# ncurses 6.5 - patch 20250405 - Thomas E. Dickey
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Ncurses 6.5 is at
#   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/
#   https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/
#   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
#
# Patches for ncurses 6.5 can be found at
#   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5
#   https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.5
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/ncurses-6.5-20250405.patch.gz
# patch by Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
# created  Sun Apr  6 00:25:52 UTC 2025
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NEWS                                   |   13 
# VERSION                                |    2 
# dist.mk                                |    4 
# doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html |   10 
# doc/html/man/clear.1.html              |    8 
# doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html      |   10 
# doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html        |   14 
# doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html         |    8 
# doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html        |  316 +++++++--------
# doc/html/man/curs_delch.3x.html        |   21 -
# doc/html/man/curs_deleteln.3x.html     |   10 
# doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html       |   10 
# doc/html/man/curs_get_wch.3x.html      |   59 +-
# doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html     |  127 +++---
# doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html        |  207 +++++-----
# doc/html/man/curs_getstr.3x.html       |   30 -
# doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html       |   10 
# doc/html/man/curs_mouse.3x.html        |  115 ++---
# doc/html/man/curs_move.3x.html         |   19 
# doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html      |   92 ++--
# doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html       |   39 +
# doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html        |   61 +-
# doc/html/man/curs_scroll.3x.html       |   27 -
# doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html     |  266 ++++++------
# doc/html/man/curs_util.3x.html         |   38 -
# doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html    |   48 +-
# doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html           |  639 +++++++++++++++----------------
# doc/html/man/resizeterm.3x.html        |   15 
# doc/html/man/scr_dump.5.html           |    8 
# doc/html/man/tabs.1.html               |    8 
# doc/html/man/term.5.html               |   10 
# doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html           |    2 
# doc/html/man/tput.1.html               |    8 
# doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html          |    6 
# man/MKada_config.in                    |    8 
# man/clear.1                            |    6 
# man/curs_add_wch.3x                    |    8 
# man/curs_addch.3x                      |   17 
# man/curs_attr.3x                       |    8 
# man/curs_color.3x                      |   52 +-
# man/curs_delch.3x                      |   25 -
# man/curs_deleteln.3x                   |    6 
# man/curs_extend.3x                     |    8 
# man/curs_get_wch.3x                    |   42 +-
# man/curs_get_wstr.3x                   |   48 +-
# man/curs_getch.3x                      |  125 +++---
# man/curs_getstr.3x                     |   36 +
# man/curs_inopts.3x                     |    6 
# man/curs_mouse.3x                      |   25 -
# man/curs_move.3x                       |   34 +
# man/curs_outopts.3x                    |  111 +++--
# man/curs_printw.3x                     |  111 +++--
# man/curs_scanw.3x                      |  118 +++--
# man/curs_scroll.3x                     |    7 
# man/curs_terminfo.3x                   |   94 ++--
# man/curs_util.3x                       |   51 +-
# man/curs_variables.3x                  |   27 -
# man/ncurses.3x                         |  139 ++++--
# man/resizeterm.3x                      |    7 
# man/scr_dump.5                         |   18 
# man/tabs.1                             |    6 
# man/term.5                             |    8 
# man/terminfo.tail                      |    8 
# man/tput.1                             |    6 
# man/user_caps.5                        |    8 
# misc/terminfo.src                      |  106 +++--
# package/debian-mingw/changelog         |    4 
# package/debian-mingw64/changelog       |    4 
# package/debian/changelog               |    4 
# package/mingw-ncurses.nsi              |    4 
# package/mingw-ncurses.spec             |    2 
# package/ncurses.spec                   |    2 
# package/ncursest.spec                  |    2 
# progs/infocmp.c                        |  140 +++++-
# 74 files changed, 2121 insertions(+), 1580 deletions(-)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: NEWS
Prereq:  1.4267 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/NEWS	2025-03-29 22:52:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/NEWS	2025-04-05 22:31:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4267 2025/03/29 22:52:37 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4271 2025/04/05 22:31:28 tom Exp $
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20250405
+	+ improve formatting/style of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson).
+	+ improve infocmp -E/-e fallback feature (report by Ville Rissanen):
+	  + prefix names with "ti_" if they begin with a digit, e.g., 9term
+	  + escape backslashes and double-quotes in description fields
+	+ modify infocmp -E/-e fallback feature to reduce stricter compiler
+	  warnings for the extended capability data.
+	+ add sclp -TD
+	+ add op to vt525 -TD
+	+ update contour -TD
+
 20250329
 	+ add XM/xm to ms-terminal, to enable mouse with experimental Windows
 	  driver -TD
Index: VERSION
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/VERSION	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/VERSION	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:10	6.5	20250329
+5:0:10	6.5	20250405
Index: dist.mk
Prereq:  1.1662 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/dist.mk	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/dist.mk	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # use or other dealings in this Software without prior written               #
 # authorization.                                                             #
 ##############################################################################
-# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1662 2025/03/29 11:09:16 tom Exp $
+# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1663 2025/04/05 09:48:54 tom Exp $
 # Makefile for creating ncurses distributions.
 #
 # This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses.
 NCURSES_MAJOR = 6
 NCURSES_MINOR = 5
-NCURSES_PATCH = 20250329
+NCURSES_PATCH = 20250405
 
 # We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases
 VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR)
Index: doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html	2024-04-27 18:38:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--
   ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 2019-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
   * Copyright 2010-2014,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: MKada_config.in,v 1.35 2024/04/20 21:13:27 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: MKada_config.in,v 1.37 2025/04/05 22:26:08 tom Exp @
 -->
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-<TITLE>adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 User commands</TITLE>
+<TITLE>adacursesw6\-config 1 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 User commands</TITLE>
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-<H1 class="no-header">adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">adacursesw6\-config 1 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="adacursesw6-config.1.html">adacursesw6-config(1)</A></STRONG>            User commands           <STRONG><A HREF="adacursesw6-config.1.html">adacursesw6-config(1)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2024-04-20             <STRONG><A HREF="adacursesw6-config.1.html">adacursesw6-config(1)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05             <STRONG><A HREF="adacursesw6-config.1.html">adacursesw6-config(1)</A></STRONG>
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Index: doc/html/man/clear.1.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/clear.1.html	2025-01-19 00:54:58.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/clear.1.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.51 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.53 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp @
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-<TITLE>clear 1 2025-01-18 ncurses 6.5 User commands</TITLE>
+<TITLE>clear 1 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 User commands</TITLE>
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-<H1 class="no-header">clear 1 2025-01-18 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">clear 1 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 User commands</H1>
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 <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                         User commands                        <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                          <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                          <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html	2025-03-15 22:08:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.112 2025/03/15 20:38:41 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.114 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp @
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+<TITLE>curs_add_wch 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE>
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wch 3x 2025-03-15 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wch 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>                 Library calls                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
        If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when advancement
        occurs  at  the  right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled for <EM>win</EM>, the
-       cursor wraps as above and the scrolling region  scrolls  up  one  line.
+       scrolling region scrolls up one line and the  cursor  wraps  as  above.
        Otherwise,  advancement  and scrolling do not occur, and <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> returns
        <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
 
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-15                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html	2025-03-15 22:08:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.132 2025/03/15 20:40:50 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.135 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp @
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+<TITLE>curs_addch 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE>
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_addch 3x 2025-03-15 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_addch 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
        If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when advancement
        occurs at the right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled  for  <EM>win</EM>,  the
-       cursor  wraps  as  above  and the scrolling region scrolls up one line.
+       scrolling  region  scrolls  up  one line and the cursor wraps as above.
        Otherwise, advancement and scrolling do not occur, and  <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>  returns
        <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
 
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 
        The <EM>displayed</EM> values of <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants depend on
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the  <EM>ncurses</EM>  ABI--for  example,  wide-character  versus  non-wide-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>ncurses</EM> ABI -- for  example,  wide-character  versus  non-wide-
            character  configurations  (the  former  is  capable  of displaying
            Unicode while the latter is not), and
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
        character.    When  a  character  is  <EM>complete</EM>,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  displays  the
        character  and  advances  the  cursor.   If  the  calling   application
        interrupts the succession of bytes in a multibyte character sequence by
-       changing the current  location--for  example,  with  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">wmove(3x)</A></STRONG>--<EM>ncurses</EM>
+       changing the current location -- for example, with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">wmove(3x)</A></STRONG> -- <EM>ncurses</EM>
        discards the incomplete character.
 
        For  portability  to  other  implementations,  do  not  rely  upon  the
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-15                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html	2025-02-15 20:06:25.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.136 2025/02/15 19:35:37 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.138 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp @
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_attr 3x 2025-02-15 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_attr 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>                    Library calls                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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Index: doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html	2025-03-01 22:03:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html	2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.116 2025/03/01 21:17:37 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.118 2025/04/05 21:59:03 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -159,118 +159,110 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-CONSTANTS">CONSTANTS</a></H2><PRE>
-       In <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG> the following macros are defined.  These are the standard
-       colors (ISO-6429).  <EM>curses</EM> also assumes that <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG> is the default
-       background color for all terminals.
-
-             <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_RED</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_GREEN</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_BLUE</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG>
-             <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>
+       ISO 6429 and ECMA-48 define eight standard colors (also known as "ANSI"
+       colors).   <EM>curses.h</EM>  defines object-like macros <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_RED</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>COLOR_GREEN</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_BLUE</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_MAGENTA</STRONG>,  <STRONG>COLOR_CYAN</STRONG>,  and
+       <STRONG>COLOR_WHITE</STRONG>  accordingly.   <EM>curses</EM>  assumes  that  <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG>  is  the
+       default  background  color  for  all  terminals.   <EM>ncurses</EM>  offers   an
+       extension  to  override that assumption; see <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">assume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       Some terminals support additional colors that lack standard names.
 
-       Some terminals support more than the eight (8)  "ANSI"  colors.   There
-       are no standard names for those additional colors.
-
-       <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG>  is  a  bit  mask  that extracts a color pair identifier from a
-       <EM>chtype</EM>.
+       <STRONG>A_COLOR</STRONG> is a bit mask  that,  when  bitwise  "and"-ed  with  a  <EM>chtype</EM>,
+       extracts its color pair identifier.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-VARIABLES">VARIABLES</a></H2><PRE>
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
-       is initialized by <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> to  the  maximum  number  of  colors  the
+       is  initialized  by  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  to  the  maximum number of colors the
        terminal can support.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
-       is  initialized by <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> to the maximum number of color pairs the
+       is initialized by <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> to the maximum number of color pairs  the
        terminal can support.  Often, its value is the product <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG> x <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>,
        but this is not always true.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A  few  terminals  use the HLS color space (see <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> below),
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A few terminals use the HLS color space  (see  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  below),
            ignoring this rule; and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   terminals supporting a large number of colors are  limited  to  the
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   terminals  supporting  a  large number of colors are limited to the
            number of color pairs that a <EM>signed</EM> <EM>short</EM> value can represent.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-start_color">start_color</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  routine  requires no arguments.  It must be called if
-       the programmer  wants  to  use  colors,  and  before  any  other  color
-       manipulation  routine  is  called.   It  is  good practice to call this
+       The <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> routine requires no arguments.  It must  be  called  if
+       the  programmer  wants  to  use  colors,  and  before  any  other color
+       manipulation routine is called.  It  is  good  practice  to  call  this
        routine right after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>.  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> does this:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It  initializes  two  global  variables,  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  and   <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It   initializes  two  global  variables,  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>
            (respectively defining the maximum number of colors and color pairs
            the terminal can support).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It initializes the special color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> to the  default  foreground
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It  initializes  the special color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> to the default foreground
            and background colors.  No other color pairs are initialized.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It  restores the colors on the terminal to the values they had when
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It restores the colors on the terminal to the values they had  when
            the terminal was just turned on.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the terminal supports the <STRONG>initc</STRONG>  (<STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG>)  capability,
-           <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  initializes  its  internal table representing the red,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  the  terminal supports the <STRONG>initc</STRONG> (<STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG>) capability,
+           <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> initializes its internal table  representing  the  red,
            green, and blue components of the color palette.
 
            The components depend on whether the terminal uses CGA (aka "ANSI")
-           or  HLS  (i.e.,  the  <STRONG>hls</STRONG>  (<STRONG>hue_lightness_saturation</STRONG>) capability is
-           set).  The table  is  initialized  first  for  eight  basic  colors
-           (black,  red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, and white), using
+           or HLS (i.e.,  the  <STRONG>hls</STRONG>  (<STRONG>hue_lightness_saturation</STRONG>)  capability  is
+           set).   The  table  is  initialized  first  for  eight basic colors
+           (black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, and white),  using
            weights that depend upon the CGA/HLS choice.  For "ANSI" colors the
-           weights  are  <STRONG>680</STRONG>  or <STRONG>0</STRONG> depending on whether the corresponding red,
-           green, or blue component is used or not.  That permits  using  <STRONG>1000</STRONG>
-           to  represent  bold/bright  colors.  After the initial eight colors
-           (if the terminal supports more than eight  colors)  the  components
-           are  initialized  using the same pattern, but with weights of <STRONG>1000</STRONG>.
+           weights are <STRONG>680</STRONG> or <STRONG>0</STRONG> depending on whether  the  corresponding  red,
+           green,  or  blue component is used or not.  That permits using <STRONG>1000</STRONG>
+           to represent bold/bright colors.  After the  initial  eight  colors
+           (if  the  terminal  supports more than eight colors) the components
+           are initialized using the same pattern, but with weights  of  <STRONG>1000</STRONG>.
            SVr4 uses a similar scheme, but uses <STRONG>1000</STRONG> for the components of the
            initial eight colors.
 
            <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> does not attempt to set the terminal's color palette to
-           match its built-in table.  An application  may  use  <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  to
+           match  its  built-in  table.   An application may use <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> to
            alter the internal table along with the terminal's color.
 
-       These  limits  apply  to  color values and color pairs.  Values outside
+       These limits apply to color values and  color  pairs.   Values  outside
        these limits are not valid, and may result in a runtime error:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  corresponds   to   the   terminal   database's   <STRONG>max_colors</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>   corresponds   to   the   terminal   database's  <STRONG>max_colors</STRONG>
            capability, (see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color  values  are  expected  to  be  in  the  range <STRONG>0</STRONG> to <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color values are expected  to  be  in  the  range  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  to  <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>,
            inclusive (including <STRONG>0</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a special color value <STRONG>-1</STRONG> is used in certain extended  functions  to
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a  special  color value <STRONG>-1</STRONG> is used in certain extended functions to
            denote the <EM>default</EM> <EM>color</EM> (see <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>   corresponds  to  the  terminal  database's  <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>  corresponds  to  the  terminal  database's   <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG>
            capability, (see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   valid color pair values  are  in  the  range  <STRONG>1</STRONG>  to  <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   valid  color  pair  values  are  in  the  range <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>,
            inclusive.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> is special; it denotes "no color".
 
-           Color  pair  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  is  assumed  to  be white on black, but is actually
-           whatever the terminal implements before color is  initialized.   It
+           Color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> is assumed to be  white  on  black,  but  is  actually
+           whatever  the  terminal implements before color is initialized.  It
            cannot be modified by the application.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_colors">has_colors</a></H3><PRE>
        <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the terminal supports colors and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> if it
-       does not.   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>  or  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>  must  be  called  first,  but
-       <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  need  not  be.   An  application  might call <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG> to
-       decide whether to use color or a video attribute like <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> to  render
+       does  not.   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>  or  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>  must  be  called  first, but
+       <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> need not be.   An  application  might  call  <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG>  to
+       decide  whether to use color or a video attribute like <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> to render
        text.
 
-       Color  support  in  <EM>curses</EM>  requires that the terminal type description
-       support the capabilities <STRONG>max_colors</STRONG> (<STRONG>colors</STRONG>),  <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG>  (<STRONG>pairs</STRONG>),  and
+       Color support in <EM>curses</EM> requires that  the  terminal  type  description
+       support  the  capabilities  <STRONG>max_colors</STRONG> (<STRONG>colors</STRONG>), <STRONG>max_pairs</STRONG> (<STRONG>pairs</STRONG>), and
        any of
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>set_foreground</STRONG> (<STRONG>setf</STRONG>) and <STRONG>set_background</STRONG> (<STRONG>setb</STRONG>);
@@ -282,208 +274,208 @@
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-can_change_color">can_change_color</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> routine requires no arguments.  It returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if
-       the terminal supports colors and can change their  definitions;  other,
-       it   returns   <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.    This  routine  facilitates  writing  terminal-
+       the  terminal  supports colors and can change their definitions; other,
+       it  returns  <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.   This  routine   facilitates   writing   terminal-
        independent programs.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_pair">init_pair</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> routine changes the definition of a color pair.  It takes
-       three  arguments:  the  number  of  the  color  pair to be changed, the
+       three arguments: the number of  the  color  pair  to  be  changed,  the
        foreground color number, and the background color number.  For portable
        applications:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first  argument  must be a valid color pair value.  If default
-           colors are used (see <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>)  the  upper  limit  is
-           adjusted  to  allow  for  extra  pairs which use a default color in
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first argument must be a valid color pair  value.   If  default
+           colors  are  used  (see  <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>) the upper limit is
+           adjusted to allow for extra pairs which  use  a  default  color  in
            foreground and/or background.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The second and third arguments must be valid color values.
 
-       If the color pair was previously initialized, the screen  is  refreshed
-       and  all  occurrences  of  that  color  pair  are  changed  to  the new
+       If  the  color pair was previously initialized, the screen is refreshed
+       and all  occurrences  of  that  color  pair  are  changed  to  the  new
        definition.
 
-       As an extension, <EM>ncurses</EM> allows  you  to  set  color  pair  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  via  the
-       <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">assume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>  routine,  or  to  specify the use of default
+       As  an  extension,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  allows  you  to  set  color pair <STRONG>0</STRONG> via the
+       <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">assume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> routine, or to specify  the  use  of  default
        colors (color number <STRONG>-1</STRONG>) if you first invoke the <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
        routine.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_extended_pair">init_extended_pair</a></H3><PRE>
-       Because  <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>  uses  signed <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for its parameters, that limits
+       Because <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> uses signed <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for its  parameters,  that  limits
        color  pairs  and  color-values  to  32767  on  modern  hardware.   The
-       extension  <STRONG>init_extended_pair</STRONG>  uses  <STRONG>int</STRONG>s for the color pair and color-
+       extension <STRONG>init_extended_pair</STRONG> uses <STRONG>int</STRONG>s for the color  pair  and  color-
        value, allowing a larger number of colors to be supported.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_color">init_color</a></H3><PRE>
-       The <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> routine changes the definition of  a  color.   It  takes
+       The  <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  routine  changes  the definition of a color.  It takes
        four arguments: the number of the color to be changed followed by three
        RGB values (for the amounts of red, green, and blue components).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first argument must be a valid color value; default colors  are
-           not  allowed  here.   (See the section <STRONG>Colors</STRONG> for the default color
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first argument must be a valid color value; default colors are
+           not allowed here.  (See the section <STRONG>Colors</STRONG> for  the  default  color
            index.)
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Each of the last three arguments must be a value  in  the  range  <STRONG>0</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Each  of  the  last  three arguments must be a value in the range <STRONG>0</STRONG>
            through <STRONG>1000</STRONG>.
 
-       When  <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  is  used, all occurrences of that color on the screen
+       When <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> is used, all occurrences of that color  on  the  screen
        immediately change to the new definition.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-init_extended_color">init_extended_color</a></H3><PRE>
-       Because <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> uses signed <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for its parameters,  that  limits
-       color-values  and  their  red,  green,  and blue components to 32767 on
-       modern hardware.  The extension <STRONG>init_extended_color</STRONG> uses <STRONG>int</STRONG>s  for  the
-       color  value  and  for  setting  the  red,  green, and blue components,
+       Because  <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  uses signed <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for its parameters, that limits
+       color-values and their red, green, and  blue  components  to  32767  on
+       modern  hardware.   The extension <STRONG>init_extended_color</STRONG> uses <STRONG>int</STRONG>s for the
+       color value and for  setting  the  red,  green,  and  blue  components,
        allowing a larger number of colors to be supported.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-color_content">color_content</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> routine gives programmers a way to find the intensity
-       of  the  red, green, and blue (RGB) components in a color.  It requires
-       four arguments: the color number, and three  addresses  of  <STRONG>short</STRONG>s  for
-       storing  the  information  about  the  amounts  of red, green, and blue
+       of the red, green, and blue (RGB) components in a color.   It  requires
+       four  arguments:  the  color  number, and three addresses of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for
+       storing the information about the  amounts  of  red,  green,  and  blue
        components in the given color.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first argument must be a valid color  value,  i.e.,  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  through
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first  argument  must  be a valid color value, i.e., <STRONG>0</STRONG> through
            <STRONG>COLORS-1</STRONG>, inclusive.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  values that are stored at the addresses pointed to by the last
-           three arguments are in the range  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  (no  component)  through  <STRONG>1000</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The values that are stored at the addresses pointed to by the  last
+           three  arguments  are  in  the  range <STRONG>0</STRONG> (no component) through <STRONG>1000</STRONG>
            (maximum amount of component), inclusive.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-extended_color_content">extended_color_content</a></H3><PRE>
-       Because  <STRONG>color_content</STRONG>  uses  signed  <STRONG>short</STRONG>s  for  its parameters, that
-       limits color-values and their red, green, and blue components to  32767
+       Because <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> uses  signed  <STRONG>short</STRONG>s  for  its  parameters,  that
+       limits  color-values and their red, green, and blue components to 32767
        on modern hardware.  The extension <STRONG>extended_color_content</STRONG> uses <STRONG>int</STRONG>s for
-       the color value and for returning the red, green, and blue  components,
+       the  color value and for returning the red, green, and blue components,
        allowing a larger number of colors to be supported.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-pair_content">pair_content</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>  routine allows programmers to find out what colors a
-       given color pair consists of.  It requires three arguments:  the  color
+       The <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> routine allows programmers to find out what  colors  a
+       given  color  pair consists of.  It requires three arguments: the color
        pair number, and two addresses of <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for storing the foreground and
        the background color numbers.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first argument must be a valid color value, i.e., in the  range
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  first argument must be a valid color value, i.e., in the range
            <STRONG>1</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS-1</STRONG>, inclusive.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  values  that  are  stored  at  the addresses pointed to by the
-           second and third arguments are  in  the  range  <STRONG>0</STRONG>  through  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The values that are stored at  the  addresses  pointed  to  by  the
+           second  and  third  arguments  are  in  the range <STRONG>0</STRONG> through <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>,
            inclusive.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-extended_pair_content">extended_pair_content</a></H3><PRE>
        Because <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> uses signed <STRONG>short</STRONG>s for its parameters, that limits
        color pair and color-values to 32767 on modern hardware.  The extension
-       <STRONG>extended_pair_content</STRONG>  uses  <STRONG>int</STRONG>s  for the color pair and for returning
-       the foreground and background  colors,  allowing  a  larger  number  of
+       <STRONG>extended_pair_content</STRONG> uses <STRONG>int</STRONG>s for the color pair  and  for  returning
+       the  foreground  and  background  colors,  allowing  a larger number of
        colors to be supported.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-reset_color_pairs">reset_color_pairs</a></H3><PRE>
-       The  extension  <STRONG>reset_color_pairs</STRONG>  tells  <EM>ncurses</EM> to discard all of the
-       color pair information which was set with <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>.  It  also  touches
-       the  current-  and  standard-screens, allowing an application to switch
+       The extension <STRONG>reset_color_pairs</STRONG> tells <EM>ncurses</EM> to  discard  all  of  the
+       color  pair  information which was set with <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>.  It also touches
+       the current- and standard-screens, allowing an  application  to  switch
        color palettes rapidly.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIR">COLOR_PAIR</a></H3><PRE>
        <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> converts a color pair number to an attribute.  Attributes
-       can  hold  color pairs in the range 0 to 255.  If you need a color pair
-       larger than that, you must use functions such as <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG>  (which  pass
-       the  color  pair  as  a  separate  parameter)  rather  than  the legacy
+       can hold color pairs in the range 0 to 255.  If you need a  color  pair
+       larger  than  that, you must use functions such as <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG> (which pass
+       the color  pair  as  a  separate  parameter)  rather  than  the  legacy
        functions such as <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-PAIR_NUMBER">PAIR_NUMBER</a></H3><PRE>
-       <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attr</EM>)  extracts  the  color  information  from   its   <EM>attr</EM>
-       parameter  and  returns  it  as  a color pair number; it is the inverse
+       <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attr</EM>)   extracts   the  color  information  from  its  <EM>attr</EM>
+       parameter and returns it as a color pair  number;  it  is  the  inverse
        operation of <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG> and  <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG>  return  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.   The  other
+       <STRONG>can_change_color</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>has_colors</STRONG>  return  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.   The other
        functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
 
-       In   <EM>ncurses</EM>,  functions  returning  an  <EM>int</EM>  recognize  several  error
+       In  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  functions  returning  an  <EM>int</EM>  recognize  several   error
        conditions.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   All return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  the  screen  has  not  been  initialized;  see
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   All  return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  the  screen  has  not  been  initialized; see
            <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   All  except  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> has not been
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   All except <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  has  not  been
            called, or itself returned <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if it cannot allocate memory for its  color
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if it cannot allocate memory for its color
            pair table.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  returns  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  the  terminal  type  does not support
-           assignable color values; that is, if the  <STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG>  (<STRONG>initc</STRONG>)
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  the  terminal  type  does  not  support
+           assignable  color  values; that is, if the <STRONG>initialize_color</STRONG> (<STRONG>initc</STRONG>)
            capability is absent from its description.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>  returns  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if any of its <EM>r</EM>, <EM>g</EM>, <EM>b</EM> arguments is outside
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_color</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if any of its <EM>r</EM>, <EM>g</EM>, <EM>b</EM> arguments  is  outside
            the range 0-1000 inclusive.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>,  <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>,  <STRONG>init_extended_pair</STRONG>,   <STRONG>init_extended_color</STRONG>,
-           <STRONG>color_content</STRONG>,     <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>,     <STRONG>extended_color_content</STRONG>,    and
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG>,   <STRONG>init_color</STRONG>,  <STRONG>init_extended_pair</STRONG>,  <STRONG>init_extended_color</STRONG>,
+           <STRONG>color_content</STRONG>,    <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>,     <STRONG>extended_color_content</STRONG>,     and
            <STRONG>extended_pair_content</STRONG> return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on attempts to use
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color identifiers outside the range 0-<STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>-1  inclusive,  the
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color  identifiers  outside the range 0-<STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>-1 inclusive, the
                default colors extension notwithstanding, or
 
-           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color   pair  identifiers  outside  the  range  0-<STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>-1
+           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   color  pair  identifiers  outside  the  range   0-<STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>-1
                inclusive.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> accepts negative foreground and background  color
-       arguments  to  support  its  <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG> extension, but only
+       In  <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>init_pair</STRONG> accepts negative foreground and background color
+       arguments to support its  <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">use_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>  extension,  but  only
        after the latter function has been called.
 
-       The assumption that <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG> is the  terminal's  default  background
+       The  assumption  that  <STRONG>COLOR_BLACK</STRONG> is the terminal's default background
        color  can  be  overridden  using  <EM>ncurses</EM>'s  <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">assume_default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
        extension.
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, each pointer passed to <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> and  <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG>  can
+       In  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  each pointer passed to <STRONG>color_content</STRONG> and <STRONG>pair_content</STRONG> can
        be  null,  in  which  case  the  library  ignores  it,  permitting  the
        application to disregard unnecessary information.
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, each screen has a color  activation  flag,  color  palette,
+       In  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  each  screen  has a color activation flag, color palette,
        color  pair  table,  and  associated  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>  values;
-       <STRONG>start_color</STRONG> affects only the  current  screen.   The  SVr4  and  X/Open
-       Curses  interface was not really designed with this in mind; historical
+       <STRONG>start_color</STRONG>  affects  only  the  current  screen.   The SVr4 and X/Open
+       Curses interface was not really designed with this in mind;  historical
        implementations may use a single shared color palette.
 
-       Setting an implicit background color via  a  color  pair  affects  only
-       character  cells  that  a character write operation explicitly touches.
-       To change the background color used when parts of a window are  blanked
+       Setting  an  implicit  background  color  via a color pair affects only
+       character cells that a character write  operation  explicitly  touches.
+       To  change the background color used when parts of a window are blanked
        by erasing or scrolling operations, see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       Several  caveats  apply  to IBM PC-compatible machines of the 80486 era
+       Several caveats apply to IBM PC-compatible machines of  the  80486  era
        and earlier with CGA/EGA/VGA video.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>  is  actually   brown.    To   get   yellow,   combine
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG>   is   actually   brown.    To   get  yellow,  combine
            <STRONG>COLOR_YELLOW</STRONG> with the <STRONG>A_BOLD</STRONG> attribute.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG> attribute should in theory make the background bright.
-           This often fails to work, and even VGA  controllers  for  which  it
-           mostly  works,  such as those from Paradise and compatibles, do the
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <STRONG>A_BLINK</STRONG> attribute should in theory make the background  bright.
+           This  often  fails  to  work, and even VGA controllers for which it
+           mostly works, such as those from Paradise and compatibles,  do  the
            wrong thing when you try to set a bright "yellow" background -- you
            get a blinking yellow foreground instead.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Color  RGB  values  are  not configurable on these devices (in text
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Color RGB values are not configurable on  these  devices  (in  text
            mode).
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       The functions marked as extensions originated in <EM>ncurses</EM>, and  are  not
-       found  in  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>,  4.4BSD  <EM>curses</EM>,  or any other previous <EM>curses</EM>
+       The  functions  marked as extensions originated in <EM>ncurses</EM>, and are not
+       found in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>, 4.4BSD  <EM>curses</EM>,  or  any  other  previous  <EM>curses</EM>
        implementation.
 
 
@@ -494,78 +486,78 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> satisfies X/Open  Curses's  minimum  maximums  for  <EM>COLORS</EM>  and
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  satisfies  X/Open  Curses's  minimum  maximums  for <EM>COLORS</EM> and
        <EM>COLOR</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PAIRS</EM>.
 
-       X/Open  Curses  does  not  specify a limit for the number of colors and
+       X/Open Curses does not specify a limit for the  number  of  colors  and
        color pairs which a terminal can support.  However, in its use of <EM>short</EM>
-       for  the  parameters,  it carries over SVr4's implementation detail for
-       the compiled <EM>terminfo</EM>  database,  which  uses  signed  16-bit  numbers.
+       for the parameters, it carries over SVr4's  implementation  detail  for
+       the  compiled  <EM>terminfo</EM>  database,  which  uses  signed 16-bit numbers.
        <EM>ncurses</EM>  provides  extended  versions  of  the  functions  using  <EM>short</EM>
-       parameters,  allowing  applications  to  use  larger  color  and   pair
+       parameters,   allowing  applications  to  use  larger  color  and  pair
        identifiers.
 
-       SVr4  <EM>curses</EM> returns <EM>ERR</EM> from <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>content</EM> if its <EM>pair</EM> argument was not
-       initialized using <EM>init</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pairs</EM>, and from <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>content</EM>  if  the  terminal
+       SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> returns <EM>ERR</EM> from <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>content</EM> if its <EM>pair</EM> argument was  not
+       initialized  using  <EM>init</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>pairs</EM>,  and from <EM>color</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>content</EM> if the terminal
        does not support changing colors.  <EM>ncurses</EM> does neither.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       SVr3.2  (1987)  introduced color support with all of the symbols in the
-       synopsis above except those marked as extensions.   It  reserved  color
-       pair  0  as  the terminal's initial, "uncolored" state, and limited the
-       number of possible color pairs to 64, because the color pair datum  was
+       SVr3.2 (1987) introduced color support with all of the symbols  in  the
+       synopsis  above  except  those marked as extensions.  It reserved color
+       pair 0 as the terminal's initial, "uncolored" state,  and  limited  the
+       number  of possible color pairs to 64, because the color pair datum was
        encoded in six bits of a <EM>chtype</EM>.
 
-       SVr4  made  only  internal changes, such as moving the storage of color
-       state from the <EM>SCREEN</EM> structure (pointed to  by  <EM>SP</EM>)  to  the  <EM>TERMINAL</EM>
+       SVr4 made only internal changes, such as moving the  storage  of  color
+       state  from  the  <EM>SCREEN</EM>  structure  (pointed to by <EM>SP</EM>) to the <EM>TERMINAL</EM>
        structure (pointed to by <EM>cur</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>term</EM>).
 
-       Other  <EM>curses</EM>  implementations impose different limits on the number of
+       Other <EM>curses</EM> implementations impose different limits on the  number  of
        colors and color pairs.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>PCCurses</EM> (1987-1990) provided for  only  8  colors  (and  therefore
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>PCCurses</EM>  (1987-1990)  provided  for  only  8 colors (and therefore
            required at most 8x8 = 64 color pairs).
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>PDCurses</EM>  (1992-present)  inherited  the  8-color  limitation  from
-           <EM>PCCurses</EM>, but changed this  to  256  in  version  2.5  (2001),  and
+           <EM>PCCurses</EM>,  but  changed  this  to  256  in  version 2.5 (2001), and
            widened its <EM>chtype</EM> from 16 to 32 bits.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  (1992-present)  specified  a  new  structure  type,
-           <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, to store the character code, attribute  flags,  and  color
-           pair  identifier,  allowing  an increased range of color pairs.  It
-           specifies a <EM>short</EM> as  storing  identifiers  for  colors  and  color
-           pairs,  limiting  portable  values  to 15 bits; negative values are
+           <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>,  to  store  the character code, attribute flags, and color
+           pair identifier, allowing an increased range of  color  pairs.   It
+           specifies  a  <EM>short</EM>  as  storing  identifiers  for colors and color
+           pairs, limiting portable values to 15  bits;  negative  values  are
            invalid in System V.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>ncurses</EM> (1992-present), in its non-wide configuration, uses 8  bits
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>ncurses</EM>  (1992-present), in its non-wide configuration, uses 8 bits
            of <EM>chtype</EM> for the color pair identifier.
 
-           Version  5.3 (2002) offered a wide-character interface, but encoded
+           Version 5.3 (2002) offered a wide-character interface, but  encoded
            the color pair identifier with attributes in the character type.
 
-           Since version 6 (2015), <EM>ncurses</EM> uses a separate <EM>int</EM> for  the  color
-           pair  identifier  in  a <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, introducing extension functions to
-           manage the wider type.  When a color pair value  fits  in  8  bits,
+           Since  version  6 (2015), <EM>ncurses</EM> uses a separate <EM>int</EM> for the color
+           pair identifier in a <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, introducing  extension  functions  to
+           manage  the  wider  type.   When a color pair value fits in 8 bits,
            <EM>ncurses</EM> permits color pair data to be manipulated via the functions
-           taking <EM>chtype</EM> arguments, even  when  a  <EM>curses</EM>  window  uses  wide-
+           taking  <EM>chtype</EM>  arguments,  even  when  a  <EM>curses</EM> window uses wide-
            character cells.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD  <EM>curses</EM>  used 6 bits for the color pair identifier from 2000
-           (when it first added color support) until  2004.   At  that  point,
-           NetBSD  widened  the  color  pair  identifier to use 9 bits.  As of
-           2025, that size is unchanged.  Like <EM>ncurses</EM> before version  6,  the
-           NetBSD  color  pair  datum  is  stored  in  the attributes field of
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> used 6 bits for the color pair identifier  from  2000
+           (when  it  first  added  color support) until 2004.  At that point,
+           NetBSD widened the color pair identifier to  use  9  bits.   As  of
+           2025,  that  size is unchanged.  Like <EM>ncurses</EM> before version 6, the
+           NetBSD color pair datum  is  stored  in  the  attributes  field  of
            <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, limiting the number of color pairs.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-01                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.47 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -73,16 +73,21 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if <EM>win</EM> is <EM>NULL</EM>.
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, these functions fail if
 
-       Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail  if
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer  argument)  <EM>win</EM>  is  a  null
+           pointer.
+
+       Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
        the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>delch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvdelch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwdelch</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
 
-       A  terminal's  <STRONG>delete_character</STRONG>  (<STRONG>dch1</STRONG>)  capability  is not necessarily
+       A terminal's <STRONG>delete_character</STRONG>  (<STRONG>dch1</STRONG>)  capability  is  not  necessarily
        employed.
 
