ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201107

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_beep.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_beep.3x b/man/curs_beep.3x
index 579931ccc47f64a5c9c41ec368034b38559b6c49..bea861bc9ce05c6887a029d4764cb80a2b15b253 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_beep.3x
+++ b/man/curs_beep.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2005,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,10 +27,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.9 2003/12/27 18:44:30 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_beep.3x,v 1.14 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_beep 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBbeep\fR, \fBflash\fR - \fBcurses\fR bell and screen flash routines
+\fBbeep\fR, \fBflash\fR \- \fBcurses\fR bell and screen flash routines
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .PP
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBbeep\fR and \fBflash\fR routines are used to alert the terminal user.
 The routine \fBbeep\fR sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible;
-otherwise it flashes the screen (visible bell).  The routine \fBflash\fR
-flashes the screen, and if that is not possible, sounds the alert.  If neither
-alert is possible, nothing happens.  Nearly all terminals have an audible alert
+otherwise it flashes the screen (visible bell).
+The routine \fBflash\fR
+flashes the screen, and if that is not possible, sounds the alert.
+If neither
+alert is possible, nothing happens.
+Nearly all terminals have an audible alert
 (bell or beep), but only some can flash the screen.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These routines return \fBOK\fR if they succeed in beeping or flashing,
@@ -51,13 +55,7 @@ These routines return \fBOK\fR if they succeed in beeping or flashing,
 SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned \fBOK\fR, so it was not
 possible to tell when the beep or flash failed.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are defined in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  Like SVr4, it
-specifies that they always return \fBOK\fR.
+These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+Like SVr4, it specifies that they always return \fBOK\fR.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X)
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