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<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>
method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization.
This implementation is "new curses" (<EM>ncurses</EM>) and is the approved
replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses, which has been discontinued.
- This describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.4 (patch 20240217).
+ This describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.4 (patch 20240224).
The <EM>ncurses</EM> library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
Unix ("SVr4"), and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses (also known
If the locale is not initialized, the library assumes that characters
are printable as in ISO-8859-1, to work with certain legacy programs.
You should initialize the locale and not rely on specific details of
- the library when the locale has not been setup.
+ the library when the locale has not been set up.
The function <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> must be called to initialize the
library before any of the other routines that deal with windows and
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-BAUDRATE"><EM>BAUDRATE</EM></a></H3><PRE>
The debugging library checks this environment variable when the
application has redirected output to a file. The variable's numeric
- value is used for the baudrate. If no value is found, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
+ value is used for the baud rate. If no value is found, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
9600. This allows testers to construct repeatable test-cases that take
- into account costs that depend on baudrate.
+ into account costs that depend on baud rate.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLUMNS"><EM>COLUMNS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-ncurses 6.4 2024-01-13 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-02-24 <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>
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