 
@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       SVr4  describes  a  successful  return  value only as "an integer value
+       SVr4 describes a successful return value  only  as  "an  integer  value
        other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
 
 
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_deleteln.3x,v 1.51 2025/02/01 22:49:56 tom Exp @
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 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_deleteln.3x.html">curs_deleteln(3x)</A></STRONG>                Library calls               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_deleteln.3x.html">curs_deleteln(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@
        negative,  respectively,  as  if  by  repeatedly  calling  <STRONG>winsertln</STRONG> or
        <STRONG>wdeleteln</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of these functions.
-
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-01                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_deleteln.3x.html">curs_deleteln(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_deleteln.3x.html">curs_deleteln(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
   * Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1999-on
-  * @Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.54 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>  interfaces.   Normally  these names are available for
        use, since the essential decision is made through use  of  <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1)</A></STRONG>'s  <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
        option  to  include  such  extensions  in  terminal  type descriptions.
-       <STRONG>use_extended_names</STRONG>  can  prevent   <EM>ncurses</EM>   from   recognizing   these
+       <STRONG>use_extended_names(FALSE)</STRONG>  prevents  <EM>ncurses</EM>  from  recognizing   these
        capabilities  to  ensure  compatibility  with  other implementations of
        <EM>curses</EM>.
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG>
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   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>                 Library calls                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -116,21 +116,29 @@
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> when it reads a wide character,  <STRONG>KEY_CODE_YES</STRONG>  when
-       it reads a function key code, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> fails if
+       it  reads  a  function key code, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> fails if
+       its timeout expires without any data arriving, which cannot  happen  if
+       <STRONG><A HREF="nodelay.3x.html">nodelay(3x)</A></STRONG> is in effect on the window.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   its timeout expires without any data arriving, or
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> also fails if
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   execution  was  interrupted by a signal, in which case <EM>errno</EM> is set
-           to <EM>EINTR</EM>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for  functions  taking  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+           pointer, or
 
-       Functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer  argument  fail  if  <EM>win</EM>  is  a  null
-       pointer.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   execution was interrupted by a signal, in which case <EM>errno</EM>  is  set
+           to <EM>EINTR</EM>.
 
        Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
        the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
-       <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if there is no more room in the
-       input queue.
+       <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on  success  and  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  on  failure.   In  <EM>ncurses</EM>,
+       <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> fails if
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   there is no more room in the input queue.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -139,13 +147,12 @@
        All of these functions except <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> and <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> may be implemented
        as macros.
 
-       Unlike <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> and its variants store  the  value  of  the
-       input  character  in  an additional <EM>wch</EM> parameter instead of the return
-       value.
-
-       Unlike <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>, <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG> cannot distinguish function  key  codes  from
-       conventional   character  codes.   An  application  can  overcome  this
-       limitation by pushing function key codes with <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> and  subsequently
+       Unlike <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> stores the value of the input character  in
+       an additional <EM>wch</EM> parameter instead of the return value.
+
+       Unlike  <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>,  <STRONG>unget_wch</STRONG>  cannot distinguish function key codes from
+       conventional  character  codes.   An  application  can  overcome   this
+       limitation  by pushing function key codes with <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> and subsequently
        checking the return value of <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> for a match with <STRONG>KEY_CODE_YES</STRONG>.
 
 
@@ -160,18 +167,18 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       See  the  "PORTABILITY" section of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> regarding the interaction
+       See the "PORTABILITY" section of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> regarding  the  interaction
        of <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> with signal handlers.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions.   The
-       System V  Interface  Definition  Version 4  of  the same year specified
+       X/Open  Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions.  The
+       System V Interface Definition Version 4  of  the  same  year  specified
        functions named <EM>wgetwch</EM> (with its variants) <EM>ungetwch</EM>.  These were later
-       additions  to  SVr4.<EM>x</EM>,  not  appearing  in the first SVr4 (1989).  They
+       additions to SVr4.<EM>x</EM>, not appearing in  the  first  SVr4  (1989).   They
        differ from X/Open's later <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> and <EM>unget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> in that <EM>wgetwch</EM> takes
-       no  <EM>wch</EM>  argument,  but  returns the (wide) key code as an <EM>int</EM> (with no
-       provision for distinguishing a  character  code  from  a  function  key
+       no <EM>wch</EM> argument, but returns the (wide) key code as  an  <EM>int</EM>  (with  no
+       provision  for  distinguishing  a  character  code  from a function key
        code); and <EM>ungetwch</EM> takes a non-<EM>const</EM> <EM>int</EM> argument.
 
 
@@ -179,12 +186,12 @@
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library in
        its non-wide-character configuration.
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_get_wstr 3x 2025-02-15 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_get_wstr 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                Library calls               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -80,36 +80,36 @@
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   always terminates the string with a null wide character (after  any
            <EM>WEOF</EM>);
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   interprets   the   screen's   erase   and   kill   characters  (see
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   interprets  the  screen's  wide erase and wide kill characters (see
            <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">erasewchar(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termattrs.3x.html">killwchar(3x)</A></STRONG>);
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   recognizes function keys only if  the  screen's  keypad  option  is
            enabled (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG>);
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   treats the function keys <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG> and <STRONG>KEY_BACKSPACE</STRONG> the same as the
-           erase character; and
+           wide erase character; and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   discards function key inputs other than those treated as the  erase
-           character, calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   discards function key inputs other than those treated as  the  wide
+           erase or wide kill characters, calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       The  erase  character  replaces  the character at the end of the buffer
-       with a null wide character, while the kill character does the same  for
-       the entire buffer.
+       The  wide  erase  character  replaces  the  character at the end of the
+       buffer with a null wide character, while the wide kill  character  does
+       the same for the entire buffer.
 
        If  the  screen's  echo  option  is  enabled  (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">echo(3x)</A></STRONG>), <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG>
        updates <EM>win</EM> with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">wadd_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Further,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the erase character and its function key synonyms move  the  cursor
-           to the left, and
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the wide erase character and its function  key  synonyms  move  the
+           cursor to the left, and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the  kill character returns the cursor to where it was located when
-           <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG> was called.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the  wide kill character returns the cursor to where it was located
+           when <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG> was called.
 
        <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> is similar, but reads at most <EM>n</EM> wide characters, aiding  the
-       application  to  avoid overrunning the buffer to which <EM>wstr</EM> points.  An
-       attempt  to  input  more  than  <EM>n</EM>  wide  characters  (other  than   the
-       terminating line feed or carriage return) is ignored with a beep.  If <EM>n</EM>
-       is negative, <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> reads  up  to  <EM>LINE</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MAX</EM>  wide  characters  (see
+       application  to  avoid  overrunning  the  buffer  to which <EM>wstr</EM> points.
+       <EM>curses</EM> ignores an attempt to input more than <EM>n</EM> wide  characters  (other
+       than  the  terminating line feed or carriage return), calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       If <EM>n</EM> is negative, <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> reads up to <EM>LINE</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MAX</EM> wide characters  (see
        <STRONG>sysconf(3)</STRONG>).
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of these functions.
@@ -118,36 +118,41 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, these functions fail if
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>win</EM> is <EM>NULL</EM>, or
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if an internal <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">wget_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> call fails.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for  functions  taking  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+           pointer,
 
-       Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>str</EM> is a null pointer, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   an internal <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">wget_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> call fails.
+
+       Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail  if
        the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        All of these functions except <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
 
-       Reading input that overruns  the  buffer  pointed  to  by  <EM>wstr</EM>  causes
-       undefined   results.    Use   the  <STRONG>n</STRONG>-infixed  functions,  and  allocate
+       Reading  input  that  overruns  the  buffer  pointed  to by <EM>wstr</EM> causes
+       undefined  results.   Use  the  <STRONG>n</STRONG>-infixed   functions,   and   allocate
        sufficient storage for <EM>wstr</EM> -- at least <EM>n</EM>+1 times <STRONG>sizeof(wchar_t)</STRONG>.
 
-       These functions cannot store a <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> value in <EM>wstr</EM> because there  is  no
+       These  functions  cannot store a <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> value in <EM>wstr</EM> because there is no
        way to distinguish it from a valid <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> value.
 
-       While  these  functions  conceptually  implement  a  series of calls to
-       <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG>, they also temporarily change properties of the <EM>curses</EM>  screen
-       to  permit simple editing of the input buffer.  Each function saves the
-       screen's state, calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nl(3x)</A></STRONG>, and,  if  the  screen  was  in  canonical
-       ("cooked")  mode,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">cbreak(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Before returning, it restores the saved
-       screen state.  Other implementations differ in detail, affecting  which
-       control   characters  they  can  accept  in  the  buffer;  see  section
+       While these functions conceptually  implement  a  series  of  calls  to
+       <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG>,  they also temporarily change properties of the <EM>curses</EM> screen
+       to permit simple editing of the input buffer.  Each function saves  the
+       screen's  state,  calls  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nl(3x)</A></STRONG>,  and,  if  the screen was in canonical
+       ("cooked") mode, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">cbreak(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Before returning, it restores  the  saved
+       screen  state.  Other implementations differ in detail, affecting which
+       control  characters  they  can  accept  in  the  buffer;  see   section
        "PORTABILITY" below.
 
-       Unlike <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">getstr(3x)</A></STRONG> and related  functions  of  <EM>ncurses</EM>'s  non-wide  API,
+       Unlike  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>  and  related  functions  of <EM>ncurses</EM>'s non-wide API,
        these functions do not return <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> if a <EM>SIGWINCH</EM> event interrupts
        the function.
 
@@ -164,75 +169,75 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       Issue 4  documented these functions as passing an array of <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, but
-       that was an error, conflicting  with  the  following  language  in  the
+       Issue 4 documented these functions as passing an array of <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>,  but
+       that  was  an  error,  conflicting  with  the following language in the
        standard.
 
-              The  effect  of  <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM>()  is  as  though a series of calls to
-              <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM>() were made,  until  a  newline  character,  end-of-line
+              The effect of <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM>() is as  though  a  series  of  calls  to
+              <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM>()  were  made,  until  a  newline character, end-of-line
               character, or end-of-file character is processed.
 
-       <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM>  can  return a negative value (<EM>WEOF</EM>), but <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> is a unsigned
-       type.  All of the  vendors  implement  these  functions  using  <EM>wint</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>,
+       <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> can return a negative value (<EM>WEOF</EM>), but <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> is  a  unsigned
+       type.   All  of  the  vendors  implement  these functions using <EM>wint</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>,
        following the Issue 7 standard.
 
-       X/Open  Curses  Issue 7  is  unclear  whether the terminating null wide
-       character counts toward  the  length  parameter  <EM>n</EM>.   A  similar  issue
-       affected   <EM>wgetnstr</EM>   in   Issue 4,  Version 2;  Issue 7  revised  that
-       function's  description  to  address  the  issue,  but  not   that   of
+       X/Open Curses Issue 7 is unclear  whether  the  terminating  null  wide
+       character  counts  toward  the  length  parameter  <EM>n</EM>.   A similar issue
+       affected  <EM>wgetnstr</EM>  in  Issue 4,  Version 2;   Issue 7   revised   that
+       function's   description   to  address  the  issue,  but  not  that  of
        <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>nwstr</EM>, leaving it ambiguous.  <EM>ncurses</EM> counts the terminator in the
        length.
 
-       X/Open Curses does  not  specify  what  happens  if  the  length  <EM>n</EM>  is
+       X/Open  Curses  does  not  specify  what  happens  if  the  length <EM>n</EM> is
        negative.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   For  consistency  with  <EM>wgetnstr</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.2 uses a limit based on
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   For consistency with <EM>wgetnstr</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.2 uses a  limit  based  on
            <EM>LINE</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MAX</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Some other implementations (such as Solaris <EM>xcurses</EM>) do  the  same,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Some  other  implementations (such as Solaris <EM>xcurses</EM>) do the same,
            while others (<EM>PDCurses</EM>) do not permit a negative <EM>n</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD 7  <EM>curses</EM>  imitates  <EM>ncurses</EM>  6.1  and  earlier,  treating a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD 7 <EM>curses</EM>  imitates  <EM>ncurses</EM>  6.1  and  earlier,  treating  a
            negative <EM>n</EM> as an unbounded count of wide characters.
 
        Implementations vary in their handling of input control characters.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   While they may enable the screen's echo option, some do not take it
-           out  of  raw  mode,  and  may  take  cbreak  mode into account when
-           deciding whether to handle echoing within <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> or to rely  on
+           out of raw mode,  and  may  take  cbreak  mode  into  account  when
+           deciding  whether to handle echoing within <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> or to rely on
            it as a side effect of calling <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM>.
 
-           Since  1995,  <EM>ncurses</EM> has provided handlers for <EM>SIGINTR</EM> and <EM>SIGQUIT</EM>
-           events, which are typically generated at the keyboard with  <STRONG>^C</STRONG>  and
+           Since 1995, <EM>ncurses</EM> has provided handlers for <EM>SIGINTR</EM>  and  <EM>SIGQUIT</EM>
+           events,  which  are typically generated at the keyboard with <STRONG>^C</STRONG> and
            <STRONG>^\</STRONG> respectively.  In cbreak mode, those handlers catch a signal and
-           stop  the  program,  whereas  other  implementations  write   those
+           stop   the  program,  whereas  other  implementations  write  those
            characters into the buffer.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Starting  with <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3 (2021), <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> preserves raw mode if
-           the screen was already in that state, allowing  one  to  enter  the
-           characters  the  terminal  interprets  as interrupt and quit events
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Starting with <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3 (2021), <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> preserves raw mode  if
+           the  screen  was  already  in that state, allowing one to enter the
+           characters the terminal interprets as  interrupt  and  quit  events
            into the buffer, for consistency with SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>'s <EM>wgetnstr</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions.   The
-       System V  Interface  Definition  Version 4  of  the same year specified
+       X/Open  Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions.  The
+       System V Interface Definition Version 4  of  the  same  year  specified
        functions named <EM>wgetwstr</EM> and <EM>wgetnwstr</EM> (and the usual variants).  These
        were later additions to SVr4.<EM>x</EM>, not appearing in the first SVr4 (1989).
-       Except in name, their declarations did not differ from  X/Open's  later
-       <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM>  and <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> until X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009) eventually
+       Except  in  name, their declarations did not differ from X/Open's later
+       <EM>wget</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> and <EM>wgetn</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM> until X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009)  eventually
        changed the type of the buffer argument to a pointer to <EM>wint</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the  <EM>ncurses</EM>  library
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>  describes  comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library
        in its non-wide-character configuration.
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
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 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -111,24 +111,26 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Keypad-Mode">Keypad Mode</a></H3><PRE>
-       To <EM>curses</EM>, key strokes not from the alphabetic section of the  keyboard
-       (those    corresponding    to    the    ECMA-6    character    set--see
-       <STRONG>ascii(7)</STRONG>--optionally modified by either the control or shift keys)  are
-       treated as <EM>function</EM> keys.  (In <EM>curses</EM>, the term "function key" includes
-       but is not limited to keycaps engraved with "F1", "PF1",  and  so  on.)
-       If  the  window  is  in  keypad  mode,  these  produce  a  numeric code
-       corresponding to the <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> symbols listed in subsection "Predefined  Key
-       Codes"  below;  otherwise,  they transmit a sequence of codes typically
-       starting with the escape character, and which must  be  collected  with
-       multiple <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> calls.
+       Call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG> on a window to configure keypad mode when reading input
+       from  it.   In  <EM>keypad</EM>  <EM>mode</EM>,  <EM>curses</EM>  treats  key strokes not from the
+       alphabetic section of the keyboard (those corresponding to  the  ECMA-6
+       character  set  --  see  <STRONG>ascii(7)</STRONG>  -- optionally modified by either the
+       control or  shift  keys)  as  <EM>function</EM>  keys.   (In  <EM>curses</EM>,  the  term
+       "function  key"  includes  but  is not limited to keycaps engraved with
+       "F1", "PF1", and so on.)   If  a  window  is  in  keypad  mode,  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>
+       translates  these  key  strokes  to a numeric code corresponding to the
+       <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG> symbols listed in subsection "Predefined Key Codes" below.   If  a
+       window  is  not  in  keypad  mode,  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  returns a sequence of codes
+       typically starting with the escape  character,  which  the  application
+       must collect individually with multiple <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> calls.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  <EM>curses.h</EM>  header  file  declares many <EM>predefined</EM> <EM>function</EM> <EM>keys</EM>
-           whose names begin with <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG>; these object-like macros  have  values
-           outside the range of eight-bit character codes.
+           whose names begin with <STRONG>KEY_</STRONG>; these object-like macros have  integer
+           values outside the range of eight-bit character codes.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   In   <EM>ncurses</EM>,   <EM>user-defined</EM>  <EM>function</EM>  <EM>keys</EM>  are  configured  with
            <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>; they have no names, but are also expected  to  have
-           values outside the range of eight-bit codes.
+           integer values outside the range of eight-bit character codes.
 
        A  variable  intended  to hold a function key code must thus be of type
        <EM>short</EM> or larger.
@@ -146,27 +148,28 @@
            to the unique sequence defined by the terminal.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the escape sequence matches no function  keys  defined  for  the
-           terminal  type,  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  returns the code of the last (most recent)
-           character it has read.
+           terminal  type,  call  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> repeatedly to obtain the codes of the
+           individual characters of the sequence, in the order  they  occurred
+           in the input.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> cannot decide the validity of the input as a function key
-           because  it  has not read enough characters to disambiguate it, the
-           function waits until it has this information or the  <EM>escape</EM>  <EM>delay</EM>,
-           configured  by  the  global  variable  <EM>ESCDELAY</EM>  (an extension; see
-           section "EXTENSIONS" below) or the environment variable of the same
-           name (see section "ENVIRONMENT" of <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>), also an extension,
-           elapses.
-
-       Consequently, a user of a <EM>curses</EM> application that employs  keypad  mode
-       may  experience a pause or "hang" after the escape key is pressed while
-       <EM>curses</EM> collects sufficient characters to disambiguate  the  input.   If
-       the  window  is  in "no time-out" mode, the escape delay is effectively
-       infinite; see <STRONG><A HREF="notimeout.3x.html">notimeout(3x)</A></STRONG>.  In the event of  such  a  pause,  further
+           because it has not read enough characters to disambiguate  it,  the
+           function  waits  until  it has this information or the <EM>escape</EM> <EM>delay</EM>
+           elapses.  Configure the  escape  delay  with  the  global  variable
+           <EM>ESCDELAY</EM>,  an  extension  (see  section "EXTENSIONS" below), or the
+           environment variable of the same name (see section "ENVIRONMENT" of
+           <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>), also an extension.
+
+       Consequently,  a  user of a <EM>curses</EM> application that employs keypad mode
+       may experience a pause or "hang" after pressing the  escape  key  while
+       <EM>curses</EM>  collects  sufficient  characters to disambiguate the input.  If
+       the window is in "no time-out" mode, the escape  delay  is  effectively
+       infinite;  see  <STRONG><A HREF="notimeout.3x.html">notimeout(3x)</A></STRONG>.   In  the event of such a pause, further
        typing "awakens" <EM>curses</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Ungetting-Characters">Ungetting Characters</a></H3><PRE>
-       <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>  places  <EM>c</EM> into the input queue to be returned by the next call
+       <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> places <EM>c</EM> into the input queue to be returned by the  next  call
        to <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>.  A single input queue serves all windows associated with the
        screen.
 
@@ -174,16 +177,16 @@
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Predefined-Key-Codes">Predefined Key Codes</a></H3><PRE>
        The header file <EM>curses.h</EM> defines the following function key codes.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Except  for  the special case of <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>, a window's keypad mode
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Except for the special case of <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>, a window's  keypad  mode
            must be enabled for <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> to read these codes from it.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Not all of  these  are  necessarily  supported  on  any  particular
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Not  all  of  these  are  necessarily  supported  on any particular
            terminal.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The   naming  convention  may  seem  obscure,  with  some  apparent
-           misspellings (such as "RSUME" for "resume"); the  names  correspond
-           to   the   <EM>terminfo</EM>   capability  names  for  the  keys,  and  were
-           standardized before  the  IBM  PC/AT  keyboard  layout  achieved  a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  naming  convention  may  seem  obscure,  with  some   apparent
+           misspellings  (such  as "RSUME" for "resume"); the names correspond
+           to  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  capability  names  for  the   keys,   and   were
+           standardized  before  the  IBM  PC/AT  keyboard  layout  achieved a
            dominant position in industry.
 
               <STRONG>Symbol</STRONG>          <STRONG>Key</STRONG> <STRONG>name</STRONG>
@@ -245,10 +248,10 @@
               <STRONG>KEY_REFERENCE</STRONG>   Ref(erence) key
               <STRONG>KEY_REFRESH</STRONG>     Refresh key
               <STRONG>KEY_REPLACE</STRONG>     Replace key
+
               <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>      Screen resized
               <STRONG>KEY_RESTART</STRONG>     Restart key
               <STRONG>KEY_RESUME</STRONG>      Resume key
-
               <STRONG>KEY_SAVE</STRONG>        Save key
               <STRONG>KEY_SELECT</STRONG>      Select key
               <STRONG>KEY_SUSPEND</STRONG>     Suspend key
@@ -292,105 +295,113 @@
                                    +-----+------+-------+
                                    | C1  | down |  C3   |
                                    +-----+------+-------+
-       Two  of  the  symbols in the list above do <EM>not</EM> correspond to a physical
+       Two of the symbols in the list above do <EM>not</EM> correspond  to  a  physical
        key.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>, even if  the  window's  keypad  mode  is
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  returns  <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG>,  even  if  the window's keypad mode is
            disabled, if <EM>ncurses</EM> has handled a <STRONG>SIGWINCH</STRONG> signal since <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> was
            called; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> to indicate that a mouse event is  pending
-           collection;  see  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>.   Receipt of this code requires a
-           window's keypad mode to be  enabled,  because  to  interpret  mouse
-           input  (as  with  <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>'s  mouse protocol), <EM>ncurses</EM> must read an
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  returns <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> to indicate that a mouse event is pending
+           collection; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Receipt of this  code  requires  a
+           window's  keypad  mode  to  be  enabled, because to interpret mouse
+           input (as with <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>'s mouse protocol),  <EM>ncurses</EM>  must  read  an
            escape sequence, as with a function key.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Testing-Key-Codes">Testing Key Codes</a></H3><PRE>
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> returns a  Boolean  value  indicating  whether  the
-       terminal  type  recognizes its parameter as a key code value.  See also
+       In  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  <STRONG>has_key</STRONG>  returns  a  Boolean value indicating whether the
+       terminal type recognizes its parameter as a key code value.   See  also
        <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="key_defined.3x.html">key_defined(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> returns a key code identifying the key event as described above,
        which may include <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> or <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> indicating non-key events, or
-       <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> fails if
+       <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  on  failure.  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> fails if its timeout expires without any data
+       arriving, which cannot happen  if  <STRONG><A HREF="nodelay.3x.html">nodelay(3x)</A></STRONG>  is  in  effect  on  the
+       window.
+
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> also fails if
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   its timeout expires without any data arriving, or
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for  functions  taking  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+           pointer, or
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   execution was interrupted by a signal, in which case <EM>errno</EM>  is  set
            to <EM>EINTR</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>  returns  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  on  success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> fails if
-       there is no more room in the input queue.
+       Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
+       the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
+
+       <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  In <EM>ncurses</EM>,  <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>
+       fails if
 
-       <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized, or
 
-       Functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer  argument  fail  if  <EM>win</EM>  is  a  null
-       pointer.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   there is no more room in the input queue.
 
-       Functions  prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
-       the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
+       <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>getch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvgetch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwgetch</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
 
-       <EM>curses</EM> discourages assignment of the ESC key to a discrete function  by
+       <EM>curses</EM>  discourages assignment of the ESC key to a discrete function by
        the programmer because the library requires a delay while it awaits the
        potential remainder of a terminal escape sequence.
 
-       Some key strokes are indistinguishable  from  control  characters;  for
-       example,  <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> may be the same as <STRONG>^M</STRONG>, and <STRONG>KEY_BACKSPACE</STRONG> may be the
-       same as <STRONG>^H</STRONG> or <STRONG>^?</STRONG>.  Consult the <EM>terminfo</EM> entry for the terminal type  to
-       determine  whether  this  is  the  case;  see  <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1)</A></STRONG>.  Some <EM>curses</EM>
+       Some  key  strokes  are  indistinguishable from control characters; for
+       example, <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG> may be the same as <STRONG>^M</STRONG>, and <STRONG>KEY_BACKSPACE</STRONG> may be  the
+       same  as <STRONG>^H</STRONG> or <STRONG>^?</STRONG>.  Consult the <EM>terminfo</EM> entry for the terminal type to
+       determine whether this  is  the  case;  see  <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1)</A></STRONG>.   Some  <EM>curses</EM>
        implementations, including <EM>ncurses</EM>, honor the <EM>terminfo</EM> key definitions;
        others treat such control characters specially.
 
-       <EM>curses</EM>  distinguishes  the  Enter  keys  in  the alphabetic and numeric
-       keypad sections of a keyboard because (most) terminals  do.   <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG>
-       refers  to the key on the numeric keypad and, like other function keys,
+       <EM>curses</EM> distinguishes the Enter  keys  in  the  alphabetic  and  numeric
+       keypad  sections  of a keyboard because (most) terminals do.  <STRONG>KEY_ENTER</STRONG>
+       refers to the key on the numeric keypad and, like other function  keys,
        is reliably recognized only if the window's keypad mode is enabled.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <EM>terminfo</EM> <STRONG>key_enter</STRONG> (<STRONG>kent</STRONG>) capability  describes  the  character
-           (sequence)  sent  by  the  Enter  key  of  a terminal's numeric (or
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  <EM>terminfo</EM>  <STRONG>key_enter</STRONG>  (<STRONG>kent</STRONG>) capability describes the character
+           (sequence) sent by the  Enter  key  of  a  terminal's  numeric  (or
            similar) keypad.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   "Enter or send" is X/Open Curses's description of this key.
 
-       <EM>curses</EM> treats the Enter or Return key in the <EM>alphabetic</EM> section of  the
+       <EM>curses</EM>  treats the Enter or Return key in the <EM>alphabetic</EM> section of the
        keyboard differently.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It usually produces a control code for carriage return (<STRONG>^M</STRONG>) or line
            feed (<STRONG>^J</STRONG>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Depending on the terminal mode (raw,  cbreak,  or  canonical),  and
-           whether  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nl(3x)</A></STRONG>  or  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nonl(3x)</A></STRONG>  has  been  called, <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> may return
-           either a carriage return or line feed upon an Enter or  Return  key
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Depending  on  the  terminal  mode (raw, cbreak, or canonical), and
+           whether <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nl(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">nonl(3x)</A></STRONG>  has  been  called,  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG>  may  return
+           either  a  carriage return or line feed upon an Enter or Return key
            stroke.
 
-       Use  of  <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">echo(3x)</A></STRONG> and neither <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">cbreak(3x)</A></STRONG> nor <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">raw(3x)</A></STRONG> is not
+       Use of <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">echo(3x)</A></STRONG> and neither <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">cbreak(3x)</A></STRONG> nor <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">raw(3x)</A></STRONG>  is  not
        well-defined.
 
-       Historically, the list of key code macros above was influenced  by  the
-       keyboard  of  the AT&amp;T 7300 (also known variously as the "3B1", "Safari
-       4", and "UNIX PC"), a 1985 machine  rich  in  function  keys.   Today's
-       computer  keyboards are based on that of the IBM PC/AT and tend to have
+       Historically,  the  list of key code macros above was influenced by the
+       keyboard of the AT&amp;T 7300 (also known variously as the  "3B1",  "Safari
+       4",  and  "UNIX  PC"),  a  1985 machine rich in function keys.  Today's
+       computer keyboards are based on that of the IBM PC/AT and tend to  have
        fewer.  A <EM>curses</EM> application can expect such a keyboard to transmit key
-       codes   <STRONG>KEY_UP</STRONG>,   <STRONG>KEY_DOWN</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_RIGHT</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_HOME</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_END</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>KEY_PPAGE</STRONG> (Page Up), <STRONG>KEY_NPAGE</STRONG> (Page  Down),  <STRONG>KEY_IC</STRONG>  (Insert),  <STRONG>KEY_DC</STRONG>
+       codes  <STRONG>KEY_UP</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_DOWN</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG>,  <STRONG>KEY_RIGHT</STRONG>,   <STRONG>KEY_HOME</STRONG>,   <STRONG>KEY_END</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>KEY_PPAGE</STRONG>  (Page  Up),  <STRONG>KEY_NPAGE</STRONG>  (Page Down), <STRONG>KEY_IC</STRONG> (Insert), <STRONG>KEY_DC</STRONG>
        (Delete), <STRONG>KEY_A1</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_A3</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_B2</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_C1</STRONG>, <STRONG>KEY_C3</STRONG>, and <STRONG>KEY_F(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> for 1 &lt;=
        <EM>n</EM> &lt;= 12.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
        In <EM>ncurses</EM>, when a window's "no time-out" mode is <EM>not</EM> set, the <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>
-       variable  configures  the  duration of the timer used to disambiguate a
-       function key character sequence from a series of key strokes  beginning
+       variable configures the duration of the timer used  to  disambiguate  a
+       function  key character sequence from a series of key strokes beginning
        with ESC typed by the user; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>has_key</STRONG>  is  an  <EM>ncurses</EM>  extension,  and  is not found in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>,
+       <STRONG>has_key</STRONG> is an <EM>ncurses</EM> extension, and  is  not  found  in  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>,
        4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>, or any other previous <EM>curses</EM> implementation.
 
 
@@ -398,32 +409,32 @@
        Applications employing <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions should condition their use on
        the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
 
-       Except  as  noted  in section "EXTENSIONS" above, X/Open Curses Issue 4
+       Except as noted in section "EXTENSIONS" above,  X/Open  Curses  Issue 4
        describes these functions.  It specifies no error conditions for them.
 
-       SVr4 describes a successful return value  only  as  "an  integer  value
+       SVr4  describes  a  successful  return  value only as "an integer value
        other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
 
        <EM>wgetch</EM> reads only single-byte characters.
 
-       The  echo  behavior  of  these  functions on input of <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> or backspace
+       The echo behavior of these functions on  input  of  <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG>  or  backspace
        characters is not documented in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>.
 
-       The behavior of <EM>wgetch</EM> in  the  presence  of  signal  handlers  is  not
-       documented  in  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  and  is unspecified by X/Open Curses.  In
-       historical <EM>curses</EM> implementations, it varied depending on  whether  the
-       operating  system's  dispatch  of  a  signal to a handler interrupted a
+       The  behavior  of  <EM>wgetch</EM>  in  the  presence  of signal handlers is not
+       documented in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> and is  unspecified  by  X/Open  Curses.   In
+       historical  <EM>curses</EM>  implementations, it varied depending on whether the
+       operating system's dispatch of a signal  to  a  handler  interrupted  a
        <STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> call in progress, and also (in some implementations) whether an
-       input  timeout  or  non-blocking  mode had been set.  A portable <EM>curses</EM>
-       application prepares  for  two  cases:  (a)  signal  receipt  does  not
+       input timeout or non-blocking mode had been  set.   A  portable  <EM>curses</EM>
+       application  prepares  for  two  cases:  (a)  signal  receipt  does not
        interrupt <EM>wgetch</EM>; or (b) signal receipt interrupts <EM>wgetch</EM> and causes it
        to return <EM>ERR</EM> with <EM>errno</EM> set to <EM>EINTR</EM>.
 
        <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MOUSE</EM> is mentioned in X/Open Curses, along with a few related <EM>term-</EM>
-       <EM>info</EM>  capabilities, but no higher-level functions use the feature.  The
+       <EM>info</EM> capabilities, but no higher-level functions use the feature.   The
        implementation in <EM>ncurses</EM> is an extension.
 
-       <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>RESIZE</EM> and <EM>has</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>key</EM> are extensions first  implemented  for  <EM>ncurses</EM>.
+       <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>RESIZE</EM>  and  <EM>has</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>key</EM>  are extensions first implemented for <EM>ncurses</EM>.
        By  2022,  <EM>PDCurses</EM>  and  NetBSD  <EM>curses</EM>  had  added  them  along  with
        <EM>KEY</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MOUSE</EM>.
 
@@ -431,26 +442,28 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
        4BSD (1980) introduced <EM>wgetch</EM> and its variants.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> 1.9.9g (1996) added <EM>has</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>key</EM>.
+       SVr3 (1987) added <EM>ungetch</EM>.
+
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> 1.9.9g (1996) furnished the <EM>has</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>key</EM> extension.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       ECMA-6 "7-bit  coded  Character  Set"  &lt;https://ecma-international.org/
+       ECMA-6  "7-bit  coded  Character  Set" &lt;https://ecma-international.org/
        publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-6/&gt;
 
-       ECMA-48   "Control   Functions  for  Coded  Character  Sets"  &lt;https://
+       ECMA-48  "Control  Functions  for  Coded  Character   Sets"   &lt;https://
        ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-48/&gt;
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM>  library
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>  describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library
        in its wide-character configuration (<EM>ncursesw</EM>).
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>,
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>ascii(7)</STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-15                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">curs_getch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
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   * authorization.                                                           *
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-  * @Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.85 2025/02/01 22:49:13 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
            erase character; and
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   discards  function key inputs other than those treated as the erase
-           character, calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+           or kill characters, calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
        The erase character replaces the character at the  end  of  the  buffer
        with  a  null character, while the kill character does the same for the
@@ -101,10 +101,11 @@
            <STRONG>wgetstr</STRONG> was called.
 
        <STRONG>wgetnstr</STRONG>  is  similar,  but  reads  at  most  <EM>n</EM>  characters, aiding the
-       application to avoid overrunning the buffer to which  <EM>str</EM>  points.   An
-       attempt  to  input  more  than <EM>n</EM> characters (other than the terminating
-       line feed or carriage  return)  is  ignored  with  a  beep.   If  <EM>n</EM>  is
-       negative, <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> reads up to <EM>LINE</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MAX</EM> characters (see <STRONG>sysconf(3)</STRONG>).
+       application to avoid  overrunning  the  buffer  to  which  <EM>str</EM>  points.
+       <EM>curses</EM>  ignores  an attempt to input more than <EM>n</EM> characters (other than
+       the terminating line feed or carriage return), calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_beep.3x.html">beep(3x)</A></STRONG>.  If  <EM>n</EM>
+       is   negative,   <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG>   reads  up  to  <EM>LINE</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>MAX</EM>  characters  (see
+       <STRONG>sysconf(3)</STRONG>).
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> describes the variants of these functions.
 
