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-.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.5 2016/10/15 17:02:31 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: legacy_coding.3x,v 1.8 2020/10/17 23:40:23 tom Exp $
.TH legacy_coding 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBuse_legacy_coding\fR \- use terminal's default colors
+\fBuse_legacy_coding\fR \- override locale-encoding checks
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
.sp
-\fBint use_legacy_coding(int level);\fP
+\fBint use_legacy_coding(int \fP\fIlevel\fP\fB);\fP
.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,