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+.\" $Id: term_variables.3x,v 1.12 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
.TH term_variables 3X ""
.ds n 5
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
with the \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fP video attribute into line-drawing characters.
.PP
The encoding of the information in this array has changed periodically.
-Application developers need only know that it is used for the "ACS_"
+Application developers need only know that it is used for the \*(``ACS_\*(''
constants in <curses.h>.
.PP
The comparable data for the wide-character library is a private variable.
although the hash-tables used by
the terminfo and termcap functions are not available.
.PP
-The long terminfo capability names use a "l" (ell) in their names:
+The long terminfo capability names use a \*(``l\*('' (ell) in their names:
\fBboolfnames\fP,
\fBnumfnames\fP, and
\fBstrfnames\fP.