@@ -112,11 +113,16 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, these functions fail if
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>win</EM> is <EM>NULL</EM>, or
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if an internal <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> call fails.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer  argument)  <EM>win</EM>  is  a  null
+           pointer,
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>str</EM> is a null pointer, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   an internal <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> call fails.
 
        Further,  in  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  these functions return <STRONG>KEY_RESIZE</STRONG> if a <EM>SIGWINCH</EM>
        event interrupts the function.
@@ -266,7 +272,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-01                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.102 2025/03/15 21:11:52 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.104 2025/04/05 22:07:49 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
        describe  two  related  but  distinct aspects of input handling, at the
        risk of confusing the user.  The functions <STRONG>halfdelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>nodelay</STRONG>, <STRONG>timeout</STRONG>,
        and  <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG>  configure  whether  the input character reading function
-       (<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">getch(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>) waits for keyboard input to begin,  and  for
+       (<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">wget_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>) waits for keyboard input to begin, and for
        how  long.   <STRONG>keypad</STRONG>  configures whether that function waits for further
        input if the first character it reads is ESC.  Calling <STRONG>notimeout</STRONG>, which
        has  nothing  to  do  with  <STRONG>timeout</STRONG>  or  <STRONG>wtimeout</STRONG>,  makes this delay in
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-15                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
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   * authorization.                                                           *
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-  * @Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.123 2025/03/01 21:33:30 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
        bit set indicating the event type.
 
        <EM>ncurses</EM>  ignores  mouse  events  when  input is in canonical ("cooked")
-       mode, and produces an error beep when canonical mode is simulated in  a
-       window  by  a  function  such  as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">getstr(3x)</A></STRONG> that expects a linefeed to
-       terminate its input loop.
+       mode, and produces an error beep when  they  occur  while  the  library
+       simulates canonical mode in a window, as with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, which expects
+       a line feed to terminate its input loop.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_mouse">has_mouse</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -233,18 +233,17 @@
        events separated by more than the mouse interval as a "long press", or,
        with motion, as a "drag".
 
-       Calling  <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG>  disables  click  resolution.   When  <EM>ncurses</EM>
-       detects  a  mouse  event,  it  awaits further input activity up to this
-       interval, and then checks for a subsequent mouse  event  which  can  be
-       combined  with  the  first event.  If the timeout expires without input
-       activity (which would happen with  a  zero  interval),  then  no  click
-       resolution occurs.
+       When <EM>ncurses</EM> detects a mouse event, it awaits further input activity up
+       to  this  interval,  and then checks for a subsequent mouse event which
+       can be combined with the first event.  If the timeout  expires  without
+       input   activity,   then   no   click   resolution   occurs.    Calling
+       <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG> disables click resolution.
 
-       This    function    returns   the   previous   interval   value.    Use
+       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG>   returns   the    previous    interval    value.     Use
        <STRONG>mouseinterval(-1)</STRONG> to obtain the interval without altering it.
 
        The  mouse  interval  is  set  to  one  sixth  of  a  second  when  the
-       corresponding   screen   is   initialized,   e.g.,  in  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>  or
+       corresponding  screen  is  initialized,   e.g.,   in   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>   or
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
@@ -268,16 +267,16 @@
 
        <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> returns the mask of reportable events.
 
-       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG>  returns the previous interval value, unless the terminal
-       was not initialized.  In that case, it  returns  the  maximum  interval
+       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> returns the previous interval value, unless the  terminal
+       was  not  initialized.   In  that case, it returns the maximum interval
        value (166).
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       The   order   of  the  <STRONG>MEVENT</STRONG>  structure  members  is  not  guaranteed.
+       The  order  of  the  <STRONG>MEVENT</STRONG>  structure  members  is   not   guaranteed.
        Additional fields may be added to the structure in the future.
 
-       Under <EM>ncurses</EM>, these calls are implemented using either <EM>xterm</EM>'s  built-
+       Under  <EM>ncurses</EM>, these calls are implemented using either <EM>xterm</EM>'s built-
        in mouse-tracking API or platform-specific drivers including
 
           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Alessandro Rubini's gpm server
@@ -286,12 +285,12 @@
 
           <STRONG>o</STRONG>   OS/2 EMX
 
-       If  you  are  using  an unsupported configuration, mouse events are not
+       If you are using an unsupported configuration,  mouse  events  are  not
        visible to <EM>ncurses</EM> (and the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function always returns <STRONG>0</STRONG>).
 
-       If the  terminal  type  possesses  the  (nonstandard)  <EM>terminfo</EM>  string
-       capability  <STRONG>XM</STRONG>,  <EM>ncurses</EM>'s <EM>xterm</EM> mouse driver uses it when initializing
-       the terminal for mouse operation.  The default, if  <STRONG>XM</STRONG>  is  not  found,
+       If  the  terminal  type  possesses  the  (nonstandard)  <EM>terminfo</EM> string
+       capability <STRONG>XM</STRONG>, <EM>ncurses</EM>'s <EM>xterm</EM> mouse driver uses it  when  initializing
+       the  terminal  for  mouse  operation.  The default, if <STRONG>XM</STRONG> is not found,
        corresponds to private mode 1000 of <EM>xterm</EM>.
 
           \E[?1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
@@ -300,47 +299,47 @@
 
           \E[?1006;1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
 
-       The  <EM>id</EM>  member  of the mouse event structure is not presently used; no
-       terminal type or operating system interface supports  reporting  events
-       from  distinguishable  pointing  devices.  If you synthesize an <EM>MEVENT</EM>,
+       The <EM>id</EM> member of the mouse event structure is not  presently  used;  no
+       terminal  type  or operating system interface supports reporting events
+       from distinguishable pointing devices.  If you  synthesize  an  <EM>MEVENT</EM>,
        use an <EM>id</EM> of 0.
 
        The <EM>z</EM> member of the mouse event structure is not presently used.  It is
-       intended  for  use with touch screens (which may be pressure-sensitive)
+       intended for use with touch screens (which may  be  pressure-sensitive)
        or with 3D-mice/trackballs/power gloves.
 
-       The <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG>  class  does  not  include  <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.
-       They  are  distinct.   For example, in <EM>xterm</EM>, wheel/scrolling mice send
-       position reports as a sequence of presses of buttons  4  or  5  without
+       The  <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG>  class  does  not  include <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.
+       They are distinct.  For example, in <EM>xterm</EM>,  wheel/scrolling  mice  send
+       position  reports  as  a  sequence of presses of buttons 4 or 5 without
        matching button-releases.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       These  functions  are  <EM>ncurses</EM>  extensions,  and  are not found in SVr4
-       <EM>curses</EM>, 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>, or any  other  previous  <EM>curses</EM>  implementation.
-       (SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  did have a <EM>getmouse</EM> function, which took no argument and
+       These functions are <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions,  and  are  not  found  in  SVr4
+       <EM>curses</EM>,  4.4BSD  <EM>curses</EM>,  or  any other previous <EM>curses</EM> implementation.
+       (SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> did have a <EM>getmouse</EM> function, which took no  argument  and
        returned an <EM>unsigned</EM> <EM>long</EM>.)
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
        Applications employing the <EM>ncurses</EM> mouse extension should condition its
-       use  on the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
-       When the interface changes, the  macro's  value  increments.   Multiple
-       versions   are  available  when  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  configured;  see  section
+       use on the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor  macro.
+       When  the  interface  changes,  the macro's value increments.  Multiple
+       versions  are  available  when  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  configured;  see   section
        "ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS" of <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.  The following values may be
        specified.
 
           <STRONG>1</STRONG>  has definitions for reserved events.  The mask uses 28 bits.
 
-          <STRONG>2</STRONG>  adds  definitions  for  button  5,  removes  the  definitions for
+          <STRONG>2</STRONG>  adds definitions  for  button  5,  removes  the  definitions  for
              reserved events.  The mask uses 29 bits.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       SVr4 (1989) added mouse support to its  variant  of  <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>.   It  is
+       SVr4  (1989)  added  mouse  support  to its variant of <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>.  It is
        mentioned in a few places, with little supporting documentation.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Its  "libcurses"  manual  page  lists  functions  for  this feature
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Its "libcurses"  manual  page  lists  functions  for  this  feature
            prototyped in <EM>curses.h</EM>.
 
                extern int mouse_set(long int);
@@ -359,46 +358,46 @@
                <STRONG>mouse_info</STRONG>      <STRONG>minfo</STRONG>   <STRONG>Mi</STRONG>   Mouse status information
                <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG>   <STRONG>reqmp</STRONG>   <STRONG>RQ</STRONG>   Request mouse position report
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The interface made assumptions (as does <EM>ncurses</EM>) about  the  escape
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  interface  made assumptions (as does <EM>ncurses</EM>) about the escape
            sequences sent to and received from the terminal.
 
-           For  instance,  the  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM> library used the <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG> (<STRONG>getm</STRONG>)
+           For instance, the SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> library  used  the  <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG>  (<STRONG>getm</STRONG>)
            capability to tell the terminal which mouse button events it should
-           send,  passing the mouse-button bit mask to the terminal.  Also, it
-           could ask the terminal where the mouse was using the  <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG>
+           send, passing the mouse-button bit mask to the terminal.  Also,  it
+           could  ask the terminal where the mouse was using the <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG>
            (<STRONG>reqmp</STRONG>) capability.
 
-           Those  features  required a terminal program that had been modified
+           Those features required a terminal program that had  been  modified
            to work with SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>.  They were not part of the X Consortium's
            <EM>xterm</EM>.
 
-       When  developing the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse support for <EM>ncurses</EM> in September 1995,
-       Eric Raymond was uninterested in using the same interface  due  to  its
+       When developing the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse support for <EM>ncurses</EM> in September  1995,
+       Eric  Raymond  was  uninterested in using the same interface due to its
        lack of documentation.  Later, in 1998, Mark Hesseling provided support
-       in <EM>PDCurses</EM> 2.3 using the SVr4 interface.  <EM>PDCurses</EM>, however, does  not
-       use  video  terminals,  making  it  unnecessary  to  be concerned about
+       in  <EM>PDCurses</EM> 2.3 using the SVr4 interface.  <EM>PDCurses</EM>, however, does not
+       use video terminals,  making  it  unnecessary  to  be  concerned  about
        compatibility with the escape sequences.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
        Mouse events from <EM>xterm</EM> are <EM>not</EM> ignored in canonical ("cooked") mode if
-       they  have  been enabled by <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>.  Instead, the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse report
+       they have been enabled by <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>.  Instead, the <EM>xterm</EM>  mouse  report
        sequence appears in the string read.
 
-       An <EM>ncurses</EM> window must enable <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG>  to  correctly  receive  mouse
-       event  reports  from  <EM>xterm</EM>  since they are encoded like function keys.
+       An  <EM>ncurses</EM>  window  must  enable <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG> to correctly receive mouse
+       event reports from <EM>xterm</EM> since they are  encoded  like  function  keys.
        Set the terminal's <EM>terminfo</EM> capability <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG> (<STRONG>kmous</STRONG>) to "\E[M" (the
-       beginning  of  the response from <EM>xterm</EM> for mouse clicks).  Other values
-       of <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG> are permitted under the same  assumption  --  that  is,  a
-       mouse  report  begins  with  the  value of the <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG> (<STRONG>kmous</STRONG>) string
+       beginning of the response from <EM>xterm</EM> for mouse clicks).   Other  values
+       of  <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG>  are  permitted  under  the same assumption -- that is, a
+       mouse report begins with the value  of  the  <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG>  (<STRONG>kmous</STRONG>)  string
        capability.
 
        Because there are no standard response sequences that serve to identify
-       terminals  supporting the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocol, <EM>ncurses</EM> assumes that if
-       <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG> (<STRONG>kmous</STRONG>) is defined in the terminal  description,  or  if  the
-       terminal  type's  primary  name  or aliases contain the string "xterm",
+       terminals supporting the <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocol, <EM>ncurses</EM> assumes that  if
+       <STRONG>key_mouse</STRONG>  (<STRONG>kmous</STRONG>)  is  defined  in the terminal description, or if the
+       terminal type's primary name or aliases  contain  the  string  "xterm",
        then the terminal may send mouse events.  <EM>ncurses</EM> checks the <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> cap-
-       code  first,  allowing  use of newer <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocols, such as its
+       code first, allowing use of newer <EM>xterm</EM> mouse protocols,  such  as  its
        private mode 1006.
 
 
@@ -408,7 +407,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-01                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_move.3x,v 1.61 2025/03/08 23:18:46 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_move.3x,v 1.63 2025/04/05 22:08:55 tom Exp @
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 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>                    Library calls                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
-       These functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.
+       These  functions  return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure.  In <EM>ncurses</EM>,
+       these functions fail if
 
-       They fail if the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
 
-       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>wmove</STRONG> fails if <EM>win</EM> is <EM>NULL</EM>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>) <EM>win</EM> is a null pointer, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       SVr4 describes a successful return value  only  as  "an  integer  value
+       SVr4  describes  a  successful  return  value only as "an integer value
        other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
 
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-08                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">curs_move(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
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   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.93 2025/03/22 22:46:52 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>                 Library calls                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -110,36 +110,36 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-leaveok">leaveok</a></H3><PRE>
-       Normally, the hardware cursor is left at the  location  of  the  window
-       cursor  being  refreshed.   The  <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG> option allows the cursor to be
-       left wherever the update  happens  to  leave  it.   It  is  useful  for
-       applications  where  the  cursor is not used, since it reduces the need
-       for cursor motions.
+       Normally, <EM>curses</EM> leaves the hardware cursor  at  the  library's  cursor
+       location  of the window being refreshed.  The <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG> option allows the
+       cursor to be left wherever the update  happens  to  leave  it.   It  is
+       useful  for  applications that do not employ a visible cursor, since it
+       reduces the need for cursor motions.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-scrollok">scrollok</a></H3><PRE>
-       The <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> option controls what happens when the cursor of  a  window
-       is  moved  off  the edge of the window or scrolling region, either as a
-       result of a newline action on the  bottom  line,  or  typing  the  last
-       character  of the last line.  If disabled, (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>), the cursor is
-       left on the bottom line.  If enabled,  (<EM>bf</EM>  is  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>),  the  window  is
-       scrolled up one line (Note that to get the physical scrolling effect on
-       the terminal, it is also necessary to call <STRONG>idlok</STRONG>).
+       The <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> option controls what happens when a window's cursor  moves
+       off the edge of the window or scrolling region, either as a result of a
+       newline occurring on the bottom line, or writing to the last  character
+       of  the last line.  If disabled (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>), <EM>curses</EM> leaves the cursor
+       on the bottom line of the window.  If  enabled  (<EM>bf</EM>  is  <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>),  <EM>curses</EM>
+       scrolls  the window up one line.  (To get the physical scrolling effect
+       on the terminal, the application must also enable <STRONG>idlok</STRONG>).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-setscrreg_wsetscrreg">setscrreg, wsetscrreg</a></H3><PRE>
-       The <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> and <STRONG>wsetscrreg</STRONG> routines allow the application  programmer
-       to  set  a  software  scrolling  region  in  a window.  The <EM>top</EM> and <EM>bot</EM>
-       parameters are the line numbers of the top and  bottom  margin  of  the
-       scrolling  region.   (Line  0  is the top line of the window.)  If this
-       option and <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> are enabled, an attempt  to  move  off  the  bottom
-       margin line causes all lines in the scrolling region to scroll one line
-       in the direction of the first line.  Only the text  of  the  window  is
-       scrolled.  (Note that this has nothing to do with the use of a physical
-       scrolling region capability in the terminal, like that  in  the  VT100.
-       If  <STRONG>idlok</STRONG>  is enabled and the terminal has either a scrolling region or
-       insert/delete line capability, they will probably be used by the output
-       routines.)
+       The <STRONG>wsetscrreg</STRONG> and <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> functions allow the application to  set  a
+       software   scrolling   region   in  the  specified  window  or  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>,
+       respectively.  The <EM>top</EM> and <EM>bot</EM> parameters are the line numbers  of  the
+       top and bottom margin of the scrolling region.  (Line 0 is the top line
+       of the window.)  If this option and <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG> are enabled, an attempt to
+       move  off  the  bottom  margin  line  causes all lines in the scrolling
+       region to scroll one line in the direction of the first line.  Only the
+       text  of  the window is scrolled.  (This process has nothing to do with
+       the scrolling region capability of the terminal, as found  in  the  DEC
+       VT100.)   If  <STRONG>idlok</STRONG>  is enabled and the terminal has either a scrolling
+       region or insert/delete line capability, they will probably be used  by
+       the output routines.)
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -147,20 +147,27 @@
        upon failure.  All other routines that return an integer always  return
        <STRONG>OK</STRONG>.
 
-       In this implementation,
+       In <EM>ncurses</EM>, these functions fail if
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   those  functions  that have a window pointer will return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the
-           window pointer is null
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>wsetscrreg</STRONG> returns  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  if  the  scrolling  region  limits  extend
-           outside the window boundaries.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for  functions  taking  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+           pointer, or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> and <STRONG>wsetscrreg</STRONG>) the  function  is  passed  arguments
+           describing  a  scrolling region with limits that extend outside the
+           window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>clearok</STRONG>,  <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG>, <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG>, <STRONG>idcok</STRONG>, and <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> may be implemented as
+       <STRONG>clearok</STRONG>, <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG>, <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG>, <STRONG>idcok</STRONG>, and <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> may be implemented  as
        macros.
 
-       The <STRONG>immedok</STRONG> routine is useful for windows that  are  used  as  terminal
+       Unlike  the  other functions described by this page, <STRONG>setscrreg</STRONG> does not
+       accept a pointer-to-<EM>WINDOW</EM> parameter,  but  operates  on  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>.   Use
+       <STRONG>wsetscrreg</STRONG> to configure the scrolling region of a selected window.
+
+       The  <STRONG>immedok</STRONG>  routine  is  useful for windows that are used as terminal
        emulators.
 
 
@@ -168,18 +175,19 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       Some historic <EM>curses</EM> implementations, as an undocumented  feature,  did
-       the   equivalent   of   "<STRONG>clearok(</STRONG>...<STRONG>,</STRONG>   <STRONG>1)</STRONG>"  when  <STRONG>touchwin(stdstr)</STRONG>  or
+       Some  historic  <EM>curses</EM> implementations, as an undocumented feature, did
+       the  equivalent  of  "<STRONG>clearok(</STRONG>...<STRONG>,</STRONG>   <STRONG>1)</STRONG>"   when   <STRONG>touchwin(stdstr)</STRONG>   or
        <STRONG>clear(stdstr)</STRONG> were used.  This trick does not work with <EM>ncurses</EM>.
 
-       Early System V <EM>curses</EM>  implementations  specified  that  with  <EM>scrollok</EM>
-       enabled,  any  window  modification  triggering  a scroll also forced a
-       physical refresh.  X/Open Curses does not  require  this,  and  <EM>ncurses</EM>
+       Early  System V  <EM>curses</EM>  implementations  specified  that with <EM>scrollok</EM>
+       enabled, any window modification triggering  a  scroll  also  forced  a
+       physical  refresh.   X/Open  Curses  does not require this, and <EM>ncurses</EM>
        avoids doing so to better optimize vertical motions upon a <EM>wrefresh</EM>.
 
        X/Open Curses does not mention that the cursor should be made invisible
-       as a side-effect of <EM>leaveok</EM>.  SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> documentation notes this, but
-       the code neglects it.  Use <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_set(3x)</A></STRONG> to make the cursor invisible.
+       as  a  side-effect  of  <EM>leaveok</EM>.   SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> documentation notes this
+       behavior, but the code neglects to implement it.  Use  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_set(3x)</A></STRONG>  to
+       make the cursor invisible.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-22                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.57 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -114,31 +114,34 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       While <STRONG>printw</STRONG> was implemented in 4BSD (November  1980),  it  was  unused
-       until  4.2BSD  (August  1983), which employed it for games.  That early
-       version of <EM>curses</EM> preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989.  It did not use
-       <EM>varargs.h</EM>,  though  that  had been available since Seventh Edition Unix
+       4BSD (1980) introduced <EM>wprintw</EM> and its variants.  It implemented all as
+       functions, not macros; this initial distribution of <EM>curses</EM> preceded the
+       ANSI C standard of 1989, prior to which a variadic macro  facility  was
+       not  widely  available.   <EM>printw</EM>  went unused in Berkeley distributions
+       until 4.1cBSD (1983), which employed it in games.  4BSD's  <EM>wprintw</EM>  did
+       not  use <EM>varargs.h</EM>, which had been available since Seventh Edition Unix
        (1979).  In 1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,
        and  after  the C standard was published), other developers updated the
        library, using <EM>stdarg.h</EM> internally in 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>.   Even  with  this
        improvement,  BSD  <EM>curses</EM>  did  not  use  function prototypes (nor even
        declare functions) in <EM>curses.h</EM> until 1992.
 
-       SVr2 (1984) documented <STRONG>printw</STRONG> and <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> tersely as "printf on <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>"
-       and "printf on <EM>win</EM>", respectively.
+       4BSD documented <EM>printw</EM> and <EM>wprintw</EM> tersely as "printf  on  <EM>stdscr</EM>"  and
+       "printf on <EM>win</EM>", respectively.
 
-       SVr3  (1987)  added  <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG>  and <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG>, with a three-line summary
-       asserting that they were analogous to <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>,  explaining  that  the
-       string  that  <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG> would write to the standard output stream would
-       instead be output  using  <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG>  to  the  given  window.   SVr3  also
-       implemented  <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>,  describing  its  third  parameter as a <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>,
-       defined in <EM>varargs.h</EM>, and referred the reader to the manual  pages  for
+       SVr3  summarized the functions in three lines, asserting that they were
+       analogous to <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, explaining that the string that <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG> would
+       write  to  the  standard  output  stream  would instead be output using
+       <EM>waddstr</EM> to the given window.
+
+       SVr3 added <EM>vwprintw</EM>, describing  its  third  parameter  as  a  <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>,
+       defined  in  <EM>varargs.h</EM>, and referred the reader to the manual pages for
        <EM>varargs</EM> and <EM>vprintf</EM> for detailed descriptions.
 
-       SVr4  (1989)  introduced  no new variations of <EM>printw</EM>, but provided for
+       SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of <EM>printw</EM>,  but  provided  for
        using either <EM>varargs.h</EM> or <EM>stdarg.h</EM> to define the <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> type.
 
-       X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995), defined <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG>  to  replace  <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>,
+       X/Open  Curses  Issue 4  (1995), defined <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>printw</EM> to replace <EM>vwprintw</EM>,
        stating that its <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> type is defined in <EM>stdarg.h</EM>.
 
 
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.57 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -141,36 +141,35 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>scanw</STRONG>  was  implemented  in 4BSD (November 1980); that early version of
-       <EM>curses</EM> preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989.  The function  was  unused
-       in  Berkeley  distributions  for  over  ten  years, until 4.4BSD, which
-       employed it in a game.  The 4BSD <STRONG>scanw</STRONG> did not  use  <EM>varargs.h</EM>,  though
-       that  had been available since Seventh Edition Unix (1979).  In 1991 (a
-       couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,  and  after  the  C
-       standard  was  published),  other developers updated the library, using
-       <EM>stdarg.h</EM> internally in 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>.  Even with this improvement,  BSD
-       <EM>curses</EM>  did not use function prototypes (nor even declare functions) in
-       <EM>curses.h</EM> until 1992.
-
-       SVr2 (1984) documented <STRONG>scanw</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>wscanw</STRONG>  tersely  as  "scanf  through
-       <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>" and "scanf through <EM>win</EM>", respectively.
-
-       SVr3 (1987) added <STRONG>mvscanw</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwscanw</STRONG>, stating
-
-              "[t]hese routines correspond to <STRONG>scanf(3S)</STRONG>, as do their arguments
-              and return values.  <STRONG>wgetstr</STRONG>() is called on the window,  and  the
-              resulting line is used as input for the scan."
-
-       SVr3  also  implemented  <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG>,  describing  its third parameter as a
-       <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>, defined in <EM>varargs.h</EM>, and referred the reader  to  the  manual
-       pages  for <EM>varargs</EM> and <EM>vprintf</EM> for detailed descriptions.  (Because the
-       SVr3 documentation does not mention <EM>vscanf</EM>, the  reference  to  <EM>vprintf</EM>
-       might not be an error).
+       4BSD  (1980) introduced <EM>wscanw</EM> and its variants.  It implemented all as
+       functions, not macros; this initial distribution of <EM>curses</EM> preceded the
+       ANSI  C  standard of 1989, prior to which a variadic macro facility was
+       not widely available.  <EM>scanw</EM>  went  unused  in  Berkeley  distributions
+       until  4.3BSD-Reno  (1990), which employed it in a game.  4BSD's <EM>wscanw</EM>
+       did not use <EM>varargs.h</EM>, which had been available since  Seventh  Edition
+       Unix  (1979).   In  1991  (a  couple  of years after SVr4 was generally
+       available, and after the C standard was  published),  other  developers
+       updated  the library, using <EM>stdarg.h</EM> internally in 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>.  Even
+       with this improvement, BSD <EM>curses</EM> did not use function prototypes  (nor
+       even declare functions) in <EM>curses.h</EM> until 1992.
+
+       4BSD  documented <EM>scanw</EM> and <EM>wscanw</EM> tersely as "scanf through <EM>stdscr</EM>" and
+       "scanf through <EM>win</EM>", respectively.  SVr3 (1987) stated
+
+              [t]hese routines correspond to <STRONG>scanf(3S)</STRONG>, as do their  arguments
+              and  return  values.  <EM>wgetstr</EM>() is called on the window, and the
+              resulting line is used as input for the scan.
+
+       SVr3 added <EM>vwscanw</EM>,  describing  its  third  parameter  as  a  <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>,
+       defined  in  <EM>varargs.h</EM>, and referred the reader to the manual pages for
+       <EM>varargs</EM>  and  <EM>vprintf</EM>  for  detailed   descriptions.    (Because   SVr3
+       documentation  does  not mention <EM>vscanf</EM>, the reference to <EM>vprintf</EM> might
+       not be an error).
 
-       SVr4  (1989)  introduced  no  new variations of <EM>scanw</EM>, but provided for
+       SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of  <EM>scanw</EM>,  but  provided  for
        using either <EM>varargs.h</EM> or <EM>stdarg.h</EM> to define the <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> type.
 
-       X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995),  defined  <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>scanw</EM>  to  replace  <EM>vwscanw</EM>,
+       X/Open  Curses  Issue 4  (1995),  defined  <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>scanw</EM> to replace <EM>vwscanw</EM>,
        stating that its <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> type is defined in <EM>stdarg.h</EM>.
 
 
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.57 2025/02/02 00:02:49 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.59 2025/04/05 22:20:39 tom Exp @
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_scroll 3x 2025-02-01 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_scroll 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scroll.3x.html">curs_scroll(3x)</A></STRONG>                  Library calls                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scroll.3x.html">curs_scroll(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>win</EM> is a null pointer, or
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   (for  functions  taking  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+           pointer, or
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   scrolling is not enabled in the window (as by <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG>).
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>scroll</STRONG> and <STRONG>scrl</STRONG> may be implemented as macros.
 
-       Unusually,  there  is  no <STRONG>wscroll</STRONG> function; <STRONG>scroll</STRONG> behaves as one would
+       Unusually, there is no <STRONG>wscroll</STRONG> function; <STRONG>scroll</STRONG> behaves  as  one  would
        expect <STRONG>wscroll</STRONG> to, accepting a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument.
 
 
@@ -102,16 +103,16 @@
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.  It specifies no error
        conditions for them.
 
-       SVr4  describes  a  successful  return  value only as "an integer value
+       SVr4 describes a successful return value  only  as  "an  integer  value
        other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
 
-       SVr4  indicates  that  the   optimization   of   physically   scrolling
-       immediately  if  the scroll region is the entire screen "is" performed,
-       not "may be" performed.  <EM>ncurses</EM> deliberately does not  guarantee  that
-       this  occurs,  to  leave open the possibility of better optimization of
+       SVr4   indicates   that   the   optimization  of  physically  scrolling
+       immediately if the scroll region is the entire screen  "is"  performed,
+       not  "may  be" performed.  <EM>ncurses</EM> deliberately does not guarantee that
+       this occurs, to leave open the possibility of  better  optimization  of
        multiple scroll actions on the next update.
 
-       Neither SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> nor X/Open Curses specify whether  these  functions
+       Neither  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM> nor X/Open Curses specify whether these functions
        zero  the  attributes  or  color  pair  identifier  of  the  background
        character.  In <EM>ncurses</EM>, they do not.
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
        4BSD (1980) introduced <EM>scroll</EM>, defining it as a function.
 
-       SVr3.1 (1987) added <EM>scrl</EM>  and  <EM>wscrl</EM>,  redefining  <EM>scroll</EM>  as  a  macro
+       SVr3.1  (1987)  added  <EM>scrl</EM>  and  <EM>wscrl</EM>,  redefining  <EM>scroll</EM> as a macro
        wrapping the latter.
 
 
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-01                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scroll.3x.html">curs_scroll(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scroll.3x.html">curs_scroll(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html	2025-04-05 22:33:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.162 2025/02/15 15:24:18 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.164 2025/04/05 22:21:02 tom Exp @
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+<H1 class="no-header">curs_terminfo 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>                Library calls               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -214,10 +214,10 @@
        numeric, and string capabilities use the values from <EM>nterm</EM>.  It returns
        the old value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>  frees  the memory pointed to by <EM>oterm</EM>, making it available
-       for further use.  If <EM>oterm</EM> is the same as <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, references  to  any
-       of  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  Boolean, numeric, and string capabilities thereafter
-       may refer to invalid memory locations until <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> is called again.
+       <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>  releases  the memory pointed to by <EM>oterm</EM>.  If <EM>oterm</EM> is the
+       same as <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, references to any of the <EM>terminfo</EM>  Boolean,  numeric,
+       and   string  capabilities  thereafter  may  refer  to  invalid  memory
+       locations until <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> is called again.
 
        <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG> is similar to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>, but  is  intended  for  use  after
        restoring  program  memory  to  a  previous  state  (for  example, when
@@ -230,62 +230,61 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Formatting-Output">Formatting Output</a></H3><PRE>
-       <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>  instantiates  the  string  <EM>str</EM> with parameters <EM>pi</EM>.  A pointer is
-       returned to the result of <EM>str</EM> with the parameters applied.  Application
-       developers should keep in mind these quirks of the interface:
+       <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>  instantiates  the  string  <EM>str</EM> with parameters <EM>pi</EM>.  It returns a
+       pointer to a character string  representing  <EM>str</EM>  with  the  parameters
+       applied  to "%" expressions within.  Application developers should keep
+       in mind some quirks of the interface.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Although  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>'s actual parameters may be integers or strings, the
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Although <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>'s actual parameters may be integers or strings,  the
            prototype expects <EM>long</EM> (integer) values.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Aside from  the  <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG>  (<STRONG>sgr</STRONG>)  capability,  most  terminal
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Aside  from  the  <STRONG>set_attributes</STRONG>  (<STRONG>sgr</STRONG>)  capability,  most terminal
            capabilities require no more than one or two parameters.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Padding  information  is  ignored  by  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>;  it is interpreted by
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Padding information is ignored  by  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>;  it  is  interpreted  by
            <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The capability string is  null-terminated.   Use  "\200"  where  an
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  capability  string  is  null-terminated.   Use "\200" where an
            ASCII NUL is needed in the output.
 
-       <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>  is  a  newer  form  of  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> which uses <EM>stdarg.h</EM> rather than a
-       fixed-parameter list.  Its numeric  parameters  are  <EM>int</EM>s  rather  than
+       <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> is a newer form of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> that uses <EM>stdarg.h</EM> rather than a fixed-
+       length  parameter  list.   Its  numeric parameters are <EM>int</EM>s rather than
        <EM>long</EM>s.
 
-       Both  <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>  assume that the application passes parameters
-       consistent with the terminal description.  Two extensions are  provided
-       as alternatives to deal with untrusted data.
-
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>tiparm_s</STRONG>  is an extension which is a safer formatting function than
-           <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> or <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>, because it allows the developer to tell the <EM>curses</EM>
-           library  how  many  parameters to expect in the parameter list, and
-           which may be string parameters.
+       <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>  assume  that  the  application  passes   parameters
+       consistent   with  the  terminal  description.   <EM>ncurses</EM>  provides  two
+       extensions as alternatives to deal with untrusted data.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <STRONG>tiparm_s</STRONG> extension is a safer formatting function than <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> or
+           <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>,  because it allows the developer to tell the <EM>curses</EM> library
+           how many parameters to expect in the parameter list, and which  may
+           be string parameters.
 
-           The <EM>mask</EM> parameter has one bit set for each of the  parameters  (up
+           The  <EM>mask</EM>  parameter has one bit set for each of the parameters (up
            to 9) passed as <EM>char</EM> pointers rather than numbers.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The   extension  <STRONG>tiscan_s</STRONG>  allows  the  application  to  inspect  a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  extension  <STRONG>tiscan_s</STRONG>  allows  the  application  to  inspect   a
            formatting capability to see what the <EM>curses</EM> library would assume.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Output-Functions">Output Functions</a></H3><PRE>
-       String capabilities can contain <EM>padding</EM>, a  time  delay  (accommodating
+       String  capabilities  can  contain <EM>padding</EM>, a time delay (accommodating
        performance limitations of hardware terminals) expressed as <STRONG>$&lt;</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>&gt;</STRONG>, where
        <EM>n</EM> is a nonnegative integral count of milliseconds.  If <EM>n</EM> exceeds 30,000
-       (thirty seconds), it is capped at that value.
+       (thirty seconds), <EM>ncurses</EM> caps it at that value.
 
-       <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>  interprets  time-delay information in the string <EM>str</EM> and outputs
-       it, executing the delays:
+       <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> interprets time delays in the string <EM>str</EM> and acts upon them.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <EM>str</EM> parameter must be a <EM>terminfo</EM> string variable or the  return
-           value of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> or <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <EM>str</EM> parameter must be  a  <EM>terminfo</EM>  string  capability  or  the
+           return value of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> or <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>affcnt</EM> is the number of lines affected, or <STRONG>1</STRONG> if not applicable.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>putc</EM> is a <EM>putchar</EM>-like function to which the characters are passed,
            one at a time.
 
-           If <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> processes  a  time-delay,  it  uses  the  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">delay_output(3x)</A></STRONG>
-           function,  routing  any  resulting  padding characters through this
-           function.
+       <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> processes each time delay  with  the  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">delay_output(3x)</A></STRONG>  function,
+       routing any resulting padding characters through this function.
 
