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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man3/curses_variables.3ncurses b/upstream/debian-unstable/man3/curses_variables.3ncurses index 13619187..4bca43a4 100644 --- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man3/curses_variables.3ncurses +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man3/curses_variables.3ncurses @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.43 2024/01/05 21:46:58 tom Exp $ -.TH curses_variables 3NCURSES 2024-01-05 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls" +.\" $Id: curs_variables.3x,v 1.47 2024/04/13 22:37:35 tom Exp $ +.TH curses_variables 3NCURSES 2024-04-13 "ncurses 6.5" "Library calls" .ie \n(.g \{\ .ds `` \(lq .ds '' \(rq @@ -216,14 +216,21 @@ respectively; that is, the number of columns and lines. .SS ESCDELAY -For \fIcurses\fP to distinguish an escape character corresponding to a -user's press of an \*(``Escape\*('' key on the input device from one -included in a control sequence used by a cursor movement or function -key, -the library waits to see if another key event occurs after the escape -character. -\fB\%ESCDELAY\fP +For +.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. +.B \%ESCDELAY stores this interval in milliseconds. +.PP +If \fB\%keypad\fP(3NCURSES) is disabled for the +.I curses +window receiving input, +a program must disambiguate escape sequences itself. .SS TABSIZE The \fIcurses\fP library converts a tab character to this number of spaces as it adds a tab to a window; @@ -232,9 +239,14 @@ see \fB\%addch\fP(3NCURSES). Either \fB\%initscr\fP(3NCURSES) or \fB\%newterm\fP(3NCURSES) initializes \fIcurses\fP. .PP -If \fI\%ncurses\fP is configured to provide separate \fIcurses\fP and -\fIterminfo\fP libraries, -most of these variables reside in the \fIcurses\fP library. +If +.I \%ncurses +is configured to provide separate +.I curses +and +.I \%tinfo +libraries, +most of these variables reside in the former. .SH PORTABILITY The X/Open Curses standard documents all of the foregoing types and symbols except for \fB\%newscr\fP, |