ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240511

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

diff --git a/man/curs_legacy.3x b/man/curs_legacy.3x
index a89337c2f8f23fd7f3dd50402d6b115e744ae49f..24be01b8526981481220db3d5bf121cf8ed5b5fd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_legacy.3x
+++ b/man/curs_legacy.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright 2019-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *

 .\" Copyright 2007-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" Copyright 2007-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *


@@ -27,8 +27,19 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_legacy.3x,v 1.29 2023/10/21 10:28:36 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_legacy 3X 2023-10-21 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_legacy.3x,v 1.32 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_legacy 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el   .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el   .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.

 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2


@@ -97,13 +108,23 @@ Except as noted,
 these functions return an integer,
 or \fBERR\fP if the window parameter is null.
 .SH NOTES
 these functions return an integer,
 or \fBERR\fP if the window parameter is null.
 .SH NOTES

-All of these interfaces are provided as macros and functions.
-The macros are suppressed (and only the functions provided)
-when \fB\%NCURSES_OPAQUE\fP is defined.
-The standard forms such as \fB\%getyx\fP must be implemented as macros,
-and (in this implementation) are defined in terms of the functions
-described here,
-to avoid reliance on internal details of the \fB\%WINDOW\fP structure.
+All of these interfaces are implemented as macros and functions.
+The macros are suppressed
+(and only the functions provided)
+in an \*(``opaque\*(''
+.I \%ncurses
+build,
+which defines the preprocessor symbol
+.BR \%NCURSES_OPAQUE .
+See section \*(``ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS\*('' in \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X).
+.PP
+The standard forms such as \fB\%getyx\fP
+.I must
+be implemented as macros,
+and
+(in this implementation)
+are defined in terms of the functions described here,
+to avoid reliance on internal details of the \fI\%WINDOW\fP structure.

 .SH PORTABILITY
 These functions were supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
 None of those implementations checked the window parameter.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These functions were supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
 None of those implementations checked the window parameter.