- The <STRONG>clear</STRONG> and <STRONG>wclear</STRONG> routines are like <STRONG>erase</STRONG> and <STRONG>werase</STRONG>, but they also
- call <STRONG>clearok</STRONG>, so that the screen is cleared completely on the next call
- to <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> for that window and repainted from scratch.
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-erase_werase">erase, werase</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>erase</STRONG> and <STRONG>werase</STRONG> routines copy blanks to every position in the
+ window, clearing the screen.
+
+ Blanks created by erasure have the current background rendition (as set
+ by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">wbkgdset(3x)</A></STRONG>) merged into them.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-clear_wclear">clear, wclear</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>clear</STRONG> and <STRONG>wclear</STRONG> routines are like <STRONG>erase</STRONG> and <STRONG>werase</STRONG>, but they also
+ call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">clearok(3x)</A></STRONG>, so that the screen is cleared completely on the next
+ call to <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> for that window and repainted from scratch.
+