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[PATCH 079/177] man/curs_bkgd.3x: Tighten wording.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 079/177] man/curs_bkgd.3x: Tighten wording.
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:27:24 -0600

---
 man/curs_bkgd.3x | 19 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_bkgd.3x b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
index 3e3764b2a..2f00ad5a8 100644
--- a/man/curs_bkgd.3x
+++ b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
@@ -268,17 +268,16 @@ .SH PORTABILITY
 \*(``or a non-negative integer if
 .I \%immedok() \" Courier roman in source
 is set\*('',
-which refers to the return value from
+referring to the return value from
 .IR \%wrefresh ","
-used to implement the immediate repainting.
-SVr4
-.IR curses 's
-.I \%wrefresh
-returns the number of characters
-written to the window during the refresh;
-that of
-.I \%ncurses
-does not.
+which in SVr4 returns a count of characters
+written to the window if its
+.I \%immedok
+property is set;
+.\" ...though its wrefresh() man page says nothing about immedok()...
+in
+.IR \%ncurses ","
+it does not.
 .PP
 Neither X/Open Curses nor the SVr4 manual pages detail how the rendition
 of characters in the window updates when
-- 
2.30.2

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