ncurses 6.3 - patch 20211225

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_beep.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_beep.3x b/man/curs_beep.3x
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+++ b/man/curs_beep.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2005,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,38 +27,35 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.9 2003/12/27 18:44:30 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.16 2021/12/25 21:41:58 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_beep 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBbeep\fR, \fBflash\fR - \fBcurses\fR bell and screen flash routines
+\fBbeep\fP, \fBflash\fP \- \fBcurses\fP bell and screen flash routines
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
+\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
 .PP
-\fBint beep(void);\fR
+\fBint beep(void);\fP
 .br
-\fBint flash(void);\fR
+\fBint flash(void);\fP
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The \fBbeep\fR and \fBflash\fR routines are used to alert the terminal user.
-The routine \fBbeep\fR sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible;
-otherwise it flashes the screen (visible bell).  The routine \fBflash\fR
-flashes the screen, and if that is not possible, sounds the alert.  If neither
-alert is possible, nothing happens.  Nearly all terminals have an audible alert
+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;
+otherwise it flashes the screen (visible bell).
+The routine \fBflash\fP
+flashes the screen, and if that is not possible, sounds the alert.
+If neither
+alert is possible, nothing happens.
+Nearly all terminals have an audible alert
 (bell or beep), but only some can flash the screen.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-These routines return \fBOK\fR if they succeed in beeping or flashing,
-\fBERR\fR otherwise.
+These routines return \fBOK\fP if they succeed in beeping or flashing,
+\fBERR\fP otherwise.
 .SH EXTENSIONS
-SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned \fBOK\fR, so it was not
+SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned \fBOK\fP, so it was not
 possible to tell when the beep or flash failed.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are defined in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  Like SVr4, it
-specifies that they always return \fBOK\fR.
+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\fR(3X)
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurses\fP(3X)