        <STRONG>putp</STRONG> calls "<STRONG>tputs(</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>1,</STRONG> <STRONG>putchar)</STRONG>".  The output of <STRONG>putp</STRONG> always goes to
        <EM>stdout</EM>, rather than the <EM>filedes</EM> specified in <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>.
@@ -296,30 +295,30 @@
 
        <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> is like <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG>, except that it outputs through <STRONG>putchar(3)</STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG>  and <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG> correspond to <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG>, respectively.
-       They use multiple parameters to represent the character attributes  and
+       <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG> correspond to <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG>,  respectively.
+       They  use multiple parameters to represent the character attributes and
        color; namely,
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>attrs</EM>, of type <EM>attr</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, for the attributes and
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>pair</EM>, of type <EM>short</EM>, for the color pair number.
 
-       Use  the  attribute  constants  prefixed  with  "<STRONG>WA_</STRONG>" with <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> and
+       Use the attribute constants  prefixed  with  "<STRONG>WA_</STRONG>"  with  <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG>  and
        <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG>.
 
-       X/Open Curses reserves the <EM>opts</EM> argument for future  use,  saying  that
-       applications  must  provide  a  null pointer for that argument; but see
+       X/Open  Curses  reserves  the <EM>opts</EM> argument for future use, saying that
+       applications must provide a null pointer for  that  argument;  but  see
        section "EXTENSIONS" below.
 
-       While <STRONG>putp</STRONG> is a lower-level function that  does  not  use  higher-level
-       <EM>curses</EM>  state,  <EM>ncurses</EM> declares it in <EM>curses.h</EM> because System V did so
+       While  <STRONG>putp</STRONG>  is  a  lower-level function that does not use higher-level
+       <EM>curses</EM> state, <EM>ncurses</EM> declares it in <EM>curses.h</EM> because System V  did  so
        (see section "HISTORY" below).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Capability-Functions">Terminal Capability Functions</a></H3><PRE>
-       <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG>, and <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> return the value  of  the  capability
-       corresponding  to  the <EM>terminfo</EM> <EM>cap-code</EM>, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>, passed to them.
-       The <EM>cap-code</EM> for each capability is given in the table column  of  that
+       <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>,  <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG>,  and  <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> return the value of the capability
+       corresponding to the <EM>terminfo</EM> <EM>cap-code</EM>, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>, passed  to  them.
+       The  <EM>cap-code</EM>  for each capability is given in the table column of that
        name in the "Predefined Capabilities" section of <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
        These functions return special values to denote errors.
@@ -362,29 +361,29 @@
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Releasing-Memory">Releasing Memory</a></H3><PRE>
        Each successful call to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> allocates memory to hold the terminal
-       description.  As a side effect, it  sets  <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>  to  point  to  this
+       description.   As  a  side  effect,  it  sets <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> to point to this
        memory.  If an application calls
               del_curterm(cur_term);
        the memory will be freed.
 
-       The  formatting functions <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> and <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> extend the storage allocated
+       The formatting functions <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> and <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> extend the storage  allocated
        by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> as follows.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   They add the "static" <EM>terminfo</EM>  variables  [a-z].   Before  <EM>ncurses</EM>
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   They  add  the  "static"  <EM>terminfo</EM> variables [a-z].  Before <EM>ncurses</EM>
            6.3, those were shared by all screens.  With <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3, those are
            allocated per screen.  See <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   To improve performance, <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3 caches the result of  analyzing
-           <EM>terminfo</EM>  strings  for  their parameter types.  That is stored as a
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   To  improve performance, <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3 caches the result of analyzing
+           <EM>terminfo</EM> strings for their parameter types.  That is  stored  as  a
            binary tree referenced from the <EM>TERMINAL</EM> structure.
 
        The higher-level <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> and <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> functions use <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>.  Normally
-       they  do  not free this memory, but it is possible to do that using the
+       they do not free this memory, but it is possible to do that  using  the
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">delscreen(3x)</A></STRONG> function.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
-       Functions that return integers return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  upon  failure  and  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  upon
+       Functions  that  return  integers  return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon
        success.
 
        In <EM>ncurses</EM>,
@@ -398,40 +397,40 @@
             fails if the associated call to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
-            fails  if  it cannot allocate enough memory, or create the initial
-            windows (<STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>, and <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>).  Other error conditions  are
+            fails if it cannot allocate enough memory, or create  the  initial
+            windows  (<STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>, and <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>).  Other error conditions are
             documented above.
 
        <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>
-            returns  a null pointer if the capability would require unexpected
-            parameters; that  is,  too  many,  too  few,  or  incorrect  types
+            returns a null pointer if the capability would require  unexpected
+            parameters;  that  is,  too  many,  too  few,  or  incorrect types
             (strings where integers are expected, or vice versa).
 
        <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>
-            fails  if  the  string  parameter is null.  It does not detect I/O
-            errors: X/Open Curses states that <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> ignores the  return  value
+            fails if the string parameter is null.  It  does  not  detect  I/O
+            errors:  X/Open  Curses states that <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> ignores the return value
             of the output function <EM>putc</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       The  <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> function in <EM>ncurses</EM> is a special case.  It was originally
+       The <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG> function in <EM>ncurses</EM> is a special case.  It was  originally
        implemented based on a draft of X/Open Curses, as a macro, before other
-       parts  of the <EM>ncurses</EM> wide-character API were developed, and unlike the
-       other wide-character functions,  is  also  provided  in  the  non-wide-
+       parts of the <EM>ncurses</EM> wide-character API were developed, and unlike  the
+       other  wide-character  functions,  is  also  provided  in the non-wide-
        character configuration.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       The  functions  marked as extensions originated in <EM>ncurses</EM>, and are not
-       found in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>, 4.4BSD  <EM>curses</EM>,  or  any  other  previous  <EM>curses</EM>
+       The functions marked as extensions originated in <EM>ncurses</EM>, and  are  not
+       found  in  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>,  4.4BSD  <EM>curses</EM>,  or any other previous <EM>curses</EM>
        implementation.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  allows  <EM>opts</EM>  to be a pointer to <EM>int</EM>, which overrides the <EM>pair</EM>
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> allows <EM>opts</EM> to be a pointer to <EM>int</EM>, which  overrides  the  <EM>pair</EM>
        (<EM>short</EM>) argument.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
-       Except for <EM>setterm</EM>, X/Open Curses Issue 4  describes  these  functions.
+       Except  for  <EM>setterm</EM>,  X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions.
        It specifies no error conditions for them.
 
        SVr4 describes a successful return value except where "otherwise noted"
@@ -439,8 +438,8 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Header-Files">Header Files</a></H3><PRE>
-       On legacy <EM>curses</EM> systems, include <EM>curses.h</EM> and <EM>term.h</EM> in that order  to
-       make   visible  the  definitions  of  the  string  arrays  storing  the
+       On  legacy <EM>curses</EM> systems, include <EM>curses.h</EM> and <EM>term.h</EM> in that order to
+       make  visible  the  definitions  of  the  string  arrays  storing   the
        capability names and codes.
 
 
@@ -449,12 +448,11 @@
        (see section "HISTORY" below).  They include <EM>crmode</EM>, <EM>fixterm</EM>, <EM>gettmode</EM>,
        <EM>nocrmode</EM>, <EM>resetterm</EM>, <EM>saveterm</EM>, and <EM>setterm</EM>.
 
-       In SVr4, these are found in  <EM>curses.h</EM>,  but  except  for  <EM>setterm</EM>,  are
+       In  SVr4,  these  are  found  in  <EM>curses.h</EM>, but except for <EM>setterm</EM>, are
        likewise macros.  The one function, <EM>setterm</EM>, is mentioned in the manual
        page.  It further notes that <EM>setterm</EM> was replaced by <EM>setupterm</EM>, stating
        that the call
               setupterm(<EM>term</EM>, 1, (int *)0)
-
        provides the same functionality as
               setterm(<EM>term</EM>)
        and discouraging the latter for new programs.
@@ -465,115 +463,115 @@
        is not specified by X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some applications.
 
        Other implementations may not declare the capability name arrays.  Some
-       provide  them  without  declaring them.  X/Open Curses does not specify
+       provide them without declaring them.  X/Open Curses  does  not  specify
        them.
 
-       Extended terminal capability names, as defined by  "<STRONG>tic</STRONG>  <STRONG>-x</STRONG>",  are  not
+       Extended  terminal  capability  names,  as defined by "<STRONG>tic</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>", are not
        stored in the arrays described here.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Output-Buffering">Output Buffering</a></H3><PRE>
-       Older  versions  of  <EM>ncurses</EM> assumed that the file descriptor passed to
-       <EM>setupterm</EM> from <EM>initscr</EM> or <EM>newterm</EM> used buffered I/O, and wrote  to  the
-       corresponding  <EM>stdio</EM>  stream.   In  addition to the limitation that the
-       terminal was  left  in  block-buffered  mode  on  exit  (like  System V
-       <EM>curses</EM>),  it  was  problematic because <EM>ncurses</EM> did not allow a reliable
+       Older versions of <EM>ncurses</EM> assumed that the file  descriptor  passed  to
+       <EM>setupterm</EM>  from  <EM>initscr</EM> or <EM>newterm</EM> used buffered I/O, and wrote to the
+       corresponding <EM>stdio</EM> stream.  In addition to  the  limitation  that  the
+       terminal  was  left  in  block-buffered  mode  on  exit  (like System V
+       <EM>curses</EM>), it was problematic because <EM>ncurses</EM> did not  allow  a  reliable
        way to clean up on receiving <EM>SIGTSTP</EM>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.<EM>x</EM> uses output  buffers  managed  directly  by  <EM>ncurses</EM>.   The
-       lower-level  functions described here that write to the terminal device
-       do so via the standard output stream; they thus  are  not  signal-safe.
-       The  higher-level  functions  in  <EM>ncurses</EM>  employ alternate versions of
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  6.<EM>x</EM>  uses  output  buffers  managed  directly by <EM>ncurses</EM>.  The
+       lower-level functions described here that write to the terminal  device
+       do  so  via  the standard output stream; they thus are not signal-safe.
+       The higher-level functions in  <EM>ncurses</EM>  employ  alternate  versions  of
        these functions using a more reliable buffering scheme.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Function-Prototypes">Function Prototypes</a></H3><PRE>
-       The X/Open Curses prototypes  are  based  on  the  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  header
-       declarations,  which  were  defined at the same time the C language was
+       The  X/Open  Curses  prototypes  are  based  on  the SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> header
+       declarations, which were defined at the same time the  C  language  was
        first standardized in the late 1980s.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses uses <EM>const</EM>  less  effectively  than  a  later  design
-           might,  sometimes applying it needlessly to values that are already
-           constant, and in most cases overlooking  parameters  that  normally
-           would  benefit  from  <EM>const</EM>.  Passing <EM>const</EM>-qualified parameters to
-           functions that do not declare them <EM>const</EM> may  prevent  the  program
-           from  compiling.   On  the  other  hand,  "writable strings" are an
-           obsolescent C language feature.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  uses  <EM>const</EM>  less  effectively  than a later design
+           might, sometimes applying it needlessly to function parameters that
+           are  passed  by  value  (and  therefore  copied), and in most cases
+           overlooking parameters that  normally  would  benefit  from  <EM>const</EM>.
+           Passing <EM>const</EM>-qualified parameters to functions that do not declare
+           them <EM>const</EM> may prevent the program from compiling.   On  the  other
+           hand, "writable strings" are an obsolescent C language feature.
 
-           As an extension, <EM>ncurses</EM> can be configured to change  the  function
-           prototypes  to  use  the  <EM>const</EM> keyword.  The <EM>ncurses</EM> ABI 6 enables
+           As  an  extension, <EM>ncurses</EM> can be configured to change the function
+           prototypes to use the <EM>const</EM> keyword.  The  <EM>ncurses</EM>  ABI  6  enables
            this feature by default.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses prototypes <EM>tparm</EM> with a fixed number  of  parameters,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  prototypes <EM>tparm</EM> with a fixed number of parameters,
            rather than a variable argument list.
 
            <EM>ncurses</EM> uses a variable argument list, but can be configured to use
-           the fixed-parameter list.   Portable  applications  should  provide
+           the  fixed-parameter  list.   Portable  applications should provide
            nine parameters after the format; zeroes are fine for this purpose.
 
-           In  response  to review comments by Thomas E. Dickey, X/Open Curses
+           In response to review comments by Thomas E. Dickey,  X/Open  Curses
            Issue 7 proposed the <EM>tiparm</EM> function in mid-2009.
 
-           While <EM>tiparm</EM> is always provided  in  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  the  older  form  is
-           available  only  as  a  build-time  configuration  option.   If not
+           While  <EM>tiparm</EM>  is  always  provided  in  <EM>ncurses</EM>, the older form is
+           available only  as  a  build-time  configuration  option.   If  not
            specially configured, <EM>tparm</EM> is the same as <EM>tiparm</EM>.
 
        Both forms of <EM>tparm</EM> have drawbacks.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Most calls to <EM>tparm</EM> require only one or  two  parameters.   Passing
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Most  calls  to  <EM>tparm</EM> require only one or two parameters.  Passing
            nine on each call is awkward.
 
-           Using  <EM>long</EM>  for the numeric parameter type is a workaround to make
-           the parameter use the same amount of stack  memory  as  a  pointer.
-           That  approach  dates  to the mid-1980s, before C was standardized.
-           Since ANSI C (1989), C language standards do not require a  pointer
+           Using <EM>long</EM> for the numeric parameter type is a workaround  to  make
+           the  parameter  use  the  same amount of stack memory as a pointer.
+           That approach dates to the mid-1980s, before  C  was  standardized.
+           Since  ANSI C (1989), C language standards do not require a pointer
            to fit in a <EM>long</EM>).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Providing  the  right  number of parameters for a variadic function
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Providing the right number of parameters for  a  variadic  function
            such  as  <EM>tiparm</EM>  can  be  a  problem,  in  particular  for  string
-           parameters.   However,  only a few <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities use string
-           parameters (for instance, the ones used for  programmable  function
+           parameters.  However, only a few <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities  use  string
+           parameters  (for  instance, the ones used for programmable function
            keys).
 
            The <EM>ncurses</EM> library checks usage of these capabilities, and returns
-           <EM>ERR</EM> if the capability mishandles string parameters.  But it  cannot
+           <EM>ERR</EM>  if the capability mishandles string parameters.  But it cannot
            check if a calling program provides strings in the right places for
            the <EM>tparm</EM> calls.
 
-           <EM>ncurses</EM>'s <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG> checks its  use  of  these  capabilities  with  a
+           <EM>ncurses</EM>'s  <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>  checks  its  use  of  these capabilities with a
            table, so that it calls <EM>tparm</EM> correctly.
 
    <STRONG>Special</STRONG> <EM>TERM</EM> <STRONG>treatment</STRONG>
-       If  <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to use the terminal driver, as with the MinGW
-       port,
+       If <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to use a terminal driver that does not  employ
+       the POSIX <EM>termios</EM> API, as with the MinGW port,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>setupterm</EM> interprets a missing/empty <EM>TERM</EM> variable as  the  special
-           value "unknown".
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>setupterm</EM>  interprets  a  missing  or  empty  <EM>TERM</EM>  variable as the
+           special value "unknown".
 
            SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> uses the special value "dumb".
 
-           The  difference  between  the  two  is  that  the  former  uses the
-           <STRONG>generic_type</STRONG> (<STRONG>gn</STRONG>) <EM>terminfo</EM> capability, while the latter  does  not.
+           The difference  between  the  two  is  that  the  former  uses  the
+           <STRONG>generic_type</STRONG>  (<STRONG>gn</STRONG>)  <EM>terminfo</EM> capability, while the latter does not.
            A generic terminal is unsuitable for full-screen applications.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>setupterm</EM>  allows  explicit  use  of  the Microsoft Windows console
-           driver by checking whether the <EM>TERM</EM> environment  variable  has  the
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>setupterm</EM> allows explicit use  of  the  Microsoft  Windows  console
+           driver  by  checking  whether the <EM>TERM</EM> environment variable has the
            value "#win32con" or an abbreviation of that string.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Other-Portability-Issues">Other Portability Issues</a></H3><PRE>
-       In  SVr4,  <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>curterm</EM>  returns  an  <EM>int</EM>, <EM>OK</EM> or <EM>ERR</EM>.  We have chosen to
+       In SVr4, <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>curterm</EM> returns an <EM>int</EM>, <EM>OK</EM> or  <EM>ERR</EM>.   We  have  chosen  to
        implement the X/Open Curses semantics.
 
        In SVr4, the third argument of <EM>tputs</EM> has the type "<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*)(char)</STRONG>".
 
-       At least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris <EM>xcurses</EM>)  returns
+       At  least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris <EM>xcurses</EM>) returns
        a value other than <EM>OK</EM> or <EM>ERR</EM> from <EM>tputs</EM>.  It instead returns the length
        of the string, and does no error checking.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       SVr2 (1984) introduced the <EM>terminfo</EM> feature.   Its  programming  manual
+       SVr2  (1984)  introduced  the <EM>terminfo</EM> feature.  Its programming manual
        mentioned the following low-level functions.
 
        <STRONG>Function</STRONG>    <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
@@ -593,7 +591,7 @@
        <EM>vidattr</EM>     like <EM>vidputs</EM>, but output through <EM>putchar</EM>
        <EM>vidputs</EM>     write string to terminal, applying specified attributes
 
-       The  programming  manual  also mentioned functions provided for <EM>termcap</EM>
+       The programming manual also mentioned functions  provided  for  <EM>termcap</EM>
        compatibility (commenting that they "may go away at a later date").
 
        <STRONG>Function</STRONG>   <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
@@ -605,11 +603,11 @@
        <EM>tgoto</EM>      apply parameters to given capability
        <EM>tputs</EM>      write characters via a function parameter, applying padding
 
-       Early <EM>terminfo</EM> programs obtained capability values  from  the  <EM>TERMINAL</EM>
+       Early  <EM>terminfo</EM>  programs  obtained capability values from the <EM>TERMINAL</EM>
        structure initialized by <EM>setupterm</EM>.
 
-       SVr3   (1987)   extended  <EM>terminfo</EM>  by  adding  functions  to  retrieve
-       capability values (like the <EM>termcap</EM> interface), and reusing  <EM>tgoto</EM>  and
+       SVr3  (1987)  extended  <EM>terminfo</EM>  by  adding  functions   to   retrieve
+       capability  values  (like the <EM>termcap</EM> interface), and reusing <EM>tgoto</EM> and
        <EM>tputs</EM>.
 
        <STRONG>Function</STRONG>    <STRONG>Description</STRONG>
@@ -618,7 +616,7 @@
        <EM>tigetnum</EM>    get numeric entry for given <EM>id</EM>
        <EM>tigetstr</EM>    get string entry for given <EM>id</EM>
 
-       SVr3  also  replaced several of the SVr2 <EM>terminfo</EM> functions that had no
+       SVr3 also replaced several of the SVr2 <EM>terminfo</EM> functions that  had  no
        counterpart in the <EM>termcap</EM> interface, documenting them as obsolete.
 
        <STRONG>Function</STRONG>    <STRONG>Replaced</STRONG> <STRONG>by</STRONG>
@@ -631,37 +629,37 @@
        <EM>saveterm</EM>    <EM>def</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>prog</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>mode</EM>
        <EM>setterm</EM>     <EM>setupterm</EM>
 
-       SVr3 kept the <EM>mvcur</EM>, <EM>vidattr</EM>, and <EM>vidputs</EM> functions, along  with  <EM>putp</EM>,
-       <EM>tparm</EM>,  and  <EM>tputs</EM>.   The latter were needed to support padding, and to
-       handle capabilities accessed by functions such as <EM>vidattr</EM>  (which  used
+       SVr3  kept  the <EM>mvcur</EM>, <EM>vidattr</EM>, and <EM>vidputs</EM> functions, along with <EM>putp</EM>,
+       <EM>tparm</EM>, and <EM>tputs</EM>.  The latter were needed to support  padding,  and  to
+       handle  capabilities  accessed by functions such as <EM>vidattr</EM> (which used
        more than the two parameters supported by <EM>tgoto</EM>).
 
-       SVr3   introduced   the   functions   for  switching  between  terminal
-       descriptions;  for  example,  <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>curterm</EM>.   Some   changes   reflected
+       SVr3  introduced  the  functions   for   switching   between   terminal
+       descriptions;   for   example,  <EM>set</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>curterm</EM>.   Some  changes  reflected
        incremental improvements to the SVr2 library.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The  <EM>TERMINAL</EM>  type  definition  was introduced in SVr3.01, for the
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The <EM>TERMINAL</EM> type definition was introduced  in  SVr3.01,  for  the
            <EM>term</EM> structure provided in SVr2.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Various global variables such as <EM>boolnames</EM> were  mentioned  in  the
-           programming  manual  at  this  point, though the variables had been
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Various  global  variables  such as <EM>boolnames</EM> were mentioned in the
+           programming manual at this point, though  the  variables  had  been
            provided in SVr2.
 
        SVr4 (1989) added the <EM>vid</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>attr</EM> and <EM>vid</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>puts</EM> functions.
 
-       Other low-level functions are declared in the <EM>curses</EM>  header  files  of
-       Unix  systems,  but  none are documented.  Those noted as "obsolete" by
+       Other  low-level  functions  are declared in the <EM>curses</EM> header files of
+       Unix systems, but none are documented.  Those noted  as  "obsolete"  by
        SVr3 remained in use by System V's <STRONG>vi(1)</STRONG> editor.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG>,
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG>putc(3)</STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG>putc(3)</STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>                    Library calls                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@
        The  limitation  to  30  seconds and the use of <STRONG>napms</STRONG> differ from other
        implementations.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   SVr4 curses does not delay if no padding character is available.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> does not delay if no padding character is available.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD curses uses <STRONG>napms</STRONG> when no padding  character  is  available,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> uses <STRONG>napms</STRONG> when no padding  character  is  available,
            but  does  not  take  timing  into  account  when using the padding
            character.
 
@@ -331,20 +331,20 @@
            source, the functions (along with <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>, etc.)  originated  with
            the University of California, Berkeley (in 1982) and were later (in
            1988) incorporated into SVr4.  Oddly, there are no  such  functions
-           in the 4.3BSD curses sources.
+           in the 4.3BSD <EM>curses</EM> sources.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Most implementations simply dump the binary <EM>WINDOW</EM> structure to the
            file.  These include SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>, NetBSD <EM>curses</EM>, and  <EM>PDCurses</EM>,  as
            well  as  older  <EM>ncurses</EM> versions.  This implementation (as well as
-           the X/Open variant of Solaris  curses,  dated  1995)  uses  textual
-           dumps.
+           <EM>xcurses</EM>, the X/Open variant of Solaris  <EM>curses</EM>,  dated  1995)  uses
+           textual dumps.
 
-           The  implementations  that use binary dumps use block-I/O (<STRONG>write(2)</STRONG>
-           and <STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> functions).  Those that use textual dumps use buffered-
+           The  implementations  that use binary dumps use block I/O (<STRONG>write(2)</STRONG>
+           and <STRONG>read(2)</STRONG> functions).  Those that use textual dumps use  buffered
            I/O.  A few applications may happen to write extra data in the file
            using these functions.  Doing that can  run  into  problems  mixing
-           block-  and  buffered-I/O.  This implementation reduces the problem
-           on writes by flushing the output.  However,  reading  from  a  file
+           block and buffered I/O.  This implementation reduces the problem on
+           writes by flushing  the  output.   However,  reading  from  a  file
            written using mixed schemes may not be successful.
 
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
            "~A", etc., analogous to "^@", "^A", C0 controls.
 
            X/Open Curses does not document whether <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG> can be called before
-           initializing curses.  This implementation permits that, and returns
+           initializing <EM>curses</EM>.  This implementation permits that, and returns
            the "~@", etc., values in that case.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   parameter values outside the 0 to 255 range.  <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG> returns a null
@@ -383,22 +383,22 @@
        Likewise, the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">meta(3x)</A></STRONG> function allows the caller to change the  output
        of  <STRONG>keyname</STRONG>,  i.e.,  it  determines  whether to use the "M-" prefix for
        "meta"   keys   (codes   in   the   range   128    to    255).     Both
-       <STRONG><A HREF="legacy_coding.3x.html">use_legacy_coding(3x)</A></STRONG>   and  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">meta(3x)</A></STRONG>  succeed  only  after  curses  is
+       <STRONG><A HREF="legacy_coding.3x.html">use_legacy_coding(3x)</A></STRONG>   and  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">meta(3x)</A></STRONG>  succeed  only  after  <EM>curses</EM>  is
        initialized.  X/Open Curses does not document the  treatment  of  codes
        128 to 159.  When treating them as "meta" keys (or if <STRONG>keyname</STRONG> is called
-       before  initializing  curses),  this  implementation  returns   strings
+       before  initializing  <EM>curses</EM>),  this  implementation  returns   strings
        "M-^@", "M-^A", etc.
 
        X/Open Curses documents <STRONG>unctrl</STRONG> as declared in <STRONG>&lt;unctrl.h&gt;</STRONG>, which <EM>ncurses</EM>
        does.  However, <EM>ncurses</EM>' <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG> includes <STRONG>&lt;unctrl.h&gt;</STRONG>,  matching  the
-       behavior of SVr4 curses.  Other implementations may not do that.
+       behavior of SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>.  Other implementations may not do that.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-use_env_use_tioctl">use_env, use_tioctl</a></H3><PRE>
        If  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  configured  to provide the sp-functions extension, the
        state of <STRONG>use_env</STRONG> and <STRONG>use_tioctl</STRONG> may be  updated  before  creating  each
        <EM>screen</EM>  rather  than  once  only  (<STRONG><A HREF="curs_sp_funcs.3x.html">curs_sp_funcs(3x)</A></STRONG>).  This feature of
-       <STRONG>use_env</STRONG> is not provided by other implementations of curses.
+       <STRONG>use_env</STRONG> is not provided by other implementations of <EM>curses</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
        and  <EM>putwin</EM>,  reading  and  writing  window  dumps  with  <STRONG>fread(3)</STRONG>  and
        <STRONG>fwrite(3)</STRONG>, respectively.
 
-       SVr4 (1989) supplied <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>env</EM>.
+       SVr4 (1989) furnished <EM>use</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>env</EM>.
 
        X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) specified <EM>key</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM> and <EM>wunctrl</EM>.
 
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>               Library calls              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -159,44 +159,46 @@
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-curscr_newscr_stdscr">curscr, newscr, stdscr</a></H3><PRE>
        When a <EM>curses</EM> application calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>, the library
        creates  a  window  named  <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> that is the same size as the terminal
-       screen and is the implicit window used by functions that interact  with
-       a  window  but  do  not  take  a parameter identifying one; many <EM>curses</EM>
-       functions use it.  An application need not use <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>; it might  prefer
+       screen, (minus any lines reserved by  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">ripoffline(3x)</A></STRONG>  or  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG>)
+       and  is  the  implicit  window  used  by functions that interact with a
+       window but do  not  take  a  parameter  identifying  one;  many  <EM>curses</EM>
+       functions  use it.  An application need not use <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>; it might prefer
        to tile the display into multiple windows instead.
 
-       The  library  records  updates to the terminal screen in a window named
-       <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>.  This object  is  referred  to  as  the  "physical  screen"  in
+       The library records updates to the terminal screen in  a  window  named
+       <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>.   This  object  is  referred  to  as  the  "physical screen" in
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  collects  pending  updates  to the terminal screen in a window
-       named <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>.  This object is referred to as the  "virtual  screen"  in
-       the  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>.  When the
-       screen is refreshed, <EM>curses</EM> determines a minimal set of  updates  using
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> collects pending updates to the terminal  screen  in  a  window
+       named  <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>.   This  object is referred to as the "virtual screen" in
+       the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>.  When  the
+       screen  is  refreshed, <EM>curses</EM> determines a minimal set of updates using
        the terminal's capabilities to make <STRONG>curscr</STRONG> look like <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
-       Once  <EM>curses</EM>  is  initialized,  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  contains  the  number of colors
+       Once <EM>curses</EM> is  initialized,  <STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>  contains  the  number  of  colors
        supported by the terminal; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
-       Once <EM>curses</EM> is initialized, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG> contains the  number  of  color
+       Once  <EM>curses</EM>  is  initialized, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG> contains the number of color
        pairs supported by the terminal; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLS_LINES">COLS, LINES</a></H3><PRE>
-       Once  <EM>curses</EM>  is initialized, <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> and <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> contain the screen's width
-       and height in character cells, respectively; that  is,  the  number  of
+       Once <EM>curses</EM> is initialized, <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> and <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> contain the  screen's  width
+       and  height  in  character  cells, respectively; that is, the number of
        columns and lines.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-ESCDELAY">ESCDELAY</a></H3><PRE>
-       For  <EM>curses</EM>  to  distinguish  the ESC character resulting from a user's
-       press of the "Escape" key on the input device  from  one  beginning  an
-       <EM>escape</EM> <EM>sequence</EM> (as commonly produced by function keys), it waits after
-       the escape character to see if further characters are available on  the
-       input stream within a short interval.  <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG> stores this interval in
+       When  reading  key  strokes  from  a  window  in  keypad  mode,  <EM>curses</EM>
+       distinguishes  the  ESC  character resulting from a user's press of the
+       "Escape" key on the input device from one beginning an escape  sequence
+       (commonly  produced  by  function  keys),  by  waiting after the escape
+       character to see if further  characters  are  available  on  the  input
+       stream  within  a  short  interval.   <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>  stores this interval in
        milliseconds.
 
        If <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG> is disabled for the  <EM>curses</EM>  window  receiving  input,  a
@@ -281,14 +283,14 @@
        [UAX  #29]  "Unicode  Standard  Annex  #29:  Unicode Text Segmentation"
        &lt;https://unicode.org/reports/tr29/&gt;
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> further discusses <STRONG>CCHARW_MAX</STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> further discusses the <EM>ncurses</EM> extension <STRONG>CCHARW_MAX</STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">curs_opaque(3x)</A></STRONG>,    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
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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>
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
        displays  with  output  optimized  to minimize screen updates.  <EM>ncurses</EM>
        replaces the <EM>curses</EM> libraries from System V Release 4 Unix ("SVr4") and
        4.4BSD  Unix,  the  development  of  which  ceased  in the 1990s.  This
-       document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250322).
+       document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250405).
 
        <EM>ncurses</EM> permits control of the terminal screen's contents;  abstraction
        and  subdivision thereof with <EM>windows</EM> and <EM>pads</EM>; acquisition of keyboard
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG> must be called to initialize  <EM>curses</EM>  before
        use of any functions that access or manipulate windows or screens.
 
-       To  get  character-at-a-time  input  without echoing--most interactive,
-       screen-oriented programs want this--use the following sequence.
+       To  get  character-at-a-time input without echoing -- most interactive,
+       screen-oriented programs want this -- use the following sequence.
 
            initscr(); cbreak(); noecho();
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
            noqiflush();
            keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
 
-       A <EM>curses</EM> program then often enters an event loop of  some  sort.   Call
+       A <EM>curses</EM> program  then  often  enters  an  event-handling  loop.   Call
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG> before exiting.
 
 
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@
                  type.   In either case, they are accessed via an integral bit
                  mask.
 
-                 Each cell of a <EM>WINDOW</EM> is stored as a <EM>chtype</EM>.   X/Open  Curses
-                 does  not  specify  the  sizes of the character code or color
-                 pair identifier, nor  the  quantity  of  attribute  bits,  in
+                 <EM>ncurses</EM> stores each cell of a <EM>WINDOW</EM>  as  a  <EM>chtype</EM>.   X/Open
+                 Curses  does  not  specify the sizes of the character code or
+                 color pair identifier, nor the quantity of attribute bits, in
                  <EM>chtype</EM>;  these  are  implementation-dependent.   <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
                  eight bits for the character code.  An application  requiring
                  a  wider  character  type, for instance to represent Unicode,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
                  variants to their non-wide  counterparts;  where  a  non-wide
                  function  name contains "ch" or "str", prefix it with "_w" to
                  obtain the wide counterpart.   For  example,  <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>  becomes
-                 <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG>.  Another exception is <STRONG>ins_nwstr</STRONG> (and its variants),
+                 <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG>.   An  exception  is  <STRONG>ins_nwstr</STRONG>  (and its variants),
                  spelled thus instead of "insn_wstr".   (Exceptions  that  add
                  only "w" comprise <STRONG>addwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>inwstr</STRONG>, and their variants.)
 
@@ -310,31 +310,32 @@
                           structure,  not  combined  into  an  integer  as  in
                           <EM>chtype</EM>.
 
-                 Each  cell  of a <EM>WINDOW</EM> is stored as a <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>.  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">setcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>
-                 and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> store and retrieve <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> data.
+                 <EM>ncurses</EM>   stores   each  cell  of  a  <EM>WINDOW</EM>  as  a  <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>.
+                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">setcchar(3x)</A></STRONG> and  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>  store  and  retrieve  <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>
+                 data.
 
-                 The wide library API of <EM>ncurses</EM> depends  on  two  data  types
+                 The  wide  library  API  of <EM>ncurses</EM> depends on two data types
                  standardized by ISO C95.
 
-                 <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>  stores  a wide character.  Like <EM>chtype</EM>, it may be an
-                          alias of <EM>int</EM>.  Depending on the character  encoding,
-                          a  wide  character  may  be <EM>spacing</EM>, meaning that it
-                          occupies a character cell by  itself  and  typically
-                          accompanies   cursor  advancement,  or  <EM>non-spacing</EM>,
-                          meaning that it occupies the same cell as a  spacing
-                          character,  is often regarded as a "modifier" of the
-                          base glyph with which  it  combines,  and  typically
+                 <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>  stores a wide character.  Like <EM>chtype</EM>, it may be  an
+                          alias  of <EM>int</EM>.  Depending on the character encoding,
+                          a wide character may be  <EM>spacing</EM>,  meaning  that  it
+                          occupies  a  character  cell by itself and typically
+                          accompanies  cursor  advancement,  or   <EM>non-spacing</EM>,
+                          meaning  that it occupies the same cell as a spacing
+                          character, is often regarded as a "modifier" of  the
+                          base  glyph  with  which  it combines, and typically
                           does not advance the cursor.
 
-                 <EM>wint</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>   can   store   a   <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>   or  the  constant  <EM>WEOF</EM>,
-                          analogously to the <EM>int</EM>-sized character  manipulation
+                 <EM>wint</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>   can  store  a  <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>   or   the   constant   <EM>WEOF</EM>,
+                          analogously  to the <EM>int</EM>-sized character manipulation
                           functions of ISO C and its constant <EM>EOF</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Function-Name-Index">Function Name Index</a></H3><PRE>
        The following table lists the <EM>curses</EM> functions provided in the non-wide
-       and wide APIs and the  corresponding  man  pages  that  describe  them.
-       Those  flagged  with  "*"  are  <EM>ncurses</EM>-specific,  neither described by
+       and  wide  APIs  and  the  corresponding  man pages that describe them.
+       Those flagged with  "*"  are  <EM>ncurses</EM>-specific,  neither  described  by
        X/Open Curses nor present in SVr4.
 
