.\" authorization. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.40 2023/10/07 21:19:07 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_inch 3X 2023-10-07 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_inch.3x,v 1.41 2023/12/16 21:08:16 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_inch 3X 2023-12-16 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
extract the character or attributes alone.
.
.SS Attributes
-The following bit-masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fP.
+The following bit masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fP.
.PP
.TS
l l .
-\fBA_CHARTEXT\fP Bit-mask to extract character
-\fBA_ATTRIBUTES\fP Bit-mask to extract attributes
-\fBA_COLOR\fP Bit-mask to extract color-pair field information
+\fBA_CHARTEXT\fP Bit mask to extract character
+\fBA_ATTRIBUTES\fP Bit mask to extract attributes
+\fBA_COLOR\fP Bit mask to extract color pair field information
.TE
.SH RETURN VALUE
Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using