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termcap.5: Minor wording fixes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ termcap \- terminal capability database
The termcap database is an obsolete facility for describing the
capabilities of character-cell terminals and printers.
It is retained only for capability with old programs;
new ones should use the
new programs should use the
.BR terminfo (5)
database and associated libraries.
.LP
@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ The first field of each entry starts at the left-hand margin,
and contains a list of names for the terminal, separated by \(aq|\(aq.
.LP
The first subfield may (in BSD termcap entries from versions 4.3 and
prior) contain a short name consisting of two characters.
earlier) contain a short name consisting of two characters.
This short name may consist of capital or small letters.
In 4.4BSD termcap entries this field is omitted.
In 4.4BSD, termcap entries this field is omitted.
.LP
The second subfield (first, in the newer 4.4BSD format) contains the
name used by the environment variable
@ -422,14 +422,14 @@ because it terminates the string.
You should reset tabulator expansion
if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter.
.IP Warning:
The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong, they document Minix
The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong: they document Minix
termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap.
.LP
The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities:
.IP as
start the alternative charset
.IP ae
end it
end the alternative charset
.IP ac
pairs of characters.
The first character is the name of the block graphic
@ -465,8 +465,9 @@ x vertical line (|)
~ paragraph (???)
.fi
.sp
The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by curses,
if the capabilities are missing.
The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by the
.IR curses
library, if the capabilities are missing.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ncurses (3),
.BR termcap (3),