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[PATCH 121/177] man/curs_opaque.3x: Revise.
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[PATCH 121/177] man/curs_opaque.3x: Revise. |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:34:27 -0600 |
Content:
* Add "EXTENSIONS" section.
* Advise "NCURSES_VERSION" usage in "PORTABILITY" section when
exercising ncurses extensions.
* Document a recent NetBSD curses development, and a novelty therein.
---
man/curs_opaque.3x | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/curs_opaque.3x b/man/curs_opaque.3x
index 8454d20c8..0eed307b7 100644
--- a/man/curs_opaque.3x
+++ b/man/curs_opaque.3x
@@ -150,11 +150,24 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE
.SH NOTES
\fI\%ncurses\fP provides both a C function and a preprocessor macro for
each function documented in this page.
+.SH EXTENSIONS
+These functions originated with
+.IR \%ncurses "."
.SH PORTABILITY
-These routines are specific to \fI\%ncurses\fP.
-They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
-It is recommended that any code depending on \fI\%ncurses\fP extensions
-be conditioned using \fB\%NCURSES_VERSION\fP.
+Applications employing
+.I \%ncurses
+extensions should condition their use on the visibility of the
+.B \%NCURSES_VERSION
+preprocessor macro.
+.PP
+NetBSD
+.I curses
+since 10.1 (2024) supports
+.IR \%wgetscr_reg "."
+It also implements
+.IR \%getscr_reg ","
+operating on
+.IR \%stdscr "."
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
\fB\%curs_inopts\fP(3X),
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