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[PATCH 34/61] man/curs_pad.3x: Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 34/61] man/curs_pad.3x: Fix style nits.
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:05:53 -0600

* Tighten wording.
* Favor active voice over passive.
* Say "valid" instead of "legal".
---
 man/curs_pad.3x | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_pad.3x b/man/curs_pad.3x
index 95d70bba..d7d060a7 100644
--- a/man/curs_pad.3x
+++ b/man/curs_pad.3x
@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ .SS newpad
 Automatic refreshes of pads
 (e.g., from scrolling or echoing of input) do not occur.
 .PP
-It is not
-legal to call \fB\%wrefresh\fP with a \fIpad\fP as an argument; the routines
-\fB\%prefresh\fP or \fB\%pnoutrefresh\fP should be called instead.
-Note that these
-routines require additional parameters to specify the part of the pad to be
+It is not valid to call \fB\