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-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.197 2024/01/13 20:30:39 tom Exp $
-.TH ncurses 3X 2024-01-13 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.200 2024/02/24 20:03:50 tom Exp $
+.TH ncurses 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
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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.
.PP
The function \fBinitscr\fP or \fBnewterm\fP
must be called to initialize the library
.SS "\fIBAUDRATE\fP"
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.
+The variable's numeric value is used for the baud rate.
If no value is found, \fI\%ncurses\fP uses 9600.
This allows testers to construct repeatable test-cases
-that take into account costs that depend on baudrate.
+that take into account costs that depend on baud rate.
.SS "\fICOLUMNS\fP"
Specify the width of the screen in characters.
Applications running in a windowing environment usually are able to
obtain the width of the window in which they are executing.
-If neither the \fI\%COLUMNS\fP value nor the terminal's screen size is available,
+If neither the \fI\%COLUMNS\fP value
+nor the terminal's screen size is available,
\fI\%ncurses\fP uses the size which may be specified in the terminfo
database
(i.e., the \fBcols\fP capability).