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-.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
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-.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.16 2021/12/25 21:41:58 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_beep 3X ""
+.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.27 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_beep 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.SH NAME
-\fBbeep\fP, \fBflash\fP \- \fBcurses\fP bell and screen flash routines
+\fB\%beep\fP,
+\fB\%flash\fP \-
+ring the (visual) bell of the terminal with \fIcurses\fR
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
+.nf
+\fB#include <curses.h>
.PP
-\fBint beep(void);\fP
-.br
-\fBint flash(void);\fP
-.br
+\fBint beep(void);
+\fBint flash(void);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBbeep\fP and \fBflash\fP routines are used to alert the terminal user.
The routine \fBbeep\fP sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible;
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
Like SVr4, it specifies that they always return \fBOK\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fP(3X)
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X)