                     <EM>curses</EM> Function Name     Man Page
@@ -385,8 +386,8 @@
                     curses_version           <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG>*
                     def_prog_mode            <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     def_shell_mode           <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     define_key               <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>*
+
                     del_curterm              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     delay_output             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     delch                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -452,9 +453,9 @@
                     immedok                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     in_wch                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wch.3x.html">curs_in_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     in_wchnstr               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wchstr.3x.html">curs_in_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     in_wchstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wchstr.3x.html">curs_in_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     inch                     <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     inchnstr                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inchstr.3x.html">curs_inchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     inchstr                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inchstr.3x.html">curs_inchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     init_color               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_color.3x.html">curs_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -519,10 +520,10 @@
                     mvaddchstr               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvaddnstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvaddnwstr               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     mvaddstr                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvaddwstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvchgat                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     mvcur                    <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvdelch                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_delch.3x.html">curs_delch(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvderwin                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -586,11 +587,11 @@
                     mvwins_nwstr             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wstr.3x.html">curs_ins_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwins_wch               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wch.3x.html">curs_ins_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwins_wstr              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wstr.3x.html">curs_ins_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     mvwinsch                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insch.3x.html">curs_insch(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwinsnstr               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwinsstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwinstr                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     mvwinwstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwprintw                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     mvwscanw                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -653,12 +654,12 @@
                     slk_attr_on              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_attr_set             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_attroff              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     slk_attron               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_attrset              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_clear                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_color                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_init                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     slk_label                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_noutrefresh          <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     slk_refresh              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -720,13 +721,13 @@
                     wadd_wchnstr             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wadd_wchstr              <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddch                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     waddchnstr               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddchstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddnstr                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddnwstr                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddstr                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     waddwstr                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     wattr_get                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wattr_off                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wattr_on                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -787,7 +788,6 @@
                     wnoutrefresh             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wprintw                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wredrawln                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
                     wrefresh                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wresize                  <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>*
                     wscanw                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@
                     wsetscrreg               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wstandend                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wstandout                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
                     wsyncdown                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wsyncup                  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_window.3x.html">curs_window(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wtimeout                 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -803,43 +804,43 @@
                     wvline                   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG>
                     wvline_set               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border_set.3x.html">curs_border_set(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>'s   <EM>screen-pointer</EM>   <EM>extension</EM>   adds   additional    functions
-       corresponding  to  many  of  the  above, each with an "_sp" suffix; see
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>'s    <EM>screen-pointer</EM>   <EM>extension</EM>   adds   additional   functions
+       corresponding to many of the above, each  with  an  "_sp"  suffix;  see
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_sp_funcs.3x.html">curs_sp_funcs(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       The availability of some extensions is  configurable  when  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is
-       compiled;  see  sections  "ALTERNATE  CONFIGURATIONS"  and "EXTENSIONS"
+       The  availability  of  some  extensions is configurable when <EM>ncurses</EM> is
+       compiled; see  sections  "ALTERNATE  CONFIGURATIONS"  and  "EXTENSIONS"
        below.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
-       Unless otherwise noted,  functions  that  return  integers  return  the
-       constants  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>  on  success  and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
-       Functions that return pointers  return  <EM>NULL</EM>  on  failure.   Typically,
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  treats  a  null  pointer  passed  as a function parameter as a
-       failure.  Functions prefixed with "mv" first  perform  cursor  movement
+       Unless  otherwise  noted,  functions  that  return  integers return the
+       constants <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  on  failure;  see  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       Functions  that  return  pointers  return  <EM>NULL</EM> on failure.  Typically,
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> treats a null pointer passed  as  a  function  parameter  as  a
+       failure.   Functions  prefixed  with "mv" first perform cursor movement
        and fail if the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</a></H2><PRE>
-       The  following  symbols  from  the  process  environment  customize the
-       runtime  behavior  of  <EM>ncurses</EM>  applications.   The  library   may   be
-       configured   to   disregard   the  variables  <EM>TERMINFO</EM>,  <EM>TERMINFO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DIRS</EM>,
-       <EM>TERMPATH</EM>, and <EM>HOME</EM>, if  the  user  is  the  superuser  (root),  or  the
+       The following  symbols  from  the  process  environment  customize  the
+       runtime   behavior   of  <EM>ncurses</EM>  applications.   The  library  may  be
+       configured  to  disregard  the   variables   <EM>TERMINFO</EM>,   <EM>TERMINFO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DIRS</EM>,
+       <EM>TERMPATH</EM>,  and  <EM>HOME</EM>,  if  the  user  is  the  superuser (root), or the
        application uses <STRONG>setuid(2)</STRONG> or <STRONG>setgid(2)</STRONG>.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-BAUDRATE"><EM>BAUDRATE</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       The  debugging  library  checks  this variable when the application has
-       redirected output to a file.  <EM>ncurses</EM> interprets its integral value  as
-       the  terminal's line speed in bits per second.  If that value is absent
-       or invalid, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses  9600.   This  feature  allows  developers  to
-       construct  repeatable  test  cases  that take into account optimization
+       The debugging library checks this variable  when  the  application  has
+       redirected  output to a file.  <EM>ncurses</EM> interprets its integral value as
+       the terminal's line speed in bits per second.  If that value is  absent
+       or  invalid,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  uses  9600.   This  feature allows developers to
+       construct repeatable test cases that  take  into  account  optimization
        decisions that depend on the terminal's line speed.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-CC-_command-character_"><EM>CC</EM> (command character)</a></H3><PRE>
-       When set, the <STRONG>command_character</STRONG>  (<STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>)  capability  value  of  loaded
+       When  set,  the  <STRONG>command_character</STRONG>  (<STRONG>cmdch</STRONG>)  capability value of loaded
        <EM>terminfo</EM> entries changes to the value of this variable.  Very few <EM>term-</EM>
        <EM>info</EM> entries provide this feature.
 
@@ -850,192 +851,192 @@
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLUMNS"><EM>COLUMNS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
        This  variable  specifies  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.   <EM>ncurses</EM>
-       enforces  an  upper limit of 512 when reading the value.  If <EM>COLUMNS</EM> is
-       not defined and the terminal's screen size is not  available  from  the
-       terminal  driver, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the size specified by the <STRONG>columns</STRONG> (<STRONG>cols</STRONG>)
-       capability of the terminal type's entry in the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  database,  if
+       Applications running in a windowing environment  usually  are  able  to
+       obtain  the  width  of the window in which they are executing.  <EM>ncurses</EM>
+       enforces an upper limit of 512 when reading the value.  If  <EM>COLUMNS</EM>  is
+       not  defined  and  the terminal's screen size is not available from the
+       terminal driver, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the size specified by the <STRONG>columns</STRONG>  (<STRONG>cols</STRONG>)
+       capability  of  the  terminal type's entry in the <EM>terminfo</EM> database, if
        any.
 
-       It  is  important  that  your  application use the correct screen size.
-       Automatic  detection  thereof  is  not  always  possible   because   an
-       application  may  be  running  on  a  host  that  does  not  honor NAWS
-       (Negotiations About Window Size) or as a different  user  ID  than  the
-       owner  of  the  terminal  device  file.   Setting  <EM>COLUMNS</EM> and/or <EM>LINES</EM>
-       overrides the library's use  of  the  screen  size  obtained  from  the
+       It is important that your application  use  the  correct  screen  size.
+       Automatic   detection   thereof  is  not  always  possible  because  an
+       application may  be  running  on  a  host  that  does  not  honor  NAWS
+       (Negotiations  About  Window  Size)  or as a different user ID than the
+       owner of the  terminal  device  file.   Setting  <EM>COLUMNS</EM>  and/or  <EM>LINES</EM>
+       overrides  the  library's  use  of  the  screen  size obtained from the
        operating system.
 
-       The  <EM>COLUMNS</EM>  and <EM>LINES</EM> variables may be specified independently.  This
-       property is useful to circumvent misfeatures of  legacy  terminal  type
-       descriptions;  <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>  descriptions  specifying  65  lines  were once
-       notorious.   For  best  results,  avoid  specifying  <STRONG>cols</STRONG>   and   <STRONG>lines</STRONG>
+       The <EM>COLUMNS</EM> and <EM>LINES</EM> variables may be specified  independently.   This
+       property  is  useful  to circumvent misfeatures of legacy terminal type
+       descriptions; <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>  descriptions  specifying  65  lines  were  once
+       notorious.    For   best  results,  avoid  specifying  <STRONG>cols</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>lines</STRONG>
        capability codes in <EM>terminfo</EM> descriptions of terminal emulators.
 
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">use_env(3x)</A></STRONG>  can  disable use of the process environment in determining
-       the screen size.  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">use_tioctl(3x)</A></STRONG> can update <EM>COLUMNS</EM> and <EM>LINES</EM> to  match
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">use_env(3x)</A></STRONG> can disable use of the process environment  in  determining
+       the  screen size.  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">use_tioctl(3x)</A></STRONG> can update <EM>COLUMNS</EM> and <EM>LINES</EM> to match
        the screen size obtained from system calls or the terminal database.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-ESCDELAY"><EM>ESCDELAY</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       For  <EM>curses</EM>  to  distinguish  the ESC character resulting from a user's
-       press of the "Escape" key on the input device  from  one  beginning  an
+       For <EM>curses</EM> to distinguish the ESC character  resulting  from  a  user's
+       press  of  the  "Escape"  key on the input device from one beginning an
        <EM>escape</EM> <EM>sequence</EM> (as commonly produced by function keys), it waits after
-       receiving the  escape  character  to  see  if  further  characters  are
-       available  on  the  input  stream  within  a  short interval.  A global
-       variable <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG> stores this interval in  milliseconds.   The  default
+       receiving  the  escape  character  to  see  if  further  characters are
+       available on the input  stream  within  a  short  interval.   A  global
+       variable  <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>  stores  this interval in milliseconds.  The default
        value of 1000 (one second) is adequate for most uses.  This environment
-       variable overrides it; <EM>ncurses</EM> enforces an upper limit  of  30,000  (30
+       variable  overrides  it;  <EM>ncurses</EM> enforces an upper limit of 30,000 (30
        seconds) when reading the value.
 
-       The  most common instance where you may wish to change this value is to
+       The most common instance where you may wish to change this value is  to
        work with a remote host over a slow communication channel.  If the host
-       running  a  <EM>curses</EM>  application  does  not receive the characters of an
-       escape sequence in a timely manner, the library can interpret  them  as
+       running a <EM>curses</EM> application does not  receive  the  characters  of  an
+       escape  sequence  in a timely manner, the library can interpret them as
        multiple key stroke events.
 
        <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> mouse events are a form of escape sequence; therefore, if your
-       application makes heavy use  of  multiple-clicking,  you  may  wish  to
-       lengthen  the  default value because the delay applies to the composite
+       application  makes  heavy  use  of  multiple-clicking,  you may wish to
+       lengthen the default value because the delay applies to  the  composite
        multi-click event as well as the individual clicks.
 
-       Portable applications should not rely upon the presence of <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>  in
-       either  form,  but  setting  the  environment  variable rather than the
+       Portable  applications should not rely upon the presence of <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG> in
+       either form, but setting  the  environment  variable  rather  than  the
        global variable does not create problems when compiling an application.
 
-       If <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG> is disabled for the  <EM>curses</EM>  window  receiving  input,  a
+       If  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">keypad(3x)</A></STRONG>  is  disabled  for  the <EM>curses</EM> window receiving input, a
        program must disambiguate escape sequences itself.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-HOME"><EM>HOME</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  may read and write auxiliary terminal descriptions in <EM>.termcap</EM>
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> may read and write auxiliary terminal descriptions in  <EM>.termcap</EM>
        and <EM>.terminfo</EM> files in the user's home directory.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-LINES"><EM>LINES</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       This counterpart to <EM>COLUMNS</EM> specifies  the  height  of  the  screen  in
-       characters.   The  corresponding <EM>terminfo</EM> capability and code is <STRONG>lines</STRONG>.
+       This  counterpart  to  <EM>COLUMNS</EM>  specifies  the  height of the screen in
+       characters.  The corresponding <EM>terminfo</EM> capability and code  is  <STRONG>lines</STRONG>.
        See the description of the <EM>COLUMNS</EM> variable above.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-MOUSE_BUTTONS_123"><EM>MOUSE_BUTTONS_123</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       (OS/2 EMX port only) OS/2 numbers a three-button  mouse  inconsistently
-       with  other platforms, such that 1 is the left button, 2 the right, and
-       3 the middle.  This variable customizes  the  mouse  button  numbering.
-       Its  value  must be three digits 1-3 in any order.  By default, <EM>ncurses</EM>
+       (OS/2  EMX  port only) OS/2 numbers a three-button mouse inconsistently
+       with other platforms, such that 1 is the left button, 2 the right,  and
+       3  the  middle.   This  variable customizes the mouse button numbering.
+       Its value must be three digits 1-3 in any order.  By  default,  <EM>ncurses</EM>
        assumes a numbering of "132".
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS"><EM>NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       If set, this  variable  overrides  the  <EM>ncurses</EM>  library's  compiled-in
-       assumption  that  the terminal's default colors are white on black; see
-       <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Set the foreground  and  background  color  values
-       with  this  environment  variable  by  assigning  it two integer values
+       If  set,  this  variable  overrides  the  <EM>ncurses</EM> library's compiled-in
+       assumption that the terminal's default colors are white on  black;  see
+       <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>.   Set  the  foreground  and background color values
+       with this environment variable  by  assigning  it  two  integer  values
        separated  by  a  comma,  indicating  foregound  and  background  color
        numbers, respectively.
 
-       For  example,  to tell <EM>ncurses</EM> not to assume anything about the colors,
-       use a value of "-1,-1".  To make the  default  color  scheme  green  on
-       black,  use  "2,0".   <EM>ncurses</EM> accepts integral values from -1 up to the
+       For example, to tell <EM>ncurses</EM> not to assume anything about  the  colors,
+       use  a  value  of  "-1,-1".   To make the default color scheme green on
+       black, use "2,0".  <EM>ncurses</EM> accepts integral values from -1  up  to  the
        value of the <EM>terminfo</EM> <STRONG>max_colors</STRONG> (<STRONG>colors</STRONG>) capability.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_CONSOLE2"><EM>NCURSES_CONSOLE2</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       (MinGW  port  only)  The  <EM>Console2</EM>  program  defectively  handles   the
-       Microsoft  Console  API  call  <EM>CreateConsoleScreenBuffer</EM>.  Applications
-       that use it will hang.  However, it is possible to simulate the  action
-       of  this  call  by mapping coordinates, explicitly saving and restoring
-       the original screen contents.  Setting the environment  variable  <EM>NCGDB</EM>
+       (MinGW   port  only)  The  <EM>Console2</EM>  program  defectively  handles  the
+       Microsoft Console  API  call  <EM>CreateConsoleScreenBuffer</EM>.   Applications
+       that  use it will hang.  However, it is possible to simulate the action
+       of this call by mapping coordinates, explicitly  saving  and  restoring
+       the  original  screen contents.  Setting the environment variable <EM>NCGDB</EM>
        has the same effect.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_GPM_TERMS"><EM>NCURSES_GPM_TERMS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       (Linux  only) When <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to use the GPM interface, this
-       variable may list  one  or  more  terminal  type  names,  delimited  by
-       vertical  bars  (<STRONG>|</STRONG>) or colons (<STRONG>:</STRONG>), against which the <EM>TERM</EM> variable (see
-       below) is matched.  An empty value disables the  GPM  interface,  using
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>'s  built-in  support  for <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> mouse protocols instead.  If
-       the variable is absent, <EM>ncurses</EM> attempts to open GPM if  <EM>TERM</EM>  contains
+       (Linux only) When <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to use the GPM interface,  this
+       variable  may  list  one  or  more  terminal  type  names, delimited by
+       vertical bars (<STRONG>|</STRONG>) or colons (<STRONG>:</STRONG>), against which the <EM>TERM</EM>  variable  (see
+       below)  is  matched.   An empty value disables the GPM interface, using
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>'s built-in support for <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> mouse  protocols  instead.   If
+       the  variable  is absent, <EM>ncurses</EM> attempts to open GPM if <EM>TERM</EM> contains
        "linux".
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_NO_HARD_TABS"><EM>NCURSES_NO_HARD_TABS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  may  use  tab  characters in cursor movement optimization.  In
-       some cases, your terminal driver may not  handle  them  properly.   Set
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> may use tab characters in  cursor  movement  optimization.   In
+       some  cases,  your  terminal  driver may not handle them properly.  Set
        this environment variable to any value to disable the feature.  You can
        also adjust your <STRONG>stty(1)</STRONG> settings to avoid the problem.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_NO_MAGIC_COOKIE"><EM>NCURSES_NO_MAGIC_COOKIE</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       Many terminals store video attributes as  a  property  of  a  character
-       cell,  as  <EM>curses</EM>  does.   Historically, some recorded changes in video
-       attributes as data that  logically  <EM>occupies</EM>  character  cells  on  the
-       display,  switching attributes on or off, similarly to tags in a markup
-       language; these are termed "magic cookies", and  must  be  subsequently
-       overprinted.   If  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  entry for your terminal type does not
+       Many  terminals  store  video  attributes  as a property of a character
+       cell, as <EM>curses</EM> does.  Historically, some  recorded  changes  in  video
+       attributes  as  data  that  logically  <EM>occupies</EM>  character cells on the
+       display, switching attributes on or off, similarly to tags in a  markup
+       language;  these  are  termed "magic cookies", and must be subsequently
+       overprinted.  If the <EM>terminfo</EM> entry for your  terminal  type  does  not
        adequately describe its handling of magic cookies, set this variable to
        any value to instruct <EM>ncurses</EM> to disable attributes entirely.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_NO_PADDING"><EM>NCURSES_NO_PADDING</EM></a></H3><PRE>
        Most  terminal  type  descriptions  in  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>  database  detail
-       hardware  devices.   Many  people  use  <EM>curses</EM>-based  applications   in
-       terminal  emulator programs that run in a windowing environment.  These
-       programs can duplicate all of the  important  features  of  a  hardware
-       terminal,  but  often lack their limitations.  Chief among these absent
+       hardware   devices.   Many  people  use  <EM>curses</EM>-based  applications  in
+       terminal emulator programs that run in a windowing environment.   These
+       programs  can  duplicate  all  of  the important features of a hardware
+       terminal, but often lack their limitations.  Chief among  these  absent
        drawbacks is the problem of data flow management; that is, limiting the
-       speed  of  communication  to  what the hardware could handle.  Unless a
-       hardware terminal is interfaced into  a  terminal  concentrator  (which
-       does  flow  control), an application must manage flow itself to prevent
+       speed of communication to what the hardware  could  handle.   Unless  a
+       hardware  terminal  is  interfaced  into a terminal concentrator (which
+       does flow control), an application must manage flow itself  to  prevent
        overruns and data loss.
 
-       A solution that comes at no hardware cost  is  for  an  application  to
-       pause  after  directing  a  terminal  to  execute  an operation that it
-       performs slowly, such as clearing  the  display.   Many  terminal  type
-       descriptions,  including that for the VT100, embed delay specifications
-       in capabilities.  You may  wish  to  use  these  terminal  descriptions
-       without  paying the performance penalty.  Set <EM>NCURSES</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PADDING</EM> to any
-       value to disable all but mandatory padding.  Mandatory padding is  used
+       A  solution  that  comes  at  no hardware cost is for an application to
+       pause after directing a  terminal  to  execute  an  operation  that  it
+       performs  slowly,  such  as  clearing  the display.  Many terminal type
+       descriptions, including that for the VT100, embed delay  specifications
+       in  capabilities.   You  may  wish  to  use these terminal descriptions
+       without paying the performance penalty.  Set <EM>NCURSES</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PADDING</EM> to  any
+       value  to disable all but mandatory padding.  Mandatory padding is used
        by such terminal capabilities as <STRONG>flash_screen</STRONG> (<STRONG>flash</STRONG>).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_NO_SETBUF"><EM>NCURSES_NO_SETBUF</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       (Obsolete)  Prior to internal changes developed in <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.9 (patches
-       20120825 through 20130126), the library used <STRONG>setbuf(3)</STRONG> to enable  fully
-       buffered  output  when initializing the terminal.  This was done, as in
-       SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>, to increase performance.  For testing  purposes,  both  of
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  and  of  certain applications, this feature was made optional.
-       Setting this variable disabled output  buffering,  leaving  the  output
+       (Obsolete) Prior to internal changes developed in <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.9  (patches
+       20120825  through 20130126), the library used <STRONG>setbuf(3)</STRONG> to enable fully
+       buffered output when initializing the terminal.  This was done,  as  in
+       SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>,  to  increase performance.  For testing purposes, both of
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> and of certain applications, this feature  was  made  optional.
+       Setting  this  variable  disabled  output buffering, leaving the output
        stream in the original (usually line-buffered) mode.
 
-       Nowadays,  <EM>ncurses</EM> performs its own buffering and does not require this
-       workaround; it does not modify the buffering  of  the  standard  output
-       stream.   This  approach makes signal handling, as for interrupts, more
-       robust.  A drawback  is  that  certain  unconventional  programs  mixed
-       <STRONG>stdio(3)</STRONG>  calls  with <EM>ncurses</EM> calls and (usually) got the behavior they
-       expected.  This is no longer the case; <EM>ncurses</EM> does not  write  to  the
+       Nowadays, <EM>ncurses</EM> performs its own buffering and does not require  this
+       workaround;  it  does  not  modify the buffering of the standard output
+       stream.  This approach makes signal handling, as for  interrupts,  more
+       robust.   A  drawback  is  that  certain  unconventional programs mixed
+       <STRONG>stdio(3)</STRONG> calls with <EM>ncurses</EM> calls and (usually) got the  behavior  they
+       expected.   This  is  no longer the case; <EM>ncurses</EM> does not write to the
        standard output file descriptor through a <EM>stdio</EM>-buffered stream.
 
-       As  a  special case, low-level API calls such as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">putp(3x)</A></STRONG> still use the
-       standard output stream.  High-level <EM>curses</EM> calls such as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">printw(3x)</A></STRONG>  do
+       As a special case, low-level API calls such as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">putp(3x)</A></STRONG> still  use  the
+       standard  output stream.  High-level <EM>curses</EM> calls such as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">printw(3x)</A></STRONG> do
        not.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS"><EM>NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       At  initialization,  <EM>ncurses</EM> inspects the <EM>TERM</EM> environment variable for
-       special  cases  where   VT100   forms-drawing   characters   (and   the
-       corresponding  alternate character set <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities) are known
+       At initialization, <EM>ncurses</EM> inspects the <EM>TERM</EM> environment  variable  for
+       special   cases   where   VT100   forms-drawing   characters  (and  the
+       corresponding alternate character set <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities) are  known
        to  be  unsupported  by  terminal  types  that  otherwise  claim  VT100
        compatibility.  Specifically, when running in a UTF-8 locale, the Linux
-       virtual console device and the GNU <STRONG>screen(1)</STRONG> program ignore them.   Set
+       virtual  console device and the GNU <STRONG>screen(1)</STRONG> program ignore them.  Set
        this  variable  to  a  nonzero  value  to  instruct  <EM>ncurses</EM>  that  the
        terminal's ACS support is broken; the library then outputs Unicode code
        points that correspond to the forms-drawing characters.  Set it to zero
        (or a non-integer) to disable the special check for terminal type names
-       matching  "linux" or "screen", directing <EM>ncurses</EM> to assume that the ACS
+       matching "linux" or "screen", directing <EM>ncurses</EM> to assume that the  ACS
        feature works if the terminal type description advertises it.
 
-       As an alternative to use  of  this  variable,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  checks  for  an
+       As  an  alternative  to  use  of  this  variable, <EM>ncurses</EM> checks for an
        extended <EM>terminfo</EM> numeric capability <STRONG>U8</STRONG> that can be compiled using "<STRONG>tic</STRONG>
        <STRONG>-x</STRONG>".  Examples follow.
 
@@ -1048,62 +1049,62 @@
           xterm-utf8|xterm relying on UTF-8 line-graphics,
                   U8#1, use=xterm,
 
-       The two-character name "U8" was chosen to permit its use via  <EM>ncurses</EM>'s
+       The  two-character name "U8" was chosen to permit its use via <EM>ncurses</EM>'s
        <EM>termcap</EM> interface.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-NCURSES_TRACE"><EM>NCURSES_TRACE</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       At  initialization, <EM>ncurses</EM> (in its debugging configuration) checks for
-       this variable's presence.  If  defined  with  an  integral  value,  the
+       At initialization, <EM>ncurses</EM> (in its debugging configuration) checks  for
+       this  variable's  presence.   If  defined  with  an integral value, the
        library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_trace.3x.html">curses_trace(3x)</A></STRONG> with that value as the argument.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-TERM"><EM>TERM</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       The  <EM>TERM</EM> variable denotes the terminal type.  Each is distinct, though
-       many are similar.  It is commonly set by  terminal  emulators  to  help
-       applications  find  a  workable  terminal  description.   Some choose a
-       popular approximation such as "ansi", "vt100", or "xterm"  rather  than
-       an  exact  fit to their capabilities.  Not infrequently, an application
-       will have problems with that approach; for example, a  key  stroke  may
-       not  operate  correctly,  or  produce  no  effect  but  seeming garbage
+       The <EM>TERM</EM> variable denotes the terminal type.  Each is distinct,  though
+       many  are  similar.   It  is commonly set by terminal emulators to help
+       applications find a  workable  terminal  description.   Some  choose  a
+       popular  approximation  such as "ansi", "vt100", or "xterm" rather than
+       an exact fit to their capabilities.  Not infrequently,  an  application
+       will  have  problems  with that approach; for example, a key stroke may
+       not operate  correctly,  or  produce  no  effect  but  seeming  garbage
        characters on the screen.
 
-       Setting <EM>TERM</EM> has no effect on hardware operation; it  affects  the  way
-       applications  communicate  with  the  terminal.  Likewise, as a general
-       rule (<STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG> being a rare exception), terminal emulators  that  allow
+       Setting  <EM>TERM</EM>  has  no effect on hardware operation; it affects the way
+       applications communicate with the terminal.   Likewise,  as  a  general
+       rule  (<STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>  being a rare exception), terminal emulators that allow
        you to specify <EM>TERM</EM> as a parameter or configuration value do not change
        their behavior to match that setting.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-TERMCAP"><EM>TERMCAP</EM></a></H3><PRE>
        If <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured with <EM>termcap</EM> support, it checks for a terminal
-       type  description  in  <EM>termcap</EM>  format if one in <EM>terminfo</EM> format is not
-       available.  Setting this variable directs <EM>ncurses</EM> to ignore  the  usual
-       <EM>termcap</EM>  database  location, <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>; see <EM>TERMPATH</EM> below.  <EM>TERMCAP</EM>
-       should contain either a terminal description  (with  newlines  stripped
-       out),  or  a file name indicating where the information required by the
+       type description in <EM>termcap</EM> format if one in  <EM>terminfo</EM>  format  is  not
+       available.   Setting  this variable directs <EM>ncurses</EM> to ignore the usual
+       <EM>termcap</EM> database location, <EM>/etc/termcap</EM>; see <EM>TERMPATH</EM>  below.   <EM>TERMCAP</EM>
+       should  contain  either  a terminal description (with newlines stripped
+       out), or a file name indicating where the information required  by  the
        <EM>TERM</EM> environment variable is stored.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-TERMINFO"><EM>TERMINFO</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> can be configured to read terminal type  description  databases
-       in  various locations using different formats.  This variable overrides
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  can  be configured to read terminal type description databases
+       in various locations using different formats.  This variable  overrides
        the default location.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Descriptions in <EM>terminfo</EM> format are normally stored in a  directory
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Descriptions  in <EM>terminfo</EM> format are normally stored in a directory
            tree using subdirectories named for the common first letters of the
-           terminal types named therein.  This is the scheme used in System V.
+           terminal types named therein.  System V used this scheme.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured to use hashed databases, then <EM>TERMINFO</EM> may
-           name  its  location,  such  as  <EM>/usr/share/terminfo.db</EM>, rather than
+           name its location,  such  as  <EM>/usr/share/terminfo.db</EM>,  rather  than
            <EM>/usr/share/terminfo/</EM>.
 
-       The hashed database uses less disk space and is a  little  faster  than
+       The  hashed  database  uses less disk space and is a little faster than
        the directory tree.  However, some applications assume the existence of
        the directory tree, and read it directly rather than using the <EM>terminfo</EM>
        API.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  configured with <EM>termcap</EM> support, this variable may
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured with <EM>termcap</EM> support,  this  variable  may
            contain the location of a <EM>termcap</EM> file.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the value of <EM>TERMINFO</EM> begins with "hex:" or "b64:", <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
@@ -1113,10 +1114,10 @@
                   TERMINFO=$(infocmp -0 -Q2 -q)
                   export TERMINFO
 
-           The compiled description is used only  if  it  corresponds  to  the
+           <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the compiled description only if it corresponds to the
            terminal type identified by <EM>TERM</EM>.
 
-       Setting  <EM>TERMINFO</EM>  is  the  simplest,  but  not the only, way to direct
+       Setting <EM>TERMINFO</EM> is the simplest, but  not  the  only,  way  to  direct
        <EM>ncurses</EM> to a terminal database.  The search path is as follows.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the last terminal database to which the running <EM>ncurses</EM> application
@@ -1134,16 +1135,16 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-TERMINFO_DIRS"><EM>TERMINFO_DIRS</EM></a></H3><PRE>
-       This  variable  specifies  a  list of locations, akin to <EM>PATH</EM>, in which
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> searches  for  the  terminal  type  descriptions  described  by
-       <EM>TERMINFO</EM>  above.   The  list  items are separated by colons on Unix and
-       semicolons on  OS/2  EMX.   System V  <EM>terminfo</EM>  lacks  a  corresponding
+       This variable specifies a list of locations, akin  to  <EM>PATH</EM>,  in  which
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  searches  for  the  terminal  type  descriptions  described by
+       <EM>TERMINFO</EM> above.  The list items are separated by  colons  on  Unix  and
+       semicolons  on  OS/2  EMX.   System V  <EM>terminfo</EM>  lacks  a corresponding
        feature; <EM>TERMINFO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>DIRS</EM> is an <EM>ncurses</EM> extension.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-TERMPATH"><EM>TERMPATH</EM></a></H3><PRE>
        If <EM>TERMCAP</EM> does not hold a terminal type description or file name, then
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> checks the contents of <EM>TERMPATH</EM>, a list of locations,  akin  to
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  checks  the contents of <EM>TERMPATH</EM>, a list of locations, akin to
        <EM>PATH</EM>, in which it searches for <EM>termcap</EM> terminal type descriptions.  The
        list items are separated by colons on Unix and semicolons on OS/2 EMX.
 
@@ -1153,9 +1154,9 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-ALTERNATE-CONFIGURATIONS">ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       Many different <EM>ncurses</EM> configurations are possible, determined  by  the
-       options  given  to the <EM>configure</EM> script when building the library.  Run
-       the script with the <STRONG>--help</STRONG> option to peruse them all.   A  few  are  of
+       Many  different  <EM>ncurses</EM> configurations are possible, determined by the
+       options given to the <EM>configure</EM> script when building the  library.   Run
+       the  script  with  the  <STRONG>--help</STRONG> option to peruse them all.  A few are of
        particular significance to the application developer employing <EM>ncurses</EM>.
 
        <STRONG>--disable-overwrite</STRONG>
@@ -1164,24 +1165,24 @@
 
                 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
-            This option is used to avoid file name conflicts  between  <EM>ncurses</EM>
-            and  an existing <EM>curses</EM> installation on the system.  If <EM>ncurses</EM> is
-            installed disabling overwrite, it  puts  its  header  files  in  a
+            This  option  is used to avoid file name conflicts between <EM>ncurses</EM>
+            and an existing <EM>curses</EM> installation on the system.  If <EM>ncurses</EM>  is
+            installed  disabling  overwrite,  it  puts  its  header files in a
             subdirectory.  Here is an example.
 
                 <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;ncurses/curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
-            Installation  also  omits  a  symbolic  link  that would cause the
-            compiler's <STRONG>-lcurses</STRONG> option  to  link  object  files  with  <EM>ncurses</EM>
+            Installation also omits a  symbolic  link  that  would  cause  the
+            compiler's  <STRONG>-lcurses</STRONG>  option  to  link  object  files with <EM>ncurses</EM>
             instead of the system <EM>curses</EM> library.
 
-            The  directory  used  by this configuration of <EM>ncurses</EM> is shown in
+            The directory used by this configuration of <EM>ncurses</EM>  is  shown  in
             section "SYNOPSIS" above.
 
        <STRONG>--enable-widec</STRONG>
-            The  configure  script   renames   the   library   and   (if   the
-            <STRONG>--disable-overwrite</STRONG>  option  is  used)  puts the header files in a
-            different subdirectory.  All of  the  library  names  have  a  "w"
+            The   configure   script   renames   the   library   and  (if  the
+            <STRONG>--disable-overwrite</STRONG> option is used) puts the  header  files  in  a
+            different  subdirectory.   All  of  the  library  names have a "w"
             appended to them, i.e., instead of
 
                 <STRONG>-lncurses</STRONG>
@@ -1190,65 +1191,67 @@
 
                 <STRONG>-lncursesw</STRONG>
 
-            You  must  also  enable  the wide-character features in the header
-            file when compiling for the  wide-character  library  to  use  the
-            extended  (wide-character)  functions.   The  symbol which enables
+            You must also enable the wide-character  features  in  the  header
+            file  when  compiling  for  the  wide-character library to use the
+            extended (wide-character) functions.   The  symbol  which  enables
             these features has changed since X/Open Curses Issue 4:
 
-            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Originally, the wide-character  feature  required  the  symbol
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Originally,  the  wide-character  feature  required the symbol
                 <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED</STRONG>  but  that  was  only  valid  for  XPG4
                 (1996).
 
-            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Later, that was deemed conflicting with <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG>  defined
-                to 500.
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Later, that was deemed conflicting with an <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG> value
+                of 500.
 
-            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   As  of  mid-2018,  none of the features in this implementation
-                require a <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG> feature greater  than  600.   However,
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   As of mid-2018, none of the features  in  this  implementation
+                require  a  <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG>  feature greater than 600.  However,
                 X/Open Curses Issue 7 (2009) recommends defining it to 700.
 
-            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Alternatively,   you   can  enable  the  feature  by  defining
-                <STRONG>NCURSES_WIDECHAR</STRONG> with the caveat that some other  header  file
-                than  <STRONG>curses.h</STRONG>  may require a specific value for <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG>
+            <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Alternatively,  you  can  enable  the  feature   by   defining
+                <STRONG>NCURSES_WIDECHAR</STRONG>  with  the caveat that some header file other
+                than <EM>curses.h</EM> may require a specific value  for  <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG>
                 (or a system-specific symbol).
 
-            The <EM>curses.h</EM> header file installed for the wide-character  library
-            is  designed  to be compatible with the non-wide library's header.
-            Only the size of the <EM>WINDOW</EM> structure  differs;  few  applications
-            require more than pointers to <EM>WINDOW</EM>s.
+            The  <EM>curses.h</EM> header file installed for the wide-character library
+            is designed to be compatible with the non-wide  library's  header.
+            Only  the  size  of the <EM>WINDOW</EM> structure differs; few applications
+            require more than pointers to <EM>WINDOW</EM>.
 
             If  the  headers  are  installed  allowing  overwrite,  the  wide-
-            character library's headers should be  installed  last,  to  allow
+            character  library's  headers  should  be installed last, to allow
             applications to be built using either library from the same set of
             headers.
 
