[PATCH 133/177] man/curs_pad.3x: Reorganize.

[G. Branden Robinson]

Put discussion of "pad" term's origins in "NOTES" section.

Drop System V historical observations, to be resurrected in "HISTORY"
section.
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 man/curs_pad.3x | 22 ++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_pad.3x b/man/curs_pad.3x
index dd9156e71..6a0f9a0e5 100644
--- a/man/curs_pad.3x
+++ b/man/curs_pad.3x
@@ -215,24 +215,18 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE
 .SH NOTES
 .B \%pechochar
 may be implemented as a macro.
-.SH PORTABILITY
-BSD
-.I curses
-has no
-.I pad
-feature.
 .PP
-SVr2 \fIcurses\fP (1986) provided the \fB\%newpad\fP and related functions,
-documenting them in a single line each.
-SVr3 (1987) provided more extensive documentation.
-.PP
-The documentation does not explain the term \fIpad\fP.
-However, the Apollo \fIAegis\fP workstation operating system
-supported a graphical \fIpad\fP feature:
+.I curses
+documentation is traditionally averse to motivating the term
+\*(``pad\*(''.
+The Apollo Aegis workstation operating system
+.RI ( circa
+1981)
+supported a graphical pad feature.
 .bP
 These graphical pads could be much larger than the computer's display.
 .bP
-The read-only output from a command could be scrolled back to inspect,
+The read-only output from a command could be scrolled back to inspect
 and select text from the pad.
 .PP
 The two uses may be related.
-- 
2.30.2

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