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+++ b/man/tset.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2024,2025 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 1.85 2024/04/27 17:57:47 tom Exp $
-.TH @TSET@ 1 2024-04-27 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: tset.1,v 1.94 2025/01/19 00:51:54 tom Exp $
+.TH @TSET@ 1 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.
-.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
\fB\%@TSET@\fP,
\fB\%@RESET@\fP \-
@@ -124,7 +123,10 @@ the backspace, interrupt and line kill characters
unless the \*(``\fB\-I\fP\*('' option is enabled,
the terminal
and tab \fIinitialization\fP strings are sent to the standard error output,
-and \fB@TSET@\fP waits one second (in case a hardware reset was issued).
+and,
+if the terminal device does not appear to be a pseudoterminal
+(as might be used by a terminal emulator program),
+\fB@TSET@\fP waits one second in case a hardware reset was issued.
.bP
Finally, if the erase, interrupt and line kill characters have changed,
or are not set to their default values, their values are displayed to the
@@ -133,13 +135,13 @@ standard error output.
When invoked as \fB@RESET@\fP, \fB@TSET@\fP sets the terminal
modes to \*(``sane\*('' values:
.bP
-sets cooked and echo modes,
+sets canonical (\*(``cooked\*('') and echo modes,
.bP
turns off cbreak and raw modes,
.bP
turns on newline translation and
.bP
-resets any unset special characters to their default values
+resets special input characters to their default values
.PP
before
doing the terminal initialization described above.
@@ -314,12 +316,12 @@ for the terminal description.
.I /etc/ttys
system port name to terminal type mapping database (BSD versions only).
.TP
-.I \*d
+.I @TERMINFO@
compiled terminal description database directory
.SH PORTABILITY
-Neither IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
+Neither IEEE Std 1003.1/The Open Group Base Specifications Issue\ 7
(POSIX.1-2008) nor
-X/Open Curses Issue 7 documents \fB@TSET@\fP or \fB@RESET@\fP.
+X/Open Curses Issue\ 7 documents \fB@TSET@\fP or \fB@RESET@\fP.
.PP
The AT&T \fBtput\fP utility (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris)
incorporated the terminal-mode manipulation as well as termcap-based features