        <STRONG>--with-pthread</STRONG>
-            The configure script renames the  library.   All  of  the  library
-            names  have  a  "t"  appended  to  them  (before  any "w" added by
+            The  configure  script  renames  the  library.  All of the library
+            names have a "t"  appended  to  them  (before  any  "w"  added  by
             <STRONG>--enable-widec</STRONG>).
 
-            The global variables such as <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> are replaced by macros to allow
-            read-only access.  At the same time, setter-functions are provided
-            to set these values.  Some applications  (very  few)  may  require
+            <EM>ncursest</EM> and <EM>ncursestw</EM> replace global variables such as <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> with
+            macros allowing read-only access.  At the same time, they  provide
+            functions  to  set  these  values.   Very few applications require
             changes to work with this convention.
 
        <STRONG>--with-shared</STRONG>
        <STRONG>--with-normal</STRONG>
        <STRONG>--with-debug</STRONG>
        <STRONG>--with-profile</STRONG>
-            The  shared  and  normal  (static)  library  names differ by their
-            suffixes, e.g., <STRONG>libncurses.so</STRONG> and  <STRONG>libncurses.a</STRONG>.   The  debug  and
-            profiling  libraries  add  a  "_g"  and  a  "_p" to the root names
-            respectively, e.g., <STRONG>libncurses_g.a</STRONG> and <STRONG>libncurses_p.a</STRONG>.
+            The shared and normal  (static)  library  names  differ  by  their
+            suffixes,  e.g.,  <EM>libncurses.so</EM>  and  <EM>libncurses.a</EM>.  The debug and
+            profiling libraries add a "_g" and a "_p" to the  roots  of  these
+            respective  names, forming <EM>libncurses</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>g.so</EM> and <EM>libncurses</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>p.a</EM>, for
+            example.
 
        <STRONG>--with-termlib</STRONG>
-            Low-level functions which do not depend upon whether  the  library
-            supports wide-characters, are provided in the tinfo library.
-
-            By  doing  this, it is possible to share the tinfo library between
-            wide/normal configurations as well  as  reduce  the  size  of  the
-            library when only low-level functions are needed.
+            This option configures <EM>ncurses</EM> to provide low-level functions that
+            do  not  depend  upon  wide-character  support  in a library names
+            <EM>tinfo</EM>.
+
+            This arrangement enables <EM>tinfo</EM> to be shared  between  <EM>ncurses</EM>  and
+            <EM>ncursesw</EM>  libraries  as well as application linking and/or loading
+            times when it requires only low-level functions.
 
-            Those functions are described in these pages:
+            The following pages describe low-level <EM>curses</EM> functions.
 
             <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_extend.3x.html">curs_extend(3x)</A></STRONG> - miscellaneous <EM>curses</EM> extensions
 
@@ -1265,10 +1268,10 @@
             <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG> - miscellaneous <EM>curses</EM> utility routines
 
        <STRONG>--with-trace</STRONG>
-            The  <STRONG>trace</STRONG>  function normally resides in the debug library, but it
-            is sometimes useful to  configure  this  in  the  shared  library.
-            Configure scripts should check for the function's existence rather
-            than assuming it is always in the debug library.
+            The <STRONG>trace</STRONG> function normally resides in the debug library,  but  it
+            is  sometimes useful to expose it in the shared or static library.
+            Configuration scripts should check for  the  function's  existence
+            rather than assuming it is confined to the debug library.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -1280,213 +1283,213 @@
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       X/Open Curses permits most functions it specifies to be made  available
+       X/Open  Curses permits most functions it specifies to be made available
        as macros as well.  <EM>ncurses</EM> does so
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   for functions that return values via their parameters,
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   to support obsolete features,
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   to  reuse functions (for example, those that move the cursor before
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   to reuse functions (for example, those that move the cursor  before
            another operation), and
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   in a few special cases.
 
-       If the standard  output  file  descriptor  of  an  <EM>ncurses</EM>  program  is
-       redirected  to  something  that  is  not a terminal device, the library
-       writes screen updates to the standard error file descriptor.  This  was
+       If  the  standard  output  file  descriptor  of  an  <EM>ncurses</EM> program is
+       redirected to something that is not  a  terminal  device,  the  library
+       writes  screen updates to the standard error file descriptor.  This was
        an undocumented feature of SVr3 <EM>curses</EM>.
 
-       See  subsection  "Header  Files"  below  regarding  symbols  exposed by
+       See subsection  "Header  Files"  below  regarding  symbols  exposed  by
        inclusion of <EM>curses.h</EM>.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> enables an application  to  capture  mouse  events  on  certain
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  enables  an  application  to  capture  mouse events on certain
        terminals, including <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  provides  a  means of responding to window resizing events, as
-       when running in a GUI terminal emulator application such as <EM>xterm</EM>;  see
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> provides a means of responding to window  resizing  events,  as
+       when  running in a GUI terminal emulator application such as <EM>xterm</EM>; see
        <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="wresize.3x.html">wresize(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
        <EM>ncurses</EM> allows an application to query the terminal for the presence of
        a wide variety of special keys; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">has_key(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
        <EM>ncurses</EM> extends the fixed set of function key capabilities specified by
-       X/Open   Curses  by  allowing  the  application  programmer  to  define
-       additional key events at runtime; see <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="key_defined.3x.html">key_defined(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+       X/Open  Curses  by  allowing  the  application  programmer  to   define
+       additional  key events at runtime; see <STRONG><A HREF="define_key.3x.html">define_key(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="key_defined.3x.html">key_defined(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="keybound.3x.html">keybound(3x)</A></STRONG>, and <STRONG><A HREF="keyok.3x.html">keyok(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>   can   exploit  the  capabilities  of  terminals  implementing
-       ISO 6429/ECMA-48  SGR 39  and  SGR 49   sequences,   which   allow   an
-       application  to  reset  the  terminal  to  its  original foreground and
-       background colors.  From a user's perspective, the application is  able
-       to  draw colored text on a background whose color is set independently,
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  can  exploit  the  capabilities  of   terminals   implementing
+       ISO 6429/ECMA-48   SGR 39   and   SGR 49   sequences,  which  allow  an
+       application to reset  the  terminal  to  its  original  foreground  and
+       background  colors.  From a user's perspective, the application is able
+       to draw colored text on a background whose color is set  independently,
        providing better control over color contrasts.  See <STRONG><A HREF="default_colors.3x.html">default_colors(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       An <EM>ncurses</EM> application  can  eschew  knowledge  of  <EM>SCREEN</EM>  and  <EM>WINDOW</EM>
-       structure   internals,   instead   using  accessor  functions  such  as
+       An  <EM>ncurses</EM>  application  can  eschew  knowledge  of  <EM>SCREEN</EM> and <EM>WINDOW</EM>
+       structure  internals,  instead  using  accessor   functions   such   as
        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">is_cbreak(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">is_scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM> enables an application  to  direct  its  output  to  a  printer
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>  enables  an  application  to  direct  its  output to a printer
        attached to the terminal device; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>  offers <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_attr(3x)</A></STRONG> as a counterpart of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">attr_get(3x)</A></STRONG> for soft-
-       label key lines, and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">extended_slk_color(3x)</A></STRONG> as a form of  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
-       that  can  gather  color  information  from  them  when many colors are
+       <EM>ncurses</EM> offers <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_attr(3x)</A></STRONG> as a counterpart of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">attr_get(3x)</A></STRONG> for  soft-
+       label  key lines, and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">extended_slk_color(3x)</A></STRONG> as a form of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_color(3x)</A></STRONG>
+       that can gather color  information  from  them  when  many  colors  are
        supported.
 
-       <EM>ncurses</EM>   permits   modification   of   <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>'s   behavior;    see
+       <EM>ncurses</EM>    permits   modification   of   <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>'s   behavior;   see
        <STRONG><A HREF="legacy_coding.3x.html">use_legacy_coding(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       Rudimentary  support  for multi-threaded applications may be available;
+       Rudimentary support for multi-threaded applications may  be  available;
        see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       Functions that ease the management of multiple screens can be  exposed;
+       Functions  that ease the management of multiple screens can be exposed;
        see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_sp_funcs.3x.html">curs_sp_funcs(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       To  aid  applications  to  debug their memory usage, <EM>ncurses</EM> optionally
-       offers functions  to  more  aggressively  free  memory  it  dynamically
+       To aid applications to debug their  memory  usage,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  optionally
+       offers  functions  to  more  aggressively  free  memory  it dynamically
        allocates itself; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_memleaks.3x.html">curs_memleaks(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       The  library  facilitates auditing and troubleshooting of its behavior;
+       The library facilitates auditing and troubleshooting of  its  behavior;
        see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_trace.3x.html">curs_trace(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
-       Compiling <EM>ncurses</EM> with the option <STRONG>-DUSE_GETCAP</STRONG> causes it to  fall  back
-       to  reading <EM>/etc/termcap</EM> if the terminal setup code cannot find a <EM>term-</EM>
+       Compiling  <EM>ncurses</EM>  with the option <STRONG>-DUSE_GETCAP</STRONG> causes it to fall back
+       to reading <EM>/etc/termcap</EM> if the terminal setup code cannot find a  <EM>term-</EM>
        <EM>info</EM>  entry  corresponding  to  <EM>TERM</EM>.   Use  of  this  feature  is  not
-       recommended,  as  it essentially includes an entire <EM>termcap</EM> compiler in
-       the <EM>ncurses</EM> startup code, at a cost in  memory  usage  and  application
+       recommended, as it essentially includes an entire <EM>termcap</EM>  compiler  in
+       the  <EM>ncurses</EM>  startup  code,  at a cost in memory usage and application
        launch latency.
 
-       <EM>PDCurses</EM>   and  NetBSD  <EM>curses</EM>  incorporate  some  <EM>ncurses</EM>  extensions.
+       <EM>PDCurses</EM>  and  NetBSD  <EM>curses</EM>  incorporate  some  <EM>ncurses</EM>   extensions.
        Individual man pages indicate where this is the case.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
        X/Open Curses defines two levels of conformance, "base" and "enhanced".
        The latter includes several additional features, such as wide-character
-       and color support.  <EM>ncurses</EM> intends base-level conformance with  X/Open
-       Curses,  and  supports  all  features  of its enhanced level except the
+       and  color support.  <EM>ncurses</EM> intends base-level conformance with X/Open
+       Curses, and supports all features of  its  enhanced  level  except  the
        <EM>untic</EM> utility.
 
-       Differences between X/Open Curses and <EM>ncurses</EM>  are  documented  in  the
+       Differences  between  X/Open  Curses  and <EM>ncurses</EM> are documented in the
        "PORTABILITY" sections of applicable man pages.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Error-Checking">Error Checking</a></H3><PRE>
-       In  many cases, X/Open Curses is vague about error conditions, omitting
+       In many cases, X/Open Curses is vague about error conditions,  omitting
        some of the SVr4 documentation.
 
-       Unlike other implementations, <EM>ncurses</EM> checks pointer  parameters,  such
-       as  those to <EM>WINDOW</EM> structures, to ensure that they are not null.  This
-       is done primarily to guard  against  programmer  error.   The  standard
+       Unlike  other  implementations, <EM>ncurses</EM> checks pointer parameters, such
+       as those to <EM>WINDOW</EM> structures, to ensure that they are not null.   This
+       is  done  primarily  to  guard  against programmer error.  The standard
        interface does not provide a way for the library to tell an application
-       which of several possible errors occurred.  An application that  relies
-       on  <EM>ncurses</EM>  to  check  its function parameters for validity limits its
+       which  of several possible errors occurred.  An application that relies
+       on <EM>ncurses</EM> to check its function parameters  for  validity  limits  its
        portability and robustness.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Padding-Differences">Padding Differences</a></H3><PRE>
-       In historical <EM>curses</EM> implementations, delays embedded in  the  <EM>terminfo</EM>
-       capabilities  <STRONG>carriage_return</STRONG>  (<STRONG>cr</STRONG>),  <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG> (<STRONG>ind</STRONG>), <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>
+       In  historical  <EM>curses</EM> implementations, delays embedded in the <EM>terminfo</EM>
+       capabilities <STRONG>carriage_return</STRONG> (<STRONG>cr</STRONG>),  <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>  (<STRONG>ind</STRONG>),  <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>
        (<STRONG>cub1</STRONG>), <STRONG>form_feed</STRONG> (<STRONG>ff</STRONG>), and <STRONG>tab</STRONG> (<STRONG>ht</STRONG>) activated corresponding delay bits
-       in  the  Unix terminal driver.  <EM>ncurses</EM> performs all padding by sending
-       NUL bytes to the device.  This method is slightly more  expensive,  but
-       narrows   the   interface   to   the   Unix  kernel  significantly  and
+       in the Unix terminal driver.  <EM>ncurses</EM> performs all padding  by  sending
+       NUL  bytes  to the device.  This method is slightly more expensive, but
+       narrows  the  interface  to   the   Unix   kernel   significantly   and
        correspondingly increases the package's portability.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Header-Files">Header Files</a></H3><PRE>
-       The header file <EM>curses.h</EM> itself includes the header files  <EM>stdio.h</EM>  and
+       The  header  file <EM>curses.h</EM> itself includes the header files <EM>stdio.h</EM> and
        <EM>unctrl.h</EM>.
 
        X/Open Curses has more to say,
 
-           The  inclusion  of  <EM>curses.h</EM>  may make visible all symbols from the
+           The inclusion of <EM>curses.h</EM> may make visible  all  symbols  from  the
            headers <EM>stdio.h</EM>, <EM>term.h</EM>, <EM>termios.h</EM>, and <EM>wchar.h</EM>.
 
        but does not finish the story.  A more complete account follows.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   The first <EM>curses</EM>, in 4BSD, provided a <EM>curses.h</EM> file.
 
-           BSD <EM>curses</EM> code included <EM>curses.h</EM> and  <EM>unctrl.h</EM>  from  an  internal
+           BSD  <EM>curses</EM>  code  included  <EM>curses.h</EM> and <EM>unctrl.h</EM> from an internal
            header file <EM>curses.ext</EM>, where "ext" abbreviated "externs".
 
-           The  implementations of <EM>printw</EM> and <EM>scanw</EM> used undocumented internal
-           functions of the standard I/O library (<STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>doprnt</EM>  and  <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>doscan</EM>),  but
+           The implementations of <EM>printw</EM> and <EM>scanw</EM> used undocumented  internal
+           functions  of  the  standard I/O library (<STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>doprnt</EM> and <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>doscan</EM>), but
            nothing in <EM>curses.h</EM> itself relied upon <EM>stdio.h</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   SVr2  <EM>curses</EM>  added  <EM>newterm</EM>, which relies upon <EM>stdio.h</EM> because its
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   SVr2 <EM>curses</EM> added <EM>newterm</EM>, which relies upon  <EM>stdio.h</EM>  because  its
            function prototype employs the <EM>FILE</EM> type.
 
            SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> added <EM>putwin</EM> and <EM>getwin</EM>, which also use <EM>stdio.h</EM>.
 
            X/Open Curses specifies all three of these functions.
 
-           SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> and X/Open Curses  do  not  require  the  developer  to
-           include  <EM>stdio.h</EM>  before  <EM>curses.h</EM>.  Both document use of <EM>curses</EM> as
+           SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  and  X/Open  Curses  do  not require the developer to
+           include <EM>stdio.h</EM> before <EM>curses.h</EM>.  Both document use  of  <EM>curses</EM>  as
            requiring only <EM>curses.h</EM>.
 
            As a result, standard <EM>curses.h</EM> always includes <EM>stdio.h</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses and SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>  are  inconsistent  with  respect  to
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  and  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  are inconsistent with respect to
            <EM>unctrl.h</EM>.
 
-           As  noted in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <EM>ncurses</EM> includes <EM>unctrl.h</EM> from <EM>curses.h</EM>
+           As noted in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <EM>ncurses</EM> includes <EM>unctrl.h</EM> from  <EM>curses.h</EM>
            (as SVr4 does).
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses's comments about <EM>term.h</EM> and <EM>termios.h</EM>  may  refer  to
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses's  comments  about <EM>term.h</EM> and <EM>termios.h</EM> may refer to
            HP-UX and AIX.
 
-           HP-UX  <EM>curses</EM> includes <EM>term.h</EM> from <EM>curses.h</EM> to declare <EM>setupterm</EM> in
+           HP-UX <EM>curses</EM> includes <EM>term.h</EM> from <EM>curses.h</EM> to declare <EM>setupterm</EM>  in
            <EM>curses.h</EM>, but <EM>ncurses</EM> and Solaris <EM>curses</EM> do not.
 
-           AIX <EM>curses</EM> includes  <EM>term.h</EM>  and  <EM>termios.h</EM>.   Again,  <EM>ncurses</EM>  and
+           AIX  <EM>curses</EM>  includes  <EM>term.h</EM>  and  <EM>termios.h</EM>.   Again, <EM>ncurses</EM> and
            Solaris <EM>curses</EM> do not.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  says that <EM>curses.h</EM> <STRONG>may</STRONG> include <EM>term.h</EM>, but does not
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses says that <EM>curses.h</EM> <STRONG>may</STRONG> include <EM>term.h</EM>, but  does  not
            require it to do so.
 
-           Some programs use functions declared in both <EM>curses.h</EM>  and  <EM>term.h</EM>,
-           and  must  include  both header files in the same module.  Very old
-           versions of  AIX  <EM>curses</EM>  required  inclusion  of  <EM>curses.h</EM>  before
+           Some  programs  use functions declared in both <EM>curses.h</EM> and <EM>term.h</EM>,
+           and must include both header files in the same  module.   Very  old
+           versions  of  AIX  <EM>curses</EM>  required  inclusion  of  <EM>curses.h</EM> before
            <EM>term.h</EM>.
 
-           The  header  files supplied by <EM>ncurses</EM> include the standard library
-           headers required for its  declarations,  so  <EM>ncurses</EM>'s  own  header
-           files  can  be  included in any order.  For portability even to old
+           The header files supplied by <EM>ncurses</EM> include the  standard  library
+           headers  required  for  its  declarations,  so <EM>ncurses</EM>'s own header
+           files can be included in any order.  For portability  even  to  old
            AIX systems, include <EM>curses.h</EM> before <EM>term.h</EM>.
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses says "may make visible" because  including  a  header
-           file  does  not  necessarily  make visible all of the symbols in it
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open  Curses  says  "may make visible" because including a header
+           file does not necessarily make visible all of  the  symbols  in  it
            (consider <STRONG>#ifdef</STRONG> and similar).
 
-           For instance, <EM>ncurses</EM>'s <EM>curses.h</EM> <STRONG>may</STRONG> include <EM>wchar.h</EM> if the  proper
-           symbol  is defined, and if <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured for wide-character
-           support.  If <EM>wchar.h</EM> is included, its symbols <STRONG>may</STRONG> be  made  visible
+           For  instance, <EM>ncurses</EM>'s <EM>curses.h</EM> <STRONG>may</STRONG> include <EM>wchar.h</EM> if the proper
+           symbol is defined, and if <EM>ncurses</EM> is configured for  wide-character
+           support.   If  <EM>wchar.h</EM> is included, its symbols <STRONG>may</STRONG> be made visible
            depending on the value of the <STRONG>_XOPEN_SOURCE</STRONG> feature test macro.
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   X/Open Curses mandates an application's inclusion of one standard C
-           library header in a  special  case:  <EM>stdarg.h</EM>  before  <EM>curses.h</EM>  to
-           prototype  the  functions  <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>printw</EM>  and  <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>scanw</EM> (as well as the
-           obsolete <EM>vwprintw</EM> and <EM>vwscanw</EM>).  Each of  these  takes  a  variadic
+           library  header  in  a  special  case:  <EM>stdarg.h</EM> before <EM>curses.h</EM> to
+           prototype the functions <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>printw</EM> and  <EM>vw</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>scanw</EM>  (as  well  as  the
+           obsolete  <EM>vwprintw</EM>  and  <EM>vwscanw</EM>).   Each of these takes a variadic
            argument list, a <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> parameter, like that of <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>.
 
-           SVr3  <EM>curses</EM>  introduced  the  two  obsolete  functions, and X/Open
-           Curses the others.   In  between,  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  provided  for  the
-           possibility  that  an application might include either <EM>varargs.h</EM> or
-           <EM>stdarg.h</EM>.  These represented  contrasting  approaches  to  handling
-           variadic  argument  lists.   The older interface, <EM>varargs.h</EM>, used a
-           pointer to <EM>char</EM> for variadic functions' <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> parameter.   Later,
-           the  list  acquired its own standard data type, <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>, defined in
-           <EM>stdarg.h</EM>, empowering the compiler to check the types of a  function
-           call's  actual  parameters  against the formal ones declared in its
+           SVr3 <EM>curses</EM> introduced  the  two  obsolete  functions,  and  X/Open
+           Curses  the  others.   In  between,  SVr4  <EM>curses</EM>  provided for the
+           possibility that an application might include either  <EM>varargs.h</EM>  or
+           <EM>stdarg.h</EM>.   These  represented  contrasting  approaches to handling
+           variadic argument lists.  The older interface,  <EM>varargs.h</EM>,  used  a
+           pointer  to <EM>char</EM> for variadic functions' <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM> parameter.  Later,
+           the list acquired its own standard data type, <EM>va</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>list</EM>,  defined  in
+           <EM>stdarg.h</EM>,  empowering the compiler to check the types of a function
+           call's actual parameters against the formal ones  declared  in  its
            prototype.
 
-           No  conforming  implementations  of  X/Open   Curses   require   an
+           No   conforming   implementations   of  X/Open  Curses  require  an
            application to include <EM>stdarg.h</EM> before <EM>curses.h</EM> because they either
-           have allowed for a special type, or,  like  <EM>ncurses</EM>,  they  include
+           have  allowed  for  a  special type, or, like <EM>ncurses</EM>, they include
            <EM>stdarg.h</EM> themselves to provide a portable interface.
 
 
@@ -1500,7 +1503,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-01                       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!--
   ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
   * Copyright 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
   * Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996-on
-  * @Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.60 2025/03/15 21:12:18 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.63 2025/04/05 22:26:38 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>                   Library calls                  <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@
        proper layout will rely upon the application.
 
 
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
-
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-resizeterm">resizeterm</a></H3><PRE>
        The function <STRONG>resizeterm</STRONG> resizes the standard and current windows (i.e.,
        <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>)  to  the  specified  dimensions, and adjusts other
@@ -192,14 +190,13 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-15                    <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                    <STRONG><A HREF="resizeterm.3x.html">resizeterm(3x)</A></STRONG>
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-<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h2-FUNCTIONS">FUNCTIONS</a>
+<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
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 <li><a href="#h3-resizeterm">resizeterm</a></li>
 <li><a href="#h3-resize_term">resize_term</a></li>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: scr_dump.5,v 1.50 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: scr_dump.5,v 1.52 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp @
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@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-01-18                       <STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                       <STRONG><A HREF="scr_dump.5.html">scr_dump(5)</A></STRONG>
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@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.70 2025/02/15 14:55:00 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: tabs.1,v 1.72 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>                          User commands                         <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-02-15                           <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                           <STRONG><A HREF="tabs.1.html">tabs(1)</A></STRONG>
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Index: doc/html/man/term.5.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/term.5.html	2024-06-15 20:39:31.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/term.5.html	2025-04-05 22:33:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
   * t
   ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
   * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: term.5,v 1.80 2024/06/15 20:23:33 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: term.5,v 1.83 2025/04/05 22:26:47 tom Exp @
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 <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>                          File formats                          <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2024-06-15                           <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                           <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>
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Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2025-03-22 22:52:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2025-04-05 22:33:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
        have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
        padding requirements and initialization sequences.
 
-       This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250322).
+       This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250405).
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-terminfo-Entry-Syntax"><EM>terminfo</EM> Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
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--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2025-03-01 22:03:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2025-04-05 22:33:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: tput.1,v 1.135 2025/03/01 21:45:34 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: tput.1,v 1.137 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp @
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@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.5                       2025-03-01                           <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5                       2025-04-05                           <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>
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Index: doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html	2025-03-22 22:52:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html	2025-04-06 00:21:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!--
   * t
   ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+  * Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
   * Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                            *
   *                                                                          *
   * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.53 2025/03/22 22:27:44 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: user_caps.5,v 1.55 2025/04/06 00:20:20 tom Exp @
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+<TITLE>user_caps 5 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 File formats</TITLE>
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Index: man/MKada_config.in
Prereq:  1.35 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/MKada_config.in	2024-04-20 21:13:27.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/MKada_config.in	2025-04-05 22:26:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 2010-2014,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: MKada_config.in,v 1.35 2024/04/20 21:13:27 tom Exp $
-.TH adacurses@USE_CFG_SUFFIX@\-config 1 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: MKada_config.in,v 1.37 2025/04/05 22:26:08 tom Exp $
+.TH adacurses@USE_CFG_SUFFIX@\-config 1 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
 .ds C adacurses@USE_CFG_SUFFIX@\-config
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 .PP
 .if \n(LL>67n .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 with Terminal_Interface.Curses; use Terminal_Interface.Curses;
 
