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-.\" Copyright 2020-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2020-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
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.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey
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-.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.12 2022/02/12 20:07:56 tom Exp $
-.TH legacy_coding 3X 2022-02-12 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.26 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH legacy_coding 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.SH NAME
-\fBuse_legacy_coding\fP \- override locale-encoding checks
+\fB\%use_legacy_coding\fP \-
+override \fIcurses\fR locale encoding checks
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
-.sp
-\fBint use_legacy_coding(int \fIlevel\fB);\fR
+.nf
+\fB#include <curses.h>
+.PP
+\fBint use_legacy_coding(int \fIlevel\fP);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP function is an extension to the curses library.
It allows the caller to change the result of \fBunctrl\fP,
the function returns \fBERR\fP.
Otherwise, it returns the previous level: \fB0\fP, \fB1\fP or \fB2\fP.
.SH PORTABILITY
-This routine is specific to ncurses.
+This routine is specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP.
It was not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
-It is recommended that any code depending on ncurses extensions
+It is recommended that any code depending on \fI\%ncurses\fP extensions
be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
-.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBunctrl\fP(3X).
-.SH AUTHOR
+.SH AUTHORS
Thomas Dickey (to support lynx's font-switching feature).
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%unctrl\fP(3X)