tput(1): Several enhancements for the manual page

- a couple of descriptions are incomplete
- synopsis doesn't show that all arguments are optional
- missing an ENVIRONMENT section with TERM mentioned

PR:		84670
Submitted by:	Gary W. Swearingen <garys at opusnet dot com>
Reviewed by:	bcr
Approved by:	bcr
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26009
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Gordon Bergling 2020-08-11 21:44:43 +00:00
parent 6eecc07f65
commit 48bd73d9f5

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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl T Ar term
.Ar attribute ...
.Op Ar attribute ...
.Nm clear
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility makes terminal-dependent information available to users or shell
applications.
When invoked as the
.Pp
The
.Nm clear
utility, the screen will be cleared as if
utility executes the
.Dl tput clear
had been executed.
The options to
command, ignoring any arguments.
.Pp
The only option to
.Nm
are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
is:
.Bl -tag -width 2n
.It Fl T
The terminal name as specified in the
.Xr termcap 5
@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ If not specified,
.Nm
retrieves the
.Dq Ev TERM
variable from the environment.
variable from the environment unless that too is not specified,
in which case an error message will be sent to standard error and
the error status will be 2.
.El
.Pp
The
@ -83,28 +87,37 @@ If an
is of type string, and takes arguments (e.g.\& cursor movement,
the termcap
.Dq cm
sequence) the arguments are taken from the command line immediately
capability) the arguments are taken from the command line immediately
following the attribute.
.Pp
The following special attributes are available:
The following special attributes are available.
The first three use the capabilities of the specified terminal,
and only work if compatible with the utility's terminal.
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Cm clear
Clear the screen (the
.Xr termcap 5
.Dq cl
sequence).
capability).
.It Cm init
Initialize the terminal (the
.Xr termcap 5
.Dq is
sequence).
.It Cm longname
Print the descriptive name of the user's terminal type.
capability).
.It Cm reset
Reset the terminal (the
.Xr termcap 5
.Dq rs
sequence).
capability).
.It Cm longname
Print the descriptive name of the user's terminal type.
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev TERM"
.It Ev TERM
The terminal name, if set and
.Fl T
is not used.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The exit status of
@ -112,16 +125,28 @@ The exit status of
is as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It 0
If the last attribute
If the last
.Ar attribute
argument is of type string or integer, its value was successfully written
is of type string or integer, its value was successfully written
to standard output.
If the argument is of type boolean, the terminal has this attribute.
If the
.Ar attribute
is of type boolean, the terminal does have the
.Ar attribute .
Otherwise, no
.Ar attribute
was specified.
.It 1
This terminal does not have the specified boolean
If the last
.Ar attribute
is of type boolean,
this terminal does not have the
.Ar attribute .
.It 2
Usage error.
For example, see
.Fl T
description.
.It 3
No information is available about the specified terminal type.
.El