 procedure Hello is
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@
 
    End_Windows;
 end Hello;
+.fi
 .EE
 .if \n(LL>67n .RE
 .ne 2
Index: man/clear.1
Prereq:  1.51 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/clear.1	2025-01-19 00:49:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/clear.1	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.51 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp $
-.TH @CLEAR@ 1 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.53 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp $
+.TH @CLEAR@ 1 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 /usr/bin/tput ${1:+\-T$1} clear 2> /dev/null
 exit
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
Index: man/curs_add_wch.3x
Prereq:  1.112 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_add_wch.3x	2025-03-15 20:38:41.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_add_wch.3x	2025-04-05 21:58:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.112 2025/03/15 20:38:41 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_add_wch 3X 2025-03-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.114 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_add_wch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@
 when advancement occurs at the right margin,
 and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
 .IR win ,
-the cursor wraps as above and
-the scrolling region scrolls up one line.
+the scrolling region scrolls up one line
+and the cursor wraps as above.
 Otherwise,
 advancement and scrolling do not occur,
 and
Index: man/curs_addch.3x
Prereq:  1.132 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_addch.3x	2025-03-15 20:40:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_addch.3x	2025-04-05 21:58:37.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.132 2025/03/15 20:40:50 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_addch 3X 2025-03-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.135 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_addch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@
 when advancement occurs at the right margin,
 and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
 .IR win ,
-the cursor wraps as above and
-the scrolling region scrolls up one line.
+the scrolling region scrolls up one line
+and the cursor wraps as above.
 Otherwise,
 advancement and scrolling do not occur,
 and
@@ -467,7 +467,8 @@
 .bP
 the
 .I \%ncurses
-ABI\(emfor example,
+ABI \(em
+for example,
 wide-character versus non-wide-character configurations
 (the former is capable of displaying Unicode while the latter is not),
 and
@@ -525,9 +526,9 @@
 .I \%ncurses
 displays the character and advances the cursor.
 If the calling application interrupts the succession of bytes in
-a multibyte character sequence by changing the current location\(emfor
-example,
-with \fB\%wmove\fP(3X)\(em\c
+a multibyte character sequence by changing the current location \(em
+for example,
+with \fB\%wmove\fP(3X) \(em
 .I \%ncurses
 discards the incomplete character.
 .PP
Index: man/curs_attr.3x
Prereq:  1.136 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_attr.3x	2025-02-15 19:35:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_attr.3x	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.136 2025/02/15 19:35:37 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_attr 3X 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.138 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_attr 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -174,8 +174,10 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 attrset(A_BOLD | COLOR_PAIR(\fIpair\fP));
 attr_set(A_BOLD, \fIpair\fP, NULL);
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -197,8 +199,10 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 int value = A_BOLD | COLOR_PAIR(\fIinput\fP);
 int \fIoutput\fP = PAIR_NUMBER(value);
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
Index: man/curs_color.3x
Prereq:  1.116 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_color.3x	2025-03-01 21:17:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_color.3x	2025-04-05 21:59:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.116 2025/03/01 21:17:37 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_color 3X 2025-03-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_color.3x,v 1.118 2025/04/05 21:59:03 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_color 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -193,28 +193,36 @@
 Consequently those calls use only the window attribute or
 the background character.
 .SH CONSTANTS
-In \fB\%<curses.h>\fP the following macros are defined.
-These are the standard colors (ISO-6429).
-\fIcurses\fP also assumes that \fB\%COLOR_BLACK\fP is the default
-background color for all terminals.
-.PP
-.nf
-      \fBCOLOR_BLACK\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_RED\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_GREEN\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_YELLOW\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_BLUE\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_MAGENTA\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_CYAN\fP
-      \fBCOLOR_WHITE\fP
-.fi
-.PP
-Some terminals support more than the eight (8) \*(``ANSI\*('' colors.
-There are no standard names for those additional colors.
+ISO\ 6429 and ECMA-48
+define eight standard colors
+(also known as \*(``ANSI\*('' colors).
+.I curses\.h
+defines object-like macros
+.BR \%COLOR_BLACK ","
+.BR \%COLOR_RED ","
+.BR \%COLOR_GREEN ","
+.BR \%COLOR_YELLOW ","
+.BR \%COLOR_BLUE ","
+.BR \%COLOR_MAGENTA ","
+.BR \%COLOR_CYAN ","
+and
+.B \%COLOR_WHITE
+accordingly.
+.I curses
+assumes that
+.B \%COLOR_BLACK
+is the default background color for all terminals.
+.I \%ncurses
+offers an extension to override that assumption;
+see \fB\%assume_default_colors\fP(3X).
+Some terminals support additional colors that lack standard names.
 .PP
 .B \%A_COLOR
-is a bit mask that extracts a color pair identifier from a
-.IR \%chtype "."
+is a bit mask that,
+when bitwise \*(``and\*(''-ed with a
+.IR \%chtype ","
+.\" XXX: and right-shifted by...?
+extracts its color pair identifier.
 .SH VARIABLES
 .SS COLORS
 is initialized by \fB\%start_color\fP to the maximum number of colors
Index: man/curs_delch.3x
Prereq:  1.47 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_delch.3x	2025-01-19 00:49:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_delch.3x	2025-04-05 21:59:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.47 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_delch 3X 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_delch.3x,v 1.49 2025/04/05 21:59:53 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_delch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 .ie t .ds '' ''
 .el   .ds '' ""
 .\}
+.
+.de bP
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
 .SH NAME
 \fB\%delch\fP,
 \fB\%wdelch\fP,
@@ -78,12 +83,18 @@
 .PP
 In
 .IR \%ncurses ,
-they return
-.B ERR
-if
+these functions fail if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+or
+.bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
 .I win
-is
-.IR NULL "."
+is a null pointer.
 .PP
 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
 fail if the position
Index: man/curs_deleteln.3x
Prereq:  1.51 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_deleteln.3x	2025-02-01 22:49:56.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_deleteln.3x	2025-04-05 22:00:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_deleteln.3x,v 1.51 2025/02/01 22:49:56 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_deleteln 3X 2025-02-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_deleteln.3x,v 1.53 2025/04/05 22:00:17 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_deleteln 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@
 .B \%winsertln
 or
 .BR \%wdeleteln "."
-.PP
-\fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of these functions.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 These functions return
 .B OK
Index: man/curs_extend.3x
Prereq:  1.54 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_extend.3x	2025-01-19 00:49:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_extend.3x	2025-04-05 22:01:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1999-on
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.54 2025/01/19 00:49:39 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_extend 3X 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_extend.3x,v 1.56 2025/04/05 22:01:03 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_extend 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
 is made through use of \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1)'s
 .B \-x
 option to include such extensions in terminal type descriptions.
-.B \%use_extended_names
-can prevent
+.B \%use_extended_names(FALSE)
+prevents
 .I \%ncurses
 from recognizing these capabilities
 to ensure compatibility with other implementations of
Index: man/curs_get_wch.3x
Prereq:  1.66 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_get_wch.3x	2025-02-15 19:35:48.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_get_wch.3x	2025-04-05 22:03:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_get_wch.3x,v 1.66 2025/02/15 19:35:48 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_get_wch 3X 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_get_wch.3x,v 1.69 2025/04/05 22:03:24 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_get_wch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -181,8 +181,23 @@
 on failure.
 .B \%wget_wch
 fails if
-.bP
 its timeout expires without any data arriving,
+which cannot happen if \fB\%nodelay\fP(3X) is in effect on the window.
+.PP
+In
+.IR \%ncurses ,
+.B \%wget_wch
+also fails if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+.bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
+.I win
+is a null pointer,
 or
 .bP
 execution was interrupted by a signal,
@@ -191,12 +206,6 @@
 is set to
 .IR \%EINTR "."
 .PP
-Functions taking a
-.I \%WINDOW
-pointer argument fail if
-.I win
-is a null pointer.
-.PP
 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
 fail if the position
 .RI ( y ,
@@ -208,7 +217,18 @@
 .B OK
 on success and
 .B ERR
-if there is no more room in the input queue.
+on failure.
+In
+.IR \%ncurses ,
+.B \%unget_wch
+fails if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+or
+.bP
+there is no more room in the input queue.
 .SH NOTES
 See the \*(``NOTES\*('' section of \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X).
 .PP
@@ -220,7 +240,7 @@
 .PP
 Unlike \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X),
 .B \%wget_wch
-and its variants store the value of the input character in an additional
+stores the value of the input character in an additional
 .I wch
 parameter instead of the return value.
 .PP
Index: man/curs_get_wstr.3x
Prereq:  1.70 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_get_wstr.3x	2025-02-15 14:55:47.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_get_wstr.3x	2025-04-05 22:36:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_get_wstr.3x,v 1.70 2025/02/15 14:55:47 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_get_wstr.3x,v 1.75 2025/04/05 22:36:46 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 (after any
 .IR WEOF );
 .bP
-interprets the screen's erase and kill characters
+interprets the screen's wide erase and wide kill characters
 (see \fB\%erasewchar\fP(3X) and \fB\%killwchar\fP(3X));
 .bP
 recognizes function keys only if the screen's keypad option is enabled
@@ -107,16 +107,16 @@
 .B \%KEY_LEFT
 and
 .B \%KEY_BACKSPACE
-the same as the erase character;
+the same as the wide erase character;
 and
 .bP
-discards function key inputs other than those treated as the erase
-character,
+discards function key inputs other than those
+treated as the wide erase or wide kill characters,
 calling \fBbeep\fP(3X).
 .PP
-The erase character replaces the character at the end of the buffer with
-a null wide character,
-while the kill character does the same for the entire buffer.
+The wide erase character replaces the character at the end of the buffer
+with a null wide character,
+while the wide kill character does the same for the entire buffer.
 .PP
 If the screen's echo option is enabled
 (see \fBecho\fP(3X)),
@@ -126,12 +126,12 @@
 with \fB\%wadd_wch\fP(3X).
 Further,
 .bP
-the erase character
+the wide erase character
 and its function key synonyms
 move the cursor to the left,
 and
 .bP
-the kill character returns the cursor to where it was located when
+the wide kill character returns the cursor to where it was located when
 .B \%wget_wstr
 was called.
 .PP
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@
 aiding the application to avoid overrunning the buffer to which
 .I wstr
 points.
-An attempt to input more than
+.I curses
+ignores an attempt to input more than
 .I n
 wide characters
-(other than the terminating line feed or carriage return)
-is ignored with a beep.
+(other than the terminating line feed or carriage return),
+calling \fBbeep\fP(3X).
 If
 .I n
 is negative,
@@ -168,16 +169,23 @@
 .PP
 In
 .IR \%ncurses ","
-they return
-.B ERR
-if
+these functions fail if
 .bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+.bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
 .I win
-is
-.IR NULL ","
+is a null pointer,
+.bP
+.I str
+is a null pointer,
 or
 .bP
-if an internal \fB\%wget_wch\fP(3X) call fails.
+an internal \fB\%wget_wch\fP(3X) call fails.
 .PP
 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
 fail if the position
Index: man/curs_getch.3x
Prereq:  1.121 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_getch.3x	2025-03-15 22:04:20.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_getch.3x	2025-04-05 22:04:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.121 2025/03/15 22:04:20 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_getch 3X 2025-03-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.127 2025/04/05 22:04:30 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_getch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -163,13 +163,16 @@
 .B \%wgetch
 returns the character code for line feed instead.
 .SS "Keypad Mode"
-To
-.IR curses ","
-key strokes not from the alphabetic section of the keyboard
-(those corresponding to the ECMA-6 character set\(emsee
-\fI\%ascii\fP(7)\(emoptionally modified by either the control or shift
-keys)
-are treated as
+Call \fB\%keypad\fP(3X) on a window to configure keypad mode
+when reading input from it.
+In
+.IR "keypad mode" ","
+.I curses
+treats key strokes not from the alphabetic section of the keyboard
+(those corresponding to the ECMA-6 character set \(em
+see \fI\%ascii\fP(7) \(em
+optionally modified by either the control or shift keys)
+as
 .I function
 keys.
 (In
@@ -178,14 +181,16 @@
 engraved with \*(``F1\*('',
 \*(``PF1\*('',
 and so on.)
-If the window is in keypad mode,
-these produce a numeric code corresponding to the
+If a window is in keypad mode,
+.B \%wgetch
+translates these key strokes to a numeric code corresponding to the
 .B KEY_
-symbols listed in subsection \*(``Predefined Key Codes\*('' below;
-otherwise,
-they transmit a sequence of codes typically starting with the escape
-character,
-and which must be collected with multiple
+symbols listed in subsection \*(``Predefined Key Codes\*('' below.
+If a window is not in keypad mode,
+.B \%wgetch
+returns a sequence of codes
+typically starting with the escape character,
+which the application must collect individually with multiple
 .B \%wgetch
 calls.
 .bP
@@ -195,16 +200,16 @@
 .I "predefined function keys"
 whose names begin with
 .BR KEY_ ";"
-these object-like macros have values outside the range of eight-bit
-character codes.
+these object-like macros
+have integer values outside the range of eight-bit character codes.
 .bP
 In
 .IR \%ncurses ","
 .I "user-defined function keys"
 are configured with \fB\%define_key\fP(3X);
 they have no names,
-but are also expected to have values outside the range of eight-bit
-codes.
+but are also expected to
+have integer values outside the range of eight-bit character codes.
 .PP
 A variable intended to hold a function key code must thus be of type
 .I short
@@ -237,33 +242,34 @@
 .bP
 If the escape sequence matches no function keys
 defined for the terminal type,
+call
 .B \%wgetch
-returns the code of the last
-(most recent)
-character it has read.
+repeatedly to obtain
+the codes of the individual characters of the sequence,
+in the order they occurred in the input.
 .bP
 If
 .B \%wgetch
 cannot decide the validity of the input as a function key
 because it has not read enough characters to disambiguate it,
 the function waits until it has this information or the
-.IR "escape delay" ","
-configured by the global variable
-.I \%ESCDELAY
-(an extension;
-see section \*(``EXTENSIONS\*('' below)
+.I "escape delay"
+elapses.
+Configure the escape delay
+with the global variable
+.IR \%ESCDELAY ","
+an extension
+(see section \*(``EXTENSIONS\*('' below),
 or the environment variable of the same name
 (see section \*(``ENVIRONMENT\*('' of \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X)),
-also an extension,
-elapses.
+also an extension.
 .PP
 Consequently,
 a user of a
 .I curses
 application that employs keypad mode
 may experience a pause or \*(``hang\*(''
-after the escape key is pressed
-while
+after pressing the escape key while
 .I curses
 collects sufficient characters to disambiguate the input.
 If the window is in \*(``no time-out\*('' mode,
@@ -471,8 +477,23 @@
 on failure.
 .B \%wgetch
 fails if
-.bP
 its timeout expires without any data arriving,
+which cannot happen if \fB\%nodelay\fP(3X) is in effect on the window.
+.PP
+In
+.IR \%ncurses ,
+.B \%wgetch
+also fails if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+.bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
+.I win
+is a null pointer,
 or
 .bP
 execution was interrupted by a signal,
@@ -481,32 +502,35 @@
 is set to
 .IR \%EINTR "."
 .PP
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x ")"
+is outside the window boundaries.
+.PP
 .B \%ungetch
 returns
 .B OK
 on success and
 .B ERR
 on failure.
+In
+.IR \%ncurses ,
 .B \%ungetch
-fails if there is no more room in the input queue.
+fails if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+or
+.bP
+there is no more room in the input queue.
 .PP
 .B \%has_key
 returns
 .B TRUE
 or
 .BR FALSE "."
-.PP
-Functions taking a
-.I \%WINDOW
-pointer argument fail if
-.I win
-is a null pointer.
-.PP
-Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
-fail if the position
-.RI ( y ,
-.IR x ")"
-is outside the window boundaries.
 .SH NOTES
 .BR \%getch ","
 .BR \%mvgetch ","
@@ -736,10 +760,15 @@
 .I \%wgetch
 and its variants.
 .PP
+SVr3 (1987)
+added
+.IR \%ungetch "."
+.PP
 .I \%ncurses
 1.9.9g (1996)
-added
-.IR \%has_key "."
+furnished the
+.I \%has_key
+extension.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 ECMA-6 \*(``7-bit coded Character Set\*(''
 \%<https://\*:ecma\-international\*:.org/\
Index: man/curs_getstr.3x
Prereq:  1.85 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_getstr.3x	2025-02-01 22:49:13.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_getstr.3x	2025-04-05 22:07:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.85 2025/02/01 22:49:13 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_getstr 3X 2025-02-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.89 2025/04/05 22:07:21 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_getstr 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 the same as the erase character;
 and
 .bP
-discards function key inputs other than those treated as the erase
-character,
+discards function key inputs other than those
+treated as the erase or kill characters,
 calling \fBbeep\fP(3X).
 .PP
 The erase character replaces the character at the end of the buffer with
@@ -137,11 +137,12 @@
 aiding the application to avoid overrunning the buffer to which
 .I str
 points.
-An attempt to input more than
+.I curses
+ignores an attempt to input more than
 .I n
 characters
-(other than the terminating line feed or carriage return)
-is ignored with a beep.
+(other than the terminating line feed or carriage return),
+calling \fBbeep\fP(3X).
 If
 .I n
 is negative,
@@ -161,17 +162,24 @@
 on failure.
 .PP
 In
-.IR \%ncurses ","
-they return
-.B ERR
-if
+.IR \%ncurses ,
+these functions fail if
 .bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+.bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
 .I win
-is
-.IR NULL ","
+is a null pointer,
+.bP
+.I str
+is a null pointer,
 or
 .bP
-if an internal \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X) call fails.
+an internal \fB\%wgetch\fP(3X) call fails.
 .PP
 Further,
 in
Index: man/curs_inopts.3x
Prereq:  1.102 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_inopts.3x	2025-03-15 21:11:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_inopts.3x	2025-04-05 22:07:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.102 2025/03/15 21:11:52 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_inopts 3X 2025-03-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_inopts.3x,v 1.104 2025/04/05 22:07:49 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_inopts 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
 and
 .B \%wtimeout
 configure whether the input character reading function
-\%(\fBgetch\fP(3X) or \fB\%get_wch\fP(3X))
+\%(\fBwgetch\fP(3X) or \fB\%wget_wch\fP(3X))
 waits for keyboard input to begin,
 and for how long.
 .B \%keypad
Index: man/curs_mouse.3x
Prereq:  1.123 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_mouse.3x	2025-03-01 21:33:30.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_mouse.3x	2025-04-05 22:08:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.123 2025/03/01 21:33:30 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_mouse 3X 2025-03-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.126 2025/04/05 22:08:22 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_mouse 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@
 .PP
 .I \%ncurses
 ignores mouse events when input is in canonical (\*(``cooked\*('') mode,
-and produces an error beep when canonical mode is simulated in a window
-by a function such as \fB\%getstr\fP(3X) that expects a linefeed to
-terminate its input loop.
+and produces an error beep when they occur
+while the library simulates canonical mode in a window,
+as with \fB\%getstr\fP(3X),
+which expects a line feed to terminate its input loop.
 .SS has_mouse
 The terminal type or operating system interface
 must support the encoding of mouse events.
@@ -372,20 +373,20 @@
 with motion,
 as a \*(``drag\*(''.
 .PP
-Calling
-.B \%mouseinterval(0)
-disables click resolution.
 When
 .I \%ncurses
 detects a mouse event,
 it awaits further input activity up to this interval,
 and then checks for a subsequent mouse event which can be combined
 with the first event.
-If the timeout expires without input activity
-(which would happen with a zero interval),
+If the timeout expires without input activity,
 then no click resolution occurs.
+Calling
+.B \%mouseinterval(0)
+disables click resolution.
 .PP
-This function returns the previous interval value.
+.B \%mouseinterval
+returns the previous interval value.
 Use
 .B \%mouseinterval(\-1)
 to obtain the interval without altering it.
@@ -579,6 +580,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 8
 .EX
+.nf
 extern int mouse_set(long int);
 extern int mouse_on(long int);
 extern int mouse_off(long int);
@@ -586,6 +588,7 @@
 extern int map_button(unsigned long);
 extern void wmouse_position(WINDOW *, int *, int *);
 extern unsigned long getmouse(void), getbmap(void);
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .bP
Index: man/curs_move.3x
Prereq:  1.61 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_move.3x	2025-03-08 23:18:46.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_move.3x	2025-04-05 22:08:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_move.3x,v 1.61 2025/03/08 23:18:46 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_move 3X 2025-03-08 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_move.3x,v 1.63 2025/04/05 22:08:55 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_move 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 .ie t .ds '' ''
 .el   .ds '' ""
 .\}
+.
+.de bP
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
 .SH NAME
 \fB\%move\fP,
 \fB\%wmove\fP \-
@@ -77,19 +82,24 @@
 on success and
 .B ERR
 on failure.
-.PP
-They fail if the position
-.RI ( y ,
-.IR x )
-is outside the window boundaries.
-.PP
 In
 .IR \%ncurses ,
-.B \%wmove
-fails if
+these functions fail if
+.bP
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
+.bP
+(for
+.BR \%wmove ")"
 .I win
-is
-.IR NULL .
+is a null pointer,
+or
+.bP
+the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
 .SH NOTES
 .B \%move
 may be implemented as a macro.
Index: man/curs_outopts.3x
Prereq:  1.93 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_outopts.3x	2025-03-22 22:46:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_outopts.3x	2025-04-05 22:40:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.93 2025/03/22 22:46:52 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_outopts 3X 2025-03-22 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_outopts.3x,v 1.98 2025/04/05 22:40:21 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_outopts 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -165,42 +165,47 @@
 deferring screen updates until a refresh is needed
 or explicitly directed by the application.
 .SS leaveok
-Normally, the hardware cursor is left at the location of the window cursor
-being refreshed.
+Normally,
+.I curses
+leaves the hardware cursor at the library's cursor location
+of the window being refreshed.
 The
 .B \%leaveok
 option allows the cursor to be left
 wherever the update happens to leave it.
-It is useful for applications where
-the cursor is not used, since it reduces the need for cursor motions.
+It is useful for applications that do not employ a visible cursor,
+since it reduces the need for cursor motions.
 .SS scrollok
 The
 .B \%scrollok
-option controls what happens when the cursor of a window is
-moved off the edge of the window or scrolling region, either as a result of a
-newline action on the bottom line, or typing the last character of the last
-line.
-If disabled,
+option controls what happens when a window's cursor
+moves off the edge of the window or scrolling region,
+either as a result of a newline occurring on the bottom line,
+or writing to the last character of the last line.
+If disabled
 .RI ( bf
 is
 .BR FALSE "),"
-the cursor is left on the bottom
-line.
-If enabled,
+.I curses
+leaves the cursor on the bottom line of the window.
+If enabled
 .RI ( bf
 is
 .BR TRUE "),"
-the window is scrolled up one line
-(Note that to get the physical scrolling effect on the terminal, it is
-also necessary to call
+.I curses
+scrolls the window up one line.
+(To get the physical scrolling effect on the terminal,
+the application must also enable
 .BR idlok ")."
 .SS "setscrreg, wsetscrreg"
 The
-.B \%setscrreg
-and
 .B \%wsetscrreg
-routines allow the application
-programmer to set a software scrolling region in a window.
+and
+.B \%setscrreg
+functions allow the application
+to set a software scrolling region in the specified window or
+.BR \%stdscr ","
+respectively.
 The
 .I top
 and
@@ -208,20 +213,22 @@
 parameters
 are the line numbers of the top and bottom margin of the scrolling
 region.
-(Line 0 is the top line of the window.)  If this option and
+(Line 0 is the top line of the window.)
+If this option and
 .B scrollok
-are enabled, an attempt to move off the bottom margin line
-causes all lines in the scrolling region to scroll one line in the direction
-of the first line.
+are enabled,
+an attempt to move off the bottom margin line
+causes all lines in the scrolling region
+to scroll one line in the direction of the first line.
 Only the text of the window is scrolled.
-(Note that this
-has nothing to do with the use of a physical scrolling region capability in the
-terminal, like that in the VT100.
+(This process has nothing to do
+with the scrolling region capability of the terminal,
+as found in the DEC VT100.)
 If
 .B \%idlok
 is enabled and the terminal
-has either a scrolling region or insert/delete line capability, they will
-probably be used by the output routines.)
+has either a scrolling region or insert/delete line capability,
+they will probably be used by the output routines.)
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The functions
 .B \%setscrreg
@@ -237,18 +244,27 @@
 return
 .BR OK "."
 .PP
-In this implementation,
+In
+.IR \%ncurses ","
+these functions fail if
 .bP
-those functions that have a window pointer
-will return
-.B ERR
-if the window pointer is null
+the
+.I curses
+screen has not been initialized,
 .bP
-.B \%wsetscrreg
-returns
-.B ERR
-if the scrolling region limits extend outside the
-window boundaries.
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
+.I win
+is a null pointer,
+or
+.bP
+(for
+.B \%setscrreg
+and
+.BR \%wsetscrreg ")"
+the function is passed arguments describing a scrolling region
+with limits that extend outside the window boundaries.
 .SH NOTES
 .BR \%clearok ","
 .BR \%leaveok ","
@@ -258,6 +274,17 @@
 .B \%setscrreg
 may be implemented as macros.
 .PP
+Unlike the other functions described by this page,
+.B \%setscrreg
+does not accept a
+.RI pointer-to- WINDOW
+parameter,
+but operates on
+.BR stdscr "."
+Use
+.B \%wsetscrreg
+to configure the scrolling region of a selected window.
+.PP
 The
 .B \%immedok
 routine is useful for windows that are used as terminal
@@ -298,8 +325,8 @@
 .IR \%leaveok "."
 SVr4
 .I curses
-documentation notes this,
-but the code neglects it.
+documentation notes this behavior,
+but the code neglects to implement it.
 Use \fB\%curs_set\fP(3X) to make the cursor invisible.
 .SH HISTORY
 4BSD (1980)
Index: man/curs_printw.3x
Prereq:  1.57 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_printw.3x	2025-01-19 00:51:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_printw.3x	2025-04-05 22:20:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.57 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_printw 3X 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.60 2025/04/05 22:20:25 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_printw 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -143,58 +143,105 @@
 provides \fB\%vwprintw\fP,
 but marks it as deprecated.
 .SH HISTORY
-While \fB\%printw\fP was implemented in 4BSD
-(November 1980),
+4BSD (1980)
+introduced
+.I \%wprintw
+and its variants.
 .\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/src/lib/\
 .\"   libcurses/printw.c
-it was unused until 4.2BSD
-(August 1983),
-which employed it for games.
-That early version of
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/src/lib/\
+.\"   libcurses/mvprintw.c
+It implemented all as functions,
+not macros;
+this initial distribution of
 .I curses
-preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989.
-It did not use \fI\%varargs.h\fP,
-though that had been available since Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
+preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989,
+prior to which a variadic macro facility was not widely available.
+.I \%printw
+went unused in Berkeley distributions until 4.1cBSD (1983),
+which employed it in games.
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4.1cBSD/usr/src/\
+.\"   games/canfield.c
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4.1cBSD/usr/src/\
+.\"   games/worm.c
+4BSD's
+.I \%wprintw
+did not use
+.IR \%varargs.h ","
+which had been available since Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
 .\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/include/\
 .\"  varargs.h
 In 1991
 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,
 and after the C standard was published),
 other developers updated the library,
-using \fI\%stdarg.h\fP internally in 4.4BSD
+using
+.I \%stdarg.h
+internally in 4.4BSD
 .IR curses .
 Even with this improvement,
 BSD
 .I curses
 did not use function prototypes
 (nor even declare functions)
-in \fI\%curses.h\fP until 1992.
+in
+.I \%curses.h
+until 1992.
 .PP
-SVr2 (1984) documented \fB\%printw\fP and \fB\%wprintw\fP tersely as
-\*(``printf on \fB\%stdscr\fP\*('' and
-\*(``printf on \fIwin\fP\*('',
+4BSD documented
+.I \%printw
+and
+.I \%wprintw
+tersely as \*(``printf on
+.IR \%stdscr "\*(''"
+and \*(``printf on
+.IR win "\*('',"
 respectively.
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/man/man3/\
+.\"  curses.3
 .PP
-SVr3 (1987) added \fB\%mvprintw\fP and \fB\%mvwprintw\fP,
-with a three-line summary asserting that they were analogous to
-\fI\%printf\fP(3),
+SVr3 summarized the functions in three lines,
+asserting that they were analogous to \fI\%printf\fP(3),
 explaining that the string that \fI\%printf\fP(3) would write to the
-standard output stream would instead be output using \fB\%waddstr\fP to
-the given window.
-SVr3 also implemented \fB\%vwprintw\fP,
-describing its third parameter as a \fI\%va_list\fP,
-defined in \fI\%varargs.h\fP,
-and referred the reader to the manual pages for \fI\%varargs\fP and
-\fI\%vprintf\fP for detailed descriptions.
-.PP
-SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of \fI\%printw\fP,
-but provided for using either \fI\%varargs.h\fP or \fI\%stdarg.h\fP to
-define the \fI\%va_list\fP type.
+standard output stream would instead be output using
+.I \%waddstr
+to the given window.
+.\" GBR can't find a source to cite for this paraphrase,
+.\" even after checking
+.\" <https://github.com/ryanwoodsmall/oldsysv/tree/master>.
+.PP
+SVr3 added
+.IR \%vwprintw ","
+describing its third parameter as a
+.IR \%va_list ","
+defined in
+.IR \%varargs.h ","
+and referred the reader to the manual pages for
+.I \%varargs
+and
+.I \%vprintf
+for detailed descriptions.
+.PP
+SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of
+.IR \%printw ","
+but provided for using either
+.I \%varargs.h
+or
+.I \%stdarg.h
+to define the
+.I \%va_list
+type.
 .\" either header declares "va_list", but only one can be used
 .PP
 X/Open Curses Issue\ 4 (1995),
-defined \fB\%vw_printw\fP to replace \fB\%vwprintw\fP,
-stating that its \fI\%va_list\fP type is defined in \fI\%stdarg.h\fP.
+defined
+.I \%vw_printw
+to replace
+.IR \%vwprintw ","
+stating that its
+.I \%va_list
+type is defined in
+.IR \%stdarg.h "."
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
 \fB\%curs_addstr\fP(3X),
Index: man/curs_scanw.3x
Prereq:  1.57 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_scanw.3x	2025-01-19 00:51:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_scanw.3x	2025-04-05 22:20:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.57 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_scanw 3X 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.60 2025/04/05 22:20:10 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_scanw 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -185,65 +185,111 @@
 and check the value of the corresponding variable to determine how many
 conversions succeeded.
 .SH HISTORY
-\fB\%scanw\fP was implemented in 4BSD
-(November 1980);
+4BSD (1980)
+introduced
+.I \%wscanw
+and its variants.
 .\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/src/lib/\
 .\"  libcurses/scanw.c
-that early version of
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/src/lib/\
+.\"  libcurses/mvscanw.c
+It implemented all as functions,
+not macros;
+this initial distribution of
 .I curses
-preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989.
-The function was unused in Berkeley distributions for over ten years,
-until 4.4BSD,
+preceded the ANSI C standard of 1989,
+prior to which a variadic macro facility was not widely available.
+.I \%scanw
+went unused in Berkeley distributions until 4.3BSD-Reno (1990),
 which employed it in a game.
-The 4BSD \fB\%scanw\fP did not use \fI\%varargs.h\fP,
-though that had been available since Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4.3BSD-Reno/src/\
+.\"  games/chess/uxdsp.c
+4BSD's
+.I \%wscanw
+did not use
+.IR \%varargs.h ","
+which had been available since Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
 .\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/include/\
 .\"  varargs.h
 In 1991
 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,
 and after the C standard was published),
 other developers updated the library,
-using \fI\%stdarg.h\fP internally in 4.4BSD
+using
+.I \%stdarg.h
+internally in 4.4BSD
 .IR curses .
 Even with this improvement,
 BSD
 .I curses
 did not use function prototypes
 (nor even declare functions)
-in \fI\%curses.h\fP until 1992.
+in
+.I \%curses.h
+until 1992.
 .PP
-SVr2 (1984) documented \fB\%scanw\fP and \fB\%wscanw\fP tersely as
-\*(``scanf through \fB\%stdscr\fP\*('' and
-\*(``scanf through \fIwin\fP\*('',
+4BSD documented
+.I \%scanw
+and
+.I \%wscanw
+tersely as \*(``scanf through
+.IR \%stdscr "\*(''"
+and \*(``scanf through
+.IR win "\*('',"
 respectively.
-.PP
-SVr3 (1987) added
-\fB\%mvscanw\fP, and
-\fB\%mvwscanw\fP, stating
+.\" https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=4BSD/usr/man/man3/\
+.\"  curses.3
+SVr3 (1987)
+stated
 .RS
 .PP
-\*(``[t]hese routines correspond to \fIscanf\fP(3S),
+[t]hese routines correspond to \fIscanf\fP(3S),
 as do their arguments and return values.
-\fB\%wgetstr\fP() is called on the window,
-and the resulting line is used as input for the scan.\*(''
+.IR \%wgetstr "()"
+is called on the window,
+and the resulting line is used as input for the scan.
 .RE
-.PP
-SVr3 also implemented \fB\%vwscanw\fP,
-describing its third parameter as a \fI\%va_list\fP,
-defined in \fI\%varargs.h\fP,
-and referred the reader to the manual pages for \fI\%varargs\fP and
-\fI\%vprintf\fP for detailed descriptions.
-(Because the SVr3 documentation does not mention \fI\%vscanf\fP,
-the reference to \fI\%vprintf\fP might not be an error).
-.PP
-SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of \fI\%scanw\fP,
-but provided for using either \fI\%varargs.h\fP or \fI\%stdarg.h\fP to
-define the \fI\%va_list\fP type.
+.\" GBR can't find a source to cite for this quotation,
+.\" even after checking
+.\" <https://github.com/ryanwoodsmall/oldsysv/tree/master>.
+.PP
+SVr3 added
+.IR \%vwscanw ","
+describing its third parameter as a
+.IR \%va_list ","
+defined in
+.IR \%varargs.h ","
+and referred the reader to the manual pages for
+.I \%varargs
+and
+.I \%vprintf
+for detailed descriptions.
+(Because SVr3 documentation does not mention
+.IR \%vscanf ","
+the reference to
+.I \%vprintf
+might not be an error).
+.PP
+SVr4 (1989) introduced no new variations of
+.IR \%scanw ","
+but provided for using either
+.I \%varargs.h
+or
+.I \%stdarg.h
+to define the
+.I \%va_list
+type.
 .\" either header declares "va_list", but only one can be used
 .PP
 X/Open Curses Issue\ 4 (1995),
-defined \fI\%vw_scanw\fP to replace \fI\%vwscanw\fP,
-stating that its \fI\%va_list\fP type is defined in \fI\%stdarg.h\fP.
+defined
+.I \%vw_scanw
+to replace
+.IR \%vwscanw ","
+stating that its
+.I \%va_list
+type is defined in
+.IR \%stdarg.h "."
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
 \fB\%curs_getstr\fP(3X),
Index: man/curs_scroll.3x
Prereq:  1.57 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_scroll.3x	2025-02-02 00:02:49.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_scroll.3x	2025-04-05 22:20:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.57 2025/02/02 00:02:49 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_scroll 3X 2025-02-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_scroll.3x,v 1.59 2025/04/05 22:20:39 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_scroll 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@
 .I curses
 screen has not been initialized,
 .bP
+(for functions taking a
+.I \%WINDOW
+pointer argument)
 .I win
 is a null pointer,
 or
Index: man/curs_terminfo.3x
Prereq:  1.162 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_terminfo.3x	2025-02-15 15:24:18.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_terminfo.3x	2025-04-05 22:21:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.162 2025/02/15 15:24:18 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.164 2025/04/05 22:21:02 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -354,9 +354,8 @@
 .BR \%cur_term "."
 .PP
 .B \%del_curterm
-frees the memory pointed to by
-.IR \%oterm ","
-making it available for further use.
+releases the memory pointed to by
+.IR \%oterm "."
 If
 .I \%oterm
 is
@@ -395,11 +394,11 @@
 .I str
 with parameters
 .IR pi "."
-A pointer is returned to the result of
+It returns a pointer to a character string representing
 .I str
-with the parameters applied.
-Application developers should keep in mind these quirks of the
-interface:
+with the parameters applied to \*(``%\*('' expressions within.
+.\" XXX: Whose responsibility is it to free that string?
+Application developers should keep in mind some quirks of the interface.
 .bP
 Although \fB\%tparm\fP's actual parameters may be integers or strings,
 the prototype expects
@@ -418,33 +417,45 @@
 The capability string is null-terminated.
 Use \*(``\e200\*('' where an ASCII NUL is needed in the output.
 .PP
-\fB\%tiparm\fP is a newer form of \fB\%tparm\fP which uses
+\fB\%tiparm\fP is a newer form of \fB\%tparm\fP that uses
 .I \%stdarg.h
-rather than a fixed-parameter list.
+rather than a fixed-length parameter list.
 Its numeric parameters are
 .IR int s
 rather than
 .IR long "s."
 .PP
-Both \fB\%tparm\fP and \fB\%tiparm\fP assume that the application passes
-parameters consistent with the terminal description.
-Two extensions are provided as alternatives to deal with untrusted data.
+.B \%tparm
+and
+.B \%tiparm
+assume that the application
+passes parameters consistent with the terminal description.
+.I \%ncurses
+provides two extensions as alternatives to deal with untrusted data.
 .bP
-\fB\%tiparm_s\fP is an extension which is a safer formatting function
-than \fB\%tparm\fR or \fB\%tiparm\fR,
+The
+.B \%tiparm_s
+extension is a safer formatting function than
+.B \%tparm
+or
+.BR \%tiparm ","
 because it allows the developer to tell the
 .I curses
 library how many parameters to expect in the parameter list,
 and which may be string parameters.
 .IP
-The \fImask\fP parameter has one bit set for each of the parameters
+The
+.I mask
+parameter has one bit set for each of the parameters
 (up to 9)
 passed as
 .I char
 pointers rather than numbers.
 .bP
-The extension \fB\%tiscan_s\fP allows the application to inspect a
-formatting capability to see what the
+The extension
+.B \%tiscan_s
+allows the application
+to inspect a formatting capability to see what the
 .I curses
 library would assume.
 .\" ********************************************************************
@@ -453,22 +464,29 @@
 .IR padding ","
 a time delay
 (accommodating performance limitations of hardware terminals)
-expressed as \fB$<\fIn\fB>\fR,
-where \fIn\fP is a nonnegative integral count of milliseconds.
-If \fIn\fP exceeds 30,000
+expressed as
+.BI $< n >\c
+,
+where
+.I n
+is a nonnegative integral count of milliseconds.
+If
+.I n
+exceeds 30,000
 (thirty seconds),
-it is capped at that value.
+.I \%ncurses
+caps it at that value.
 .PP
-\fB\%tputs\fP interprets time-delay information in the string
+.B \%tputs
+interprets time delays in the string
 .I str
-and outputs it,
-executing the delays:
+and acts upon them.
 .bP
 The
 .I str
 parameter must be a
 .I \%term\%info
-string variable or the return value of
+string capability or the return value of
 .B \%tparm
 or
 .BR \%tiparm "."
@@ -484,9 +502,9 @@
 .IR \%putchar -like
 function to which the characters are passed,
 one at a time.
-.IP
-If \fB\%tputs\fP processes a time-delay,
-it uses the \fB\%delay_output\fP(3X) function,
+.PP
+.B \%tputs
+processes each time delay with the \fB\%delay_output\fP(3X) function,
 routing any resulting padding characters through this function.
 .PP
 \fB\%putp\fR calls
@@ -882,9 +900,11 @@
 X/Open Curses uses
 .I \%const
 less effectively than a later design might,
-sometimes applying it needlessly to values that are already constant,
-and in most cases overlooking parameters that normally would benefit
-from
+sometimes applying it needlessly to function parameters
+that are passed by value
+(and therefore copied),
+and in most cases overlooking parameters
+that normally would benefit from
 .IR \%const "."
 Passing
 .IR \%const -qualified
@@ -980,12 +1000,14 @@
 .SS "Special \fITERM\fP treatment"
 If
 .I \%ncurses
-is configured to use the terminal driver,
-.\" XXX: as opposed to the Unix terminal driver, termio(s)?
+is configured to use a terminal driver
+that does not employ the POSIX
+.I \%termios
+API,
 as with the MinGW port,
 .bP
 .I \%setupterm
-interprets a missing/empty
+interprets a missing or empty
 .I TERM
 variable as the special value \*(``unknown\*(''.
 .IP
Index: man/curs_util.3x
Prereq:  1.139 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_util.3x	2025-02-15 18:38:01.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_util.3x	2025-04-05 22:22:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.139 2025/02/15 18:38:01 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_util 3X 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.141 2025/04/05 22:22:48 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_util 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@
 using a value in those to override the results
 from the operating system or terminal database.
 .IP
-\fI\%curses\fP also updates the screen size in response to
+.I curses
+also updates the screen size in response to
 \fBSIGWINCH\fP,
 unless overridden by the \fILINES\fP or \fI\%COLUMNS\fP environment
 variables,
@@ -380,9 +381,13 @@
 and the use of \fBnapms\fP
 differ from other implementations.
 .bP
-SVr4 curses does not delay if no padding character is available.
+SVr4
+.I curses
+does not delay if no padding character is available.
 .bP
-NetBSD curses uses \fBnapms\fP when no padding character is available,
+NetBSD
+.I curses
+uses \fBnapms\fP when no padding character is available,
 but does not take timing into account when using the padding character.
 .PP
 Neither limits the delay.
@@ -427,9 +432,13 @@
 (in 1988)
 incorporated into SVr4.
 Oddly,
-there are no such functions in the 4.3BSD curses sources.
+there are no such functions in the 4.3BSD
+.I curses
+sources.
 .bP
-Most implementations simply dump the binary \fI\%WINDOW\fP structure
+Most implementations simply dump the binary
+.I \%WINDOW
+structure
 to the file.
 These include SVr4
 .IR curses ,
@@ -439,16 +448,19 @@
 .IR \%PDCurses ,
 as well as older \fI\%ncurses\fP versions.
 This implementation
-(as well as the X/Open variant of Solaris curses,
+(as well as
+.IR \%xcurses ","
+the X/Open variant of Solaris
+.IR curses ","
 dated 1995)
 uses textual dumps.
 .IP
-The implementations that use binary dumps use block-I/O
+The implementations that use binary dumps use block I/O
 (\fIwrite\fP(2) and \fIread\fP(2) functions).
-Those that use textual dumps use buffered-I/O.
+Those that use textual dumps use buffered I/O.
 A few applications may happen to write extra data in the file using
 these functions.
-Doing that can run into problems mixing block- and buffered-I/O.
+Doing that can run into problems mixing block and buffered I/O.
 This implementation reduces the problem on writes by flushing the
 output.
 However,
@@ -480,7 +492,8 @@
 C0 controls.
 .IP
 X/Open Curses does not document whether \fBunctrl\fP can be called
-before initializing curses.
+before initializing
+.IR curses "."
 This implementation permits that,
 and returns the \*(``\*~@\*('',
 etc.,
@@ -511,10 +524,12 @@
 it determines whether to use the \*(``M\-\*('' prefix
 for \*(``meta\*('' keys (codes in the range 128 to 255).
 Both \fB\%use_legacy_coding\fP(3X) and \fBmeta\fP(3X) succeed only after
-curses is initialized.
+.I curses
+is initialized.
 X/Open Curses does not document the treatment of codes 128 to 159.
 When treating them as \*(``meta\*('' keys
-(or if \fBkeyname\fP is called before initializing curses),
+(or if \fBkeyname\fP is called before initializing
+.IR curses "),"
 this implementation returns strings \*(``M\-\*^@\*('',
 \*(``M\-\*^A\*('',
 etc.
@@ -523,7 +538,8 @@
 which \fI\%ncurses\fP does.
 However,
 \fI\%ncurses\fP' \fB<curses.h>\fP includes \fB<unctrl.h>\fP,
-matching the behavior of SVr4 curses.
+matching the behavior of SVr4
+.IR curses "."
 Other implementations may not do that.
 .SS "use_env, use_tioctl"
 If \fI\%ncurses\fP is configured to provide the sp-functions extension,
@@ -531,7 +547,8 @@
 creating each \fIscreen\fP rather than once only
 (\fBcurs_sp_funcs\fP(3X)).
 This feature of \fBuse_env\fP
-is not provided by other implementations of curses.
+is not provided by other implementations of
+.IR curses "."
 .SH HISTORY
 4BSD (1980)
 introduced
@@ -558,7 +575,7 @@
 with \fI\%fread\fP(3) and \fI\%fwrite\fP(3),
 respectively.
 .PP
-SVr4 (1989) supplied
+SVr4 (1989) furnished
 .IR \%use_env "."
 .PP
 X/Open Curses Issue\ 4 (1995) specified
Index: man/curs_variables.3x
Prereq:  1.58 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/curs_variables.3x	2025-01-19 00:51:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/curs_variables.3x	2025-04-05 22:24:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.58 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_variables 3X 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.62 2025/04/05 22:24:24 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_variables 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@
 \fB\%initscr\fP(3X) or \fB\%newterm\fP(3X),
 the library creates a window named
 .B \%stdscr
-that is the same size as the terminal screen
+that is the same size as the terminal screen,
+(minus any lines reserved by
+\fB\%ripoffline\fP(3X) or \fB\%slk_init\fP(3X))
 and is the implicit window used by functions
 that interact with a window
 but do not take a parameter identifying one;
@@ -287,14 +289,15 @@
 that is,
 the number of columns and lines.
 .SS ESCDELAY
-For
+When reading key strokes from a window in keypad mode,
 .I curses
-to distinguish the ESC character resulting from a user's press of the
-\*(``Escape\*('' key on the input device from one beginning an
-.I "escape sequence"
-(as commonly produced by function keys),
-it waits after the escape character to see if further characters are
-available on the input stream within a short interval.
+distinguishes the ESC character resulting from a user's press of the
+\*(``Escape\*('' key on the input device
+from one beginning an escape sequence
+(commonly produced by function keys),
+by waiting after the escape character
+to see if further characters are available
+on the input stream within a short interval.
 .B \%ESCDELAY
 stores this interval in milliseconds.
 .PP
@@ -421,7 +424,9 @@
 .UE
 .PP
 \fB\%getcchar\fP(3X)
-further discusses
+further discusses the
+.I \%ncurses
+extension
 .BR \%CCHARW_MAX "."
 .PP
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
Index: man/ncurses.3x
Prereq:  1.245 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/ncurses.3x	2025-03-01 21:43:30.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/ncurses.3x	2025-04-05 22:54:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.245 2025/03/01 21:43:30 tom Exp $
-.TH ncurses 3X 2025-03-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.252 2025/04/05 22:54:19 tom Exp $
+.TH ncurses 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@
 before use of any functions
 that access or manipulate windows or screens.
 .PP
-To get character-at-a-time input without echoing\(emmost interactive,
-screen-oriented programs want this\(emuse the following sequence.
+To get character-at-a-time input without echoing \(em
+most interactive,
+screen-oriented programs want this \(em
+use the following sequence.
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
@@ -216,14 +218,16 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 noqiflush();
 keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
 A
 .I curses
-program then often enters an event loop of some sort.
+program then often enters an event-handling loop.
 Call \fB\%endwin\fP(3X) before exiting.
 .SS Overview
 A
@@ -483,9 +487,10 @@
 In either case,
 they are accessed via an integral bit mask.
 .IP
-Each cell of a
+.I \%ncurses
+stores each cell of a
 .I \%WINDOW
-is stored as a
+as a
 .IR \%chtype .
 X/Open Curses does not specify the sizes of the character code or
 color pair identifier,
@@ -514,7 +519,7 @@
 prefix it with \*(``_w\*('' to obtain the wide counterpart.
 For example,
 \fB\%waddch\fP becomes \fB\%wadd_wch\fP.
-Another exception is
+An exception is
 .B \%ins_nwstr
 (and its variants),
 spelled thus instead of \*(``insn_wstr\*(''.
@@ -565,9 +570,10 @@
 not combined into an integer as in
 .IR \%chtype .
 .PP
-Each cell of a
+.I \%ncurses
+stores each cell of a
 .I \%WINDOW
-is stored as a
+as a
 .IR \%cchar_t .
 \fB\%setcchar\fP(3X) and \fB\%getcchar\fP(3X)
 store and retrieve
@@ -1495,6 +1501,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 3
 .EX
+.nf
 # linux console, if patched to provide working
 # VT100 shift\-in/shift\-out, with corresponding font.
 linux\-vt100|linux console with VT100 line\-graphics,
@@ -1503,6 +1510,7 @@
 # uxterm with vt100Graphics resource set to false
 xterm\-utf8|xterm relying on UTF\-8 line\-graphics,
         U8#1, use=xterm,
+.nf
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -1582,7 +1590,7 @@
 .I \%term\%info
 format are normally stored in a directory tree using subdirectories
 named for the common first letters of the terminal types named therein.
-This is the scheme used in System\ V.
+System\ V used this scheme.
 .bP
 If
 .I \%ncurses
@@ -1624,13 +1632,16 @@
 .RS 4
 .IP
 .EX
+.nf
 TERMINFO=$(infocmp \-0 \-Q2 \-q)
 export TERMINFO
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .IP
-The compiled description is used only if it corresponds to the terminal
-type identified by
+.I \%ncurses
+uses the compiled description only if it corresponds
+to the terminal type identified by
 .IR TERM .
 .PP
 Setting
@@ -1742,9 +1753,11 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 .\" The dummy character prevents undesired rewriting of the next line on
 .\" installation of the man page.
 \fB#\&include <curses.h>\fP
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -1810,26 +1823,42 @@
 The symbol which enables these features has changed
 since X/Open Curses Issue\ 4:
 .bP
-Originally, the wide-character feature required the symbol
-\fB_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED\fP
+Originally,
+the wide-character feature required the symbol
+.B \%_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
 but that was only valid for XPG4 (1996).
 .bP
-Later, that was deemed conflicting with \fB_XOPEN_SOURCE\fP defined to 500.
+Later,
+that was deemed conflicting with an
+.B \%_XOPEN_SOURCE
+value of 500.
 .bP
 As of mid-2018,
-none of the features in this implementation require a \fB_XOPEN_SOURCE\fP
+none of the features in this implementation require a
+.B \%_XOPEN_SOURCE
 feature greater than 600.
-However, X/Open Curses Issue\ 7 (2009) recommends defining it to 700.
+However,
+X/Open Curses Issue\ 7 (2009) recommends defining it to 700.
 .bP
-Alternatively, you can enable the feature by defining \fBNCURSES_WIDECHAR\fP
-with the caveat that some other header file than \fBcurses.h\fP
-may require a specific value for \fB_XOPEN_SOURCE\fP
+Alternatively,
+you can enable the feature by defining
+.B \%NCURSES_WIDECHAR
+with the caveat that some header file other than
+.I \%curses.h
+may require a specific value for
+.B \%_XOPEN_SOURCE
 (or a system-specific symbol).
 .PP
-The \fI\%curses.h\fP header file installed for the wide-character
-library is designed to be compatible with the non-wide library's header.
-Only the size of the \fI\%WINDOW\fP structure differs;
-few applications require more than pointers to \fI\%WINDOW\fPs.
+The
+.I \%curses.h
+header file installed
+for the wide-character library
+is designed to be compatible with the non-wide library's header.
+Only the size of the
+.I \%WINDOW
+structure differs;
+few applications require more than pointers to
+.IR \%WINDOW "."
 .PP
 If the headers are installed allowing overwrite,
 the wide-character library's headers should be installed last,
@@ -1843,10 +1872,17 @@
 (before any \*(``w\*('' added by
 .BR \%\-\-enable\-widec ).
 .IP
-The global variables such as \fBLINES\fP are replaced by macros to
-allow read-only access.
-At the same time, setter-functions are provided to set these values.
-Some applications (very few) may require changes to work with this convention.
+.I \%ncursest
+and
+.I \%ncursestw
+replace global variables such as
+.B \%LINES
+with macros allowing read-only access.
+At the same time,
+they provide functions to set these values.
+Very few applications require changes
+to work with this convention.
+.\" see definition of NCURSES_WRAPPED_VAR
 .TP 5
 .B \-\-with\-shared
 .tQ
@@ -1856,20 +1892,37 @@
 .tQ
 .B \-\-with\-profile
 The shared and normal (static) library names differ by their suffixes,
-e.g., \fBlibncurses.so\fP and \fBlibncurses.a\fP.
+e.g.,
+.I \%libncurses.so
+and
+.IR \%libncurses.a "."
 The debug and profiling libraries add a \*(``_g\*(''
-and a \*(``_p\*('' to the root names respectively,
-e.g., \fBlibncurses_g.a\fP and \fBlibncurses_p.a\fP.
+and a \*(``_p\*('' to the roots of these respective names,
+forming
+.I \%libncurses_g.so
+and
+.IR \%libncurses_p.a ","
+for example.
 .TP 5
 .B \-\-with\-termlib
-Low-level functions which do not depend upon whether the library
-supports wide-characters, are provided in the tinfo library.
+This option configures
+.I \%ncurses
+to provide low-level functions that do not depend
+upon wide-character support in a library names
+.IR \%tinfo "."
 .IP
-By doing this, it is possible to share the tinfo library between
-wide/normal configurations as well as reduce the size of the library
-when only low-level functions are needed.
+This arrangement enables
+.I \%tinfo
+to be shared between
+.I \%ncurses
+and
+.I \%ncursesw
+libraries as well as application linking and/or loading times
+when it requires only low-level functions.
 .IP
-Those functions are described in these pages:
+The following pages describe low-level
+.I curses
+functions.
 .RS
 .bP
 \fB\%curs_extend\fP(3X) \- miscellaneous \fIcurses\fP extensions
@@ -1889,10 +1942,12 @@
 .RE
 .TP 5
 .B \-\-with\-trace
-The \fBtrace\fP function normally resides in the debug library,
-but it is sometimes useful to configure this in the shared library.
-Configure scripts should check for the function's existence rather
-than assuming it is always in the debug library.
+The
+.B trace
+function normally resides in the debug library,
+but it is sometimes useful to expose it in the shared or static library.
+Configuration scripts should check for the function's existence rather
+than assuming it is confined to the debug library.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 .I @DATADIR@/tabset
Index: man/resizeterm.3x
Prereq:  1.60 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/resizeterm.3x	2025-03-15 21:12:18.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/resizeterm.3x	2025-04-05 22:26:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 .\"
 .\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1996-on
 .\"
-.\" $Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.60 2025/03/15 21:12:18 tom Exp $
-.TH resizeterm 3X 2025-03-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: resizeterm.3x,v 1.63 2025/04/05 22:26:38 tom Exp $
+.TH resizeterm 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .de bP
 .ie n  .IP \(bu 4
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
 An application which establishes its own \fB\%SIGWINCH\fP handler
 can call \fB\%resizeterm\fP, but in that case, the library will not
 see \fB\%SIGWINCH\fP, and proper layout will rely upon the application.
-.SH FUNCTIONS
 .SS resizeterm
 The function \fB\%resizeterm\fP resizes the standard and current windows
 (i.e., \fB\%stdscr\fP and \fB\%curscr\fP)
Index: man/scr_dump.5
Prereq:  1.50 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/scr_dump.5	2025-01-19 00:51:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/scr_dump.5	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: scr_dump.5,v 1.50 2025/01/19 00:51:10 tom Exp $
-.TH scr_dump 5 2025-01-18 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
+.\" $Id: scr_dump.5,v 1.52 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp $
+.TH scr_dump 5 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 #
 # ncurses5 (and before) did not use a magic number,
 # making screen dumps "data".
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@
 # ncurses6 (2015) uses this format, ignoring byte-order
 0    string    \e210\e210\e210\e210ncurses    ncurses6 screen image
 #
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .RE
@@ -173,12 +175,14 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 /* terminfo magic number */
 #define MAGNUM  0432
 
