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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_termattrs.3x,v 1.13 2015/07/21 00:03:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_termattrs.3x,v 1.14 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
.TH curs_termattrs 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBbaudrate\fR,
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS baudrate
-The \fBbaudrate\fR routine returns the output speed of the terminal. The
+The \fBbaudrate\fR routine returns the output speed of the terminal.
+The
number returned is in bits per second, for example \fB9600\fR, and is an
integer.
.SS erasechar, erasewchar
character capabilities.
.PP
The \fBhas_il\fR routine is true if the terminal has insert- and delete-line
-capabilities, or can simulate them using scrolling regions. This might
+capabilities, or can simulate them using scrolling regions.
+This might
be used to determine if it would be appropriate to turn on physical
scrolling using \fBscrollok\fR.
.SS killchar, killwchar
.SS longname
.PP
The \fBlongname\fR routine returns a pointer to a static area
-containing a verbose description of the current terminal. The maximum
-length of a verbose description is 128 characters. It is defined only
+containing a verbose description of the current terminal.
+The maximum
+length of a verbose description is 128 characters.
+It is defined only
after the call to \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR. The area is
overwritten by each call to \fBnewterm\fR and is not restored by
\fBset_term\fR, so the value should be saved between calls to
.SH NOTES
Note that \fBtermattrs\fR may be a macro.
.SH PORTABILITY
-The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. It changes the
+The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.
+It changes the
return type of \fBtermattrs\fR to the new type \fBattr_t\fR.
Most versions of curses truncate the result returned by \fBtermname\fR to
14 characters.