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.TH curs_variables 3X ""
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.ds n 5
.na
.SH PORTABILITY
ESCDELAY and TABSIZE are extensions,
not provided in most other implementations of curses.
+.PP
+ESCDELAY is an extension in AIX curses:
+.bP
+In AIX, the units for ESCDELAY are \fIfifths\fP of a millisecond.
+.bP
+The default value for AIX's ESCDELAY is 0.1 seconds.
+.bP
+AIX also enforces a limit of 10,000 seconds for ESCDELAY;
+this implementation currently has no upper limit.
+.PP
+This implementation has long used ESCDELAY with units of milliseconds,
+making it impossible to be completely compatible with AIX.
+Likewise, most users have either decided to override the value,
+or rely upon its default value.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_opaque\fR(3X),