 /* curses screen dump magic number */
 #define SVR2_DUMP_MAGIC_NUMBER  0433
 #define SVR3_DUMP_MAGIC_NUMBER  0434
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -193,8 +197,10 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 /* curses screen dump magic number */
 #define SVR4_DUMP_MAGIC_NUMBER  0435
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -315,6 +321,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 #include <curses.h>
 
 int
@@ -339,6 +346,7 @@
     endwin();
     return 0;
 }
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -346,6 +354,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 \e210\e210\e210\e210ncurses 6.0.20170415
 _cury=5
 _curx=11
@@ -368,6 +377,7 @@
 8:\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es
 9:\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es
 10:\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es\es
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -391,6 +401,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 MAX=10,20
 BEG=0,0
 SCROLL=0,10
@@ -424,6 +435,7 @@
 9,0,0,1,
 9,19,0,0,
 CUR=11,5
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -439,6 +451,7 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 0000000 1c 01 c3 d6 f3 58 05 00 0b 00 0a 00 14 00 00 00
 0000020 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 0000040 00 00 b8 1a 06 08 cc 1a 06 08 00 00 09 00 10 00
@@ -461,6 +474,7 @@
 0001620 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 *
 0002371
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .SH AUTHORS
Index: man/tabs.1
Prereq:  1.70 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/tabs.1	2025-02-15 14:55:00.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/tabs.1	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.70 2025/02/15 14:55:00 tom Exp $
-.TH @TABS@ 1 2025-02-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: tabs.1,v 1.72 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp $
+.TH @TABS@ 1 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@
 .PP
 .RS 4
 .EX
+.nf
 @TABS@ 1,6,11,16,21
 @TABS@ 1 6 11 16 21
+.fi
 .EE
 .RE
 .PP
Index: man/term.5
Prereq:  1.80 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/term.5	2024-06-15 20:23:33.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/term.5	2025-04-05 22:26:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.80 2024/06/15 20:23:33 tom Exp $
-.TH term 5 2024-06-15 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
+.\" $Id: term.5,v 1.83 2025/04/05 22:26:47 tom Exp $
+.TH term 5 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -506,12 +506,14 @@
 a popular though rather stupid early terminal.
 .PP
 .EX
+.nf
 adm3a|lsi adm3a,
         am,
         cols#80, lines#24,
         bel=\*^G, clear=\e032$<1>, cr=\*^M, cub1=\*^H, cud1=\*^J,
         cuf1=\*^L, cup=\eE=%p1%{32}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c, cuu1=\*^K,
         home=\*^\*^, ind=\*^J,
+.fi
 .EE
 .PP
 A hexadecimal dump of its compiled terminal description
Index: man/terminfo.tail
Prereq:  1.157 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/terminfo.tail	2025-02-17 23:55:31.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/terminfo.tail	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.157 2025/02/17 23:55:31 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: terminfo.tail,v 1.158 2025/04/05 21:56:26 Branden.Robinson Exp $
 .ps +1
 .SS "User-Defined Capabilities"
 .
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 of what a \fBterminfo\fP entry for a modern terminal typically looks like.
 .PP
 .EX
+.nf
 \s-2ansi|ansi/pc\-term compatible with color,
         am, mc5i, mir, msgr,
         colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, ncv#3, pairs#64,
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
         sgr0=\eE[0;10m, smacs=\eE[11m, smpch=\eE[11m, smso=\eE[7m,
         smul=\eE[4m, tbc=\eE[3g, u6=\eE[%i%d;%dR, u7=\eE[6n,
         u8=\eE[?%[;0123456789]c, u9=\eE[c, vpa=\eE[%i%p1%dd,
+.fi
 .EE
 .PP
 Entries may continue onto multiple lines by placing white space at
@@ -449,11 +451,13 @@
 while the Lear Siegler \s-1ADM-3\s0 is described as
 .PP
 .EX
+.nf
 .\".in -2
 \s-1adm3\||\|3\||\|lsi adm3,
         am, bel=\*^G, clear=\*^Z, cols#80, cr=\*^M, cub1=\*^H, cud1=\*^J,
         ind=\*^J, lines#24,\s+1
 .\".in +2
+.fi
 .EE
 .SS "Parameterized Strings"
 Cursor addressing and other strings requiring parameters
@@ -1146,8 +1150,10 @@
 Putting this all together into the sgr sequence gives:
 .PP
 .EX
+.nf
     sgr=\eE[0%?%p1%p6%|%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p4%t;5%;
         %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p7%t;8%;m%?%p9%t\e016%e\e017%;,
+.fi
 .EE
 .PP
 Remember that if you specify sgr, you must also specify sgr0.
Index: man/tput.1
Prereq:  1.135 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/tput.1	2025-03-01 21:45:34.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/tput.1	2025-04-05 21:56:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: tput.1,v 1.135 2025/03/01 21:45:34 tom Exp $
-.TH @TPUT@ 1 2025-03-01 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: tput.1,v 1.137 2025/04/05 21:56:26 tom Exp $
+.TH @TPUT@ 1 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -1050,11 +1050,13 @@
 option can be profitably used with a shell \*(``here document\*(''.
 .IP
 .EX
+.nf
 .RB $\  "@TPUT@ \-S <<!"
 .RB >\  clear
 .RB >\  "cup 10 10"
 .RB >\  bold
 .RB >\  !
+.fi
 .EE
 .IP
 The foregoing
Index: man/user_caps.5
Prereq:  1.53 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/man/user_caps.5	2025-03-22 22:27:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/man/user_caps.5	2025-04-06 00:20:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.53 2025/03/22 22:27:44 tom Exp $
-.TH user_caps 5 2025-03-22 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
+.\" $Id: user_caps.5,v 1.55 2025/04/06 00:20:20 tom Exp $
+.TH user_caps 5 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "File formats"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 .\"	term.h - this file is automatically made from caps and maketerm.ex.
 .\" illumos-gate has related source, with a "caps" file having AT&T copyright
 .\" for 1988, and UCB copyright for 1982, 1986, 1988.  That 1982 is interesting
-.\" (hinting that something may have been in the initial releated of System V)
+.\" (hinting that something may have been in the initial releases of System V)
 .\" but the first release with tic appears to be SVr2 in 1984.
 .PP
 Most of the \fIextensions\fP in this fixed repertoire were additions
Index: misc/terminfo.src
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/misc/terminfo.src	2025-03-29 22:49:47.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/misc/terminfo.src	2025-04-05 20:08:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # Report bugs and new terminal descriptions to
 #	bug-ncurses@gnu.org
 #
-#	$Revision: 1.1176 $
-#	$Date: 2025/03/29 22:49:47 $
+#	$Revision: 1.1180 $
+#	$Date: 2025/04/05 20:08:00 $
 #
 # The original header is preserved below for reference.  It is noted that there
 # is a "newer" version which differs in some cosmetic details (but actually
@@ -1245,6 +1245,24 @@
 	use=ansi+arrows, use=linux+lockeys, use=linux+sfkeys,
 	use=vt220+pcedit, use=vt220+cvis, use=vt220+ufkeys,
 
+# https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2025-04/msg00014.html
+sclp|IBM s390 driver for Linux,
+	xon,
+	cols#80, lines#24,
+	acsc=``aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
+	bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, cr=\r, cub1=^H, cud1=\n,
+	cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P,
+	dl=\E[%p1%dM, dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el1=\E[1K,
+	enacs=\E)0, ht=^I, ich=\E[%p1%d@, ind=\ED, is2=\Ec, kbs=^H,
+	kcub1=\E[D, kcud1=\E[B, kcuf1=\E[C, kcuu1=\E[A,
+	kdch1=\E[3~, kf5=\E[E, nel=\EE, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,
+	rmacs=\E(B$<4>, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, sc=\E7,
+	sgr=\E[0%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;m%?%p9%t\E(0%e
+	    \E(B%;$<2>,
+	sgr0=\E[m\E(B, smacs=\E(0$<2>, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m,
+	use=klone+color, use=ansi+cpr, use=ansi+erase,
+	use=ansi+local, use=linux+sfkeys, use=vt220+ufkeys,
+
 #### Mach
 #
 
@@ -3060,9 +3078,13 @@
 vt520-w|DEC VT520 in wide mode,
 	cols#132, use=vt520,
 
+# See "4.7.5 Visual Attributes Control Functions" and
+# "Table 5–15 (Cont.) Visual Character Attribute Values"
+# in EK-VT520-RM
 vt525|DEC VT525,
 	colors#8, pairs#64,
-	setab=\E[4%p1%dm, setaf=\E[3%p1%dm, use=vt520,
+	op=\E[39;49m, setab=\E[4%p1%dm, setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,
+	use=vt520,
 
 vt525-w|DEC VT525 in wide mode,
 	cols#132, use=vt525,
@@ -8180,6 +8202,21 @@
 # - cannot run, because the package is not signed.
 #
 # Fedora rawhide
+# contour-terminal-0.6.1.7494-2.fc42.x86_64
+# - most core dumps are finally gone, works when 3D acceleration is disabled.
+# - fails mir and related "in" tests in tack.
+# - function-keys do not match developer's version.
+# - sitm/ritm (italics) still do not work.
+# - private mode 12 (cursor) does not work.
+# - source code references Unicode values to a page which has none:
+#   https://vt100.net/docs/vt102-ug/chapter5.html#T5-13
+#   (actual source for this information is xterm)
+# - identifies as a VT525 with sixel graphics, UDK, rectangle editing and color.
+# - adds a control sequence to retrieve contents of entire screen.
+# - dumps core in vttest for rectangle editing
+# - UDK feature does not work
+# - fails vttest for REP, SL, SR, CBT, CHT, VPR
+# - sixel feature needs some work (most of my testcases do not work) -TD
 # contour-terminal-0.3.12.262-6.fc39.x86_64
 # - dumps core, cannot test
 #
@@ -8221,28 +8258,31 @@
 #
 # Developer's terminfo (compiled-in) uses some extensions.
 contour|contour-latest|Contour Terminal Emulator,
-	am, bce, eslok, hs, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl, xvpa,
+	am, bce, mc5i, msgr, npc, xenl, xvpa, AX, XT,
 	cols#80, lines#24, pairs#0x7fff,
-	bel=^G, bold=\E[1m, clear=\E[H\E[2J, cr=\r, cub1=^H, cud1=\n,
-	dim=\E[2m, dsl=\E[$~, ech=\E[%p1%dX, el1=\E[1K,
-	flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, fsl=\E[$}, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
-	ind=\n, indn=\E[%p1%dS, invis=\E[8m, ka1=, ka3=, kbs=^?, kc1=,
-	kc3=, kcbt=\E[Z, kend=\EOF, khlp=, kmous=\E[M, kund=,
-	oc=\E]104\E\\, op=\E[39;49m, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,
-	rin=\E[%p1%dT, rmam=\E[?7l, rmkx=\E[?1l, rmso=\E[27m,
-	rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\E]\E\\\Ec,
-	sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|
-	    %t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
-	sgr0=\E(B\E[m, smam=\E[?7h, smkx=\E[?1h, smso=\E[7m,
-	smul=\E[4m, tsl=\E[2$~\E[1$}\E[H\E[2J, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
+	bel=^G, clear=\E[H\E[2J, cr=\r, cub1=^H, cud1=\n, dim=\E[2m,
+	ech=\E[%p1%dX, el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l,
+	ind=\n, ka1=, ka3=, kbs=^?, kc1=, kc3=, kcbt=\E[Z, kend=\EOF,
+	kf13=\E[O2P, kf14=\E[O2Q, kf15=\E[O2R, kf16=\E[O2S,
+	kf25=\E[O5P, kf26=\E[O5Q, kf27=\E[O5R, kf28=\E[O5S,
+	kf37=\E[O6P, kf38=\E[O6Q, kf39=\E[O6R, kf40=\E[O6S,
+	kf49=\E[O3P, kf50=\E[O3Q, kf51=\E[O3R, kf52=\E[O3S,
+	kf61=\E[O4P, kf62=\E[O4Q, kf63=\E[O4R, khlp=, kmous=\E[M,
+	kund=, oc=\E]104\E\\, op=\E[39;49m, ri=\EM, rmam=\E[?7l,
+	rmkx=\E[?1l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\E]\E\\\Ec,
+	sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p5%t;2%;
+	    %?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
+	sgr0=\E(B\E[m, smam=\E[?7h, smkx=\E[?1h,
 	Cs=\E]12;%p1%s\E\\, E3=\E[3J, Rmol=\E[55m, Se=\E[ q,
 	Smol=\E[53m, Smulx=\E[4:%p1%dm, Ss=\E[%p1%d q,
 	use=ansi+apparrows, use=ansi+cup, use=ansi+csr,
-	use=ansi+erase, use=ansi+idc, use=ansi+idl,
-	use=ansi+inittabs, use=ansi+local, use=ansi+rep,
-	use=att610+cvis, use=ecma+italics, use=ecma+strikeout,
+	use=ansi+enq, use=ansi+erase, use=ansi+idc, use=ansi+idl,
+	use=ansi+inittabs, use=ansi+local, use=ansi+rca2,
+	use=ansi+sgrbold, use=bracketed+paste, use=dec+sl,
+	use=ecma+index, use=vt220+cvis, use=ecma+strikeout,
 	use=xterm+256color, use=xterm+acs, use=xterm+alt1049,
 	use=xterm+pcc2, use=xterm+pce2, use=xterm+pcf2,
+	use=report+version,
 
 contour-direct|Contour terminal with direct colors,
 	use=xterm+direct, use=contour,
@@ -19646,16 +19686,14 @@
 	is2=\Ee6\Ed/\Ee1\Ed*\Er\EO\E`1\E`:\E`@\E~!\E"\Ee4\Ex@\E`9
 	    \Ee7$<100>,
 	kDC=\ER, kEND=\EY, kHOM=\E{, kNXT=\EK, kPRT=\E7, kPRV=\EJ,
-	kRIT=^L, ka1=^^, kb2=\EJ, kbs=^H, kc1=\ET, kc3=\EK, kcbt=\EI,
-	kcub1=^H, kcud1=\n, kcuf1=^L, kcuu1=^K, kdch1=\EW, kend=\ET,
-	kf1=^A@\r, kf10=^AI\r, kf11=^AJ\r, kf12=^AK\r, kf13=^AL\r,
-	kf14=^AM\r, kf15=^AN\r, kf16=^AO\r, kf17=^A`\r, kf18=^Aa\r,
-	kf19=^Ab\r, kf2=^AA\r, kf20=^Ac\r, kf21=^Ad\r, kf22=^Ae\r,
-	kf23=^Af\r, kf24=^Ag\r, kf25=^Ah\r, kf26=^Ai\r, kf27=^Aj\r,
-	kf28=^Ak\r, kf29=^Al\r, kf3=^AB\r, kf30=^Am\r, kf31=^An\r,
-	kf32=^Ao\r, kf4=^AC\r, kf5=^AD\r, kf6=^AE\r, kf7=^AF\r,
-	kf8=^AG\r, kf9=^AH\r, khome=^^, kich1=\Eq, knp=\EK, kpp=\EJ,
-	kprt=\EP, mc0=\EP, mc4=^T, mc5=^R,
+	kRIT=^L, ka1=^^, kb2=\EJ, kc1=\ET, kc3=\EK, kcbt=\EI, kcub1=^H,
+	kcud1=\n, kcuf1=^L, kcuu1=^K, kdch1=\EW, kend=\ET,
+	kf12=^AK\r, kf13=^AL\r, kf14=^AM\r, kf15=^AN\r, kf16=^AO\r,
+	kf17=^A`\r, kf18=^Aa\r, kf19=^Ab\r, kf20=^Ac\r, kf21=^Ad\r,
+	kf22=^Ae\r, kf23=^Af\r, kf24=^Ag\r, kf25=^Ah\r, kf26=^Ai\r,
+	kf27=^Aj\r, kf28=^Ak\r, kf29=^Al\r, kf30=^Am\r, kf31=^An\r,
+	kf32=^Ao\r, khome=^^, kich1=\Eq, knp=\EK, kpp=\EJ, kprt=\EP,
+	mc0=\EP, mc4=^T, mc5=^R,
 	mrcup=\Ew@%p1%{48}%+%c%p2%{32}%+%c%p3%{32}%+%c$<10>,
 	nel=\037$<5>, rev=\EG4, ri=\Ej$<5>, rmacs=\EH\003\EcB0,
 	rmam=\Ed., rmir=\Er, rmso=\EG0, rmul=\EG0, rmxon=\Ec20,
@@ -19670,7 +19708,8 @@
 	     %t%{63}%e%p1%{15}%=%t%{56}%;\Edy%c11$<100>,
 	sgr0=\EG0\EcB0\EcD$<15>, smacs=\EH\002\EcB1, smam=\Ed/,
 	smir=\Eq, smso=\EGt, smul=\EG8, smxon=\Ec21, tbc=\E0,
-	use=ncr260vp+sl,
+	use=ncr260vp+sl, use=tvi920b+fn, use=ansi+arrows,
+	use=ansi+apparrows,
 ncr260wy325wpp|NCR 2900/260 Wyse 325 wide mode,
 	cols#132,
 	cup=\Ea%i%p1%dR%p2%dC$<30>,
@@ -27812,4 +27851,11 @@
 #	+ add XM/xm to ms-terminal, to enable mouse with experimental Windows
 #	  driver -TD
 #
+# 2025-04-03
+#	+ add sclp -TD
+#	+ add op to vt525 -TD
+#
+# 2025-0405
+#	+ update contour -TD
+#
 ######## SHANTIH!  SHANTIH!  SHANTIH!
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250329) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250405) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:09:16 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:48:54 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250329) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250405) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:09:16 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:48:54 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/debian/changelog	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/debian/changelog	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250329) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250405) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:09:16 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>  Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:48:54 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20120608) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq:  1.696 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.696 2025/03/29 11:09:16 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.697 2025/04/05 09:48:54 tom Exp $
 
 ; TODO add examples
 ; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 !define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
 !define VERSION_MINOR "5"
 !define VERSION_YYYY  "2025"
-!define VERSION_MMDD  "0329"
+!define VERSION_MMDD  "0405"
 !define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
 
 !define MY_ABI   "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: mingw32-ncurses6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250329
+Release: 20250405
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/ncurses.spec	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/ncurses.spec	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: ncurses6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250329
+Release: 20250405
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Index: package/ncursest.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/package/ncursest.spec	2025-03-29 11:09:16.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/package/ncursest.spec	2025-04-05 09:48:54.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
 Name: ncursest6
 Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250329
+Release: 20250405
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: progs/infocmp.c
Prereq:  1.171 
--- ncurses-6.5-20250329+/progs/infocmp.c	2024-12-21 17:02:07.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250405/progs/infocmp.c	2025-04-05 19:14:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2020-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2020-2024,2025 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #include <dump_entry.h>
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: infocmp.c,v 1.171 2024/12/21 17:02:07 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: infocmp.c,v 1.174 2025/04/05 19:14:18 tom Exp $")
 
 #ifndef ACTUAL_TIC
 #define ACTUAL_TIC "tic"
@@ -1291,30 +1291,67 @@
     ExitProgram(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+#define isName(c) ((c) == '_' || isalnum(UChar(c)))
+
 static char *
-any_initializer(const char *fmt, const char *type)
+safe_name(const char *format, const char *prefix, const char *name)
 {
-    static char *initializer;
+    static char *result;
     static size_t need;
     char *s;
 
-    if (initializer == NULL) {
-	need = (strlen(entries->tterm.term_names)
-		+ strlen(type)
-		+ strlen(fmt));
-	initializer = (char *) malloc(need + 1);
-	if (initializer == NULL)
-	    failed("any_initializer");
+    if (result == NULL) {
+	need = (strlen(prefix)
+		+ strlen(name)
+		+ strlen(format));
+	result = (char *) malloc(need + 1);
+	if (result == NULL)
+	    failed("safe_name");
     }
 
-    _nc_STRCPY(initializer, entries->tterm.term_names, need);
-    for (s = initializer; *s != 0 && *s != '|'; s++) {
-	if (!isalnum(UChar(*s)))
+    _nc_STRCPY(result, "", need);
+    if (isdigit(UChar(*prefix)))
+	_nc_STRCAT(result, "ti_", need);
+    _nc_STRCAT(result, prefix, need);
+    for (s = result; *s != 0 && *s != '|'; s++) {
+	if (!isName(*s))
 	    *s = '_';
     }
     *s = 0;
-    _nc_SPRINTF(s, _nc_SLIMIT(need) fmt, type);
-    return initializer;
+    if (isdigit(UChar(*name)) && !*prefix)
+	*s++ = '_';
+    _nc_SPRINTF(s, _nc_SLIMIT(need) format, name);
+    return result;
+}
+
+/*
+ * escape contents of a double-quoted string.
+ */
+static char *
+safe_string(const char *source)
+{
+    static char *result;
+    static size_t need;
+    char *d;
+    if (result == NULL) {
+	need = 2 * strlen(source) + 1;
+	result = (char *) malloc(need + 1);
+    }
+    for (d = result; *source != '\0'; ++source) {
+	char ch = *source;
+	if (ch == '"' || ch == '\\') {
+	    *d++ = '\\';
+	}
+	*d++ = ch;
+    }
+    *d = '\0';
+    return result;
+}
+
+static char *
+any_initializer(const char *fmt, const char *type)
+{
+    return safe_name(fmt, entries->tterm.term_names, type);
 }
 
 static char *
@@ -1329,6 +1366,53 @@
     return any_initializer("_s_%s", type);
 }
 
+#if NCURSES_XNAMES
+static char *
+name_of(const char *name)
+{
+    return safe_name("name_of_%s", "", name);
+}
+
+static void
+dump_extended_name(const char *name)
+{
+    static char **known;
+    static size_t dumped;
+    static size_t length;
+
+    if (name != NULL) {
+	bool found = FALSE;
+	if (length != 0) {
+	    size_t check;
+	    for (check = 0; check < dumped; ++check) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, known[check])) {
+		    found = TRUE;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	if (!found) {
+	    if (dumped + 2 > length) {
+		length += 100;
+		known = realloc(known, length * sizeof(*known));
+	    }
+	    printf("\n");
+	    printf("#ifndef %s\n", safe_name("extension_%s", "", name));
+	    printf("static char %s[] = \"%s\";\n", name_of(name), name);
+	    printf("#define %s 1\n", safe_name("extension_%s", "", name));
+	    printf("#endif\n");
+	    known[dumped] = strdup(name);
+	}
+    } else {
+	while (dumped != 0) {
+	    free(known[--dumped]);
+	}
+	free(known);
+	length = 0;
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 /* dump C initializers for the terminal type */
 static void
 dump_initializers(const TERMTYPE2 *term)
@@ -1337,7 +1421,7 @@
     const char *str = NULL;
 
     printf("\nstatic char %s[] = \"%s\";\n\n",
-	   name_initializer("alias"), entries->tterm.term_names);
+	   name_initializer("alias"), safe_string(entries->tterm.term_names));
 
     for_each_string(n, term) {
 	if (VALID_STRING(term->Strings[n])) {
@@ -1434,19 +1518,29 @@
     if ((NUM_BOOLEANS(term) != BOOLCOUNT)
 	|| (NUM_NUMBERS(term) != NUMCOUNT)
 	|| (NUM_STRINGS(term) != STRCOUNT)) {
+	for (n = BOOLCOUNT; n < NUM_BOOLEANS(term); ++n) {
+	    dump_extended_name(ExtBoolname(term, (int) n, boolnames));
+	}
+	for (n = NUMCOUNT; n < NUM_NUMBERS(term); ++n) {
+	    dump_extended_name(ExtNumname(term, (int) n, numnames));
+	}
+	for (n = STRCOUNT; n < NUM_STRINGS(term); ++n) {
+	    dump_extended_name(ExtStrname(term, (int) n, strnames));
+	}
+	printf("\n");
 	(void) printf("static char * %s[] = %s\n",
 		      name_initializer("string_ext"), L_CURL);
 	for (n = BOOLCOUNT; n < NUM_BOOLEANS(term); ++n) {
-	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: bool */\t\"%s\",\n",
-			  n, ExtBoolname(term, (int) n, boolnames));
+	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: bool */\t%s,\n",
+			  n, name_of(ExtBoolname(term, (int) n, boolnames)));
 	}
 	for (n = NUMCOUNT; n < NUM_NUMBERS(term); ++n) {
-	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: num */\t\"%s\",\n",
-			  n, ExtNumname(term, (int) n, numnames));
+	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: num */\t%s,\n",
+			  n, name_of(ExtNumname(term, (int) n, numnames)));
 	}
 	for (n = STRCOUNT; n < NUM_STRINGS(term); ++n) {
-	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: str */\t\"%s\",\n",
-			  n, ExtStrname(term, (int) n, strnames));
+	    (void) printf("\t/* %3u: str */\t%s,\n",
+			  n, name_of(ExtStrname(term, (int) n, strnames)));
 	}
 	(void) printf("%s;\n", R_CURL);
     }