program uses the terminfo database to make the values of
     54<para>The tput program uses the terminfo database to make the values of
    6655terminal-dependent capabilities and  information available to the shell,
    6756to
    6857initialize or reset the terminal, or return the long name of the
    6958requested
    70 terminal type.
    71 </para>
     59terminal type.</para>
    7260
    7361</sect3>
    … …  
    7563<sect3><title>toe</title>
    7664
    77 <para>
    78 The toe program lists all available terminal types by primary name with
    79 descriptions.
    80 </para>
     65<para>The toe program lists all available terminal types by primary name with
     66descriptions.</para>
    8167
    8268</sect3>
    … …  
    8470<sect3><title>tset</title>
    8571
    86 <para>
    87 The Tset program initializes terminals so they can be used, but it's not
    88 widely used anymore. It's provided for 4.4BSD compatibility.
    89 </para>
     72<para>The Tset program initializes terminals so they can be used, but it's not
     73widely used anymore. It's provided for 4.4BSD compatibility.</para>
    9074
    9175</sect3>
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