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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2008,2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2009,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.93 2009/10/31 20:45:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.95 2010/03/13 20:25:19 tom Exp $
.hy 0
.TH ncurses 3X ""
.ds n 5
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
.PP
-The \fBncurses\fR library emulates the \fBcurses\fR(3X) library of
+The \fBncurses\fR library emulates the curses library of
System V Release 4 UNIX,
and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known as XSI curses).
XSI stands for X/Open System Interfaces Extension.
.IP
When setting this variable, you should set it to a nonzero value.
Setting it to zero (or to a nonnumber)
-disables the special check for Linux and screen.
+disables the special check for "linux" and "screen".
.TP 5
NCURSES_TRACE
During initialization, the \fBncurses\fR debugging library