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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_initscr 3x 2023-12-23 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_initscr 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These functions were described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. As
- of 2015, the current document is X/Open Curses, Issue 7.
+ These functions were described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4. As of 2015,
+ the current document is X/Open Curses, Issue 7.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Differences">Differences</a></H3><PRE>
- X/Open specifies that portable applications must not call <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> more
- than once:
+ X/Open Curses specifies that portable applications must not call
+ <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> more than once:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> The portable way to use <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> is once only, using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> to
restore the screen after <STRONG>endwin</STRONG>.
Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, would return a null pointer from
<STRONG>initscr</STRONG> when an error is detected, rather than exiting. It is safe but
- redundant to check the return value of <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> in XSI Curses.
+ redundant to check the return value of <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> in X/Open Curses.
Calling <STRONG>endwin</STRONG> does not dispose of the memory allocated in <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or
<STRONG>newterm</STRONG>. Deleting a <EM>SCREEN</EM> provides a way to do this:
library:
<STRONG>SIGINT</STRONG>
- The handler <EM>attempts</EM> to cleanup the screen on exit. Although it
+ The handler <EM>attempts</EM> to clean up the screen on exit. Although it
<EM>usually</EM> works as expected, there are limitations:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Walking the <EM>SCREEN</EM> list is unsafe, since all list management
-ncurses 6.
4 2023-12-23 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.
5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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