ncurses 6.4 - patch 20240113

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

diff --git a/man/curs_sp_funcs.3x b/man/curs_sp_funcs.3x
index 193cff67f5788211c921ff80bb112ca950497e1d..7f4be40179b12ef1287011fad3f967ed6e44c9eb 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_sp_funcs.3x
+++ b/man/curs_sp_funcs.3x
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_sp_funcs.3x,v 1.41 2023/10/07 21:33:35 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_sp_funcs 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_sp_funcs.3x,v 1.46 2023/12/23 16:26:05 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_sp_funcs 3X 2023-12-23 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 \fBbool can_change_color_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP);
 \fBint cbreak_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP);
 \fBint color_content_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, short \fIcolor\fP, short* \fIr\fP, short* \fIg\fP, short* \fIb\fP);
-\fBint curs_set_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, int \fIvisibility\fR);
+\fBint curs_set_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, int \fIvisibility\fP);
 \fBint def_prog_mode_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP);
 \fBint def_shell_mode_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP);
 .PP
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 .PP
 \fBint tigetnum_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, const char *\fIcapname\fP);
 \fBchar* tigetstr_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, const char *\fIcapname\fP);
-\fI/* may instead use 9 long parameters */
+\fI/* tparm_sp may use 9 long parameters rather than being variadic */
 \fBchar* tparm_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, const char *\fIstr\fP, ...);
 \fBint tputs_sp(SCREEN* \fIsp\fP, const char *\fIstr\fP, int \fIaffcnt\fP, NCURSES_SP_OUTC \fIputc\fP);
 .PP
@@ -213,14 +213,15 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This implementation can be configured to provide a set of functions which
 improve the ability to manage multiple screens.
-This feature can be added to any of the configurations supported by ncurses;
-it adds new entrypoints
+This feature can be added to any of the configurations supported by
+\fI\%ncurses\fP;
+it adds new symbols
 without changing the meaning of any of the existing ones.
 .\" ***************************************************************************
-.SS IMPROVED FUNCTIONS
+.SS "Improved Functions"
 Most of the functions are new versions of existing functions.
 A parameter is added at the front of the parameter list.
-It is a SCREEN pointer.
+It is a \fISCREEN\fP pointer.
 .PP
 The existing functions all use the current screen,
 which is a static variable.
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ The extended functions use the specified screen,
 thereby reducing the number of variables which must be modified
 to update multiple screens.
 .\" ***************************************************************************
-.SS NEW FUNCTIONS
+.SS "New Functions"
 Here are the new functions:
 .TP 5
 ceiling_panel
@@ -244,8 +245,8 @@ With the screen-pointer extension,
 there are situations where it must create a current screen before
 the unextended library does.
 The \fBnew_prescr\fP function is used internally to handle these cases.
-It is also provided as an entrypoint to allow applications to customize
-the library initialization.
+It is also provided to allow applications to customize library
+initialization.
 .\" ***************************************************************************
 .SH NOTES
 This extension introduces some new names:
@@ -273,9 +274,9 @@ NCURSES_OUTC
 This is a function-pointer type used for the cases where a function passes
 characters to the output stream, e.g., \fBvidputs\fP(3X).
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These routines are specific to ncurses.
+These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP.
 They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
-It is recommended that any code depending on ncurses extensions
+It is recommended that any code depending on \fI\%ncurses\fP extensions
 be conditioned using \fINCURSES_SP_FUNCS\fP.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),