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This variable holds the number of milliseconds to wait after reading an
escape character, to distinguish between an individual escape character
entered on the keyboard from escape sequences sent by cursor- and func-
- tion-keys (see <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ tion-keys (see <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-LINES">LINES</a></H3><PRE>
This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>curscr</STRONG> to record
its updates to the terminal screen.
+ This is referred to as the "physical screen" in the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG> manual pages.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-New-Screen">The New Screen</a></H3><PRE>
- This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>newscr</STRONG> to hold up-
+ This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>newscr</STRONG> to hold up-
dates to the terminal screen before applying them to <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>.
+ This is referred to as the "virtual screen" in the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG> manual pages.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-Standard-Screen">The Standard Screen</a></H3><PRE>
Upon initializing curses, a default window called <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, which is the
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