+In particular, an omission in the XSI Curses documentation has been
+misinterpreted to mean that \fBtgetent\fR returns \fBOK\fR or \fBERR\fR.
+Because the purpose of these functions is to provide compatibility with
+the \fItermcap\fR library, that is a defect in XCurses, Issue 4, Version 2
+rather than in ncurses.
+.PP
+External variables are provided for support of certain termcap applications.
+However, termcap applications' use of those variables is poorly documented,
+e.g., not distinguishing between input and output.
+In particular, some applications are reported to declare and/or
+modify \fBospeed\fR.