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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.18 2017/10/14 19:14:47 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.21 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inch 3X ""
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.SH NAME
\fBinch\fR,
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines return the character, of type \fBchtype\fR, at the current
-position in the named window. If any attributes are set for that position,
-their values are OR'ed into the value returned. Constants defined in
+position in the named window.
+If any attributes are set for that position,
+their values are OR'ed into the value returned.
+Constants defined in
\fB<curses.h>\fR can be used with the \fB&\fR (logical AND) operator to
extract the character or attributes alone.
.
System V curses added support for several video attributes which
could be combined with characters in the window.
.IP
-Reflecting this improvment, the function was altered to return the
+Reflecting this improvement, the function was altered to return the
character combined with all video attributes in a \fBchtype\fP value.
.PP
X/Open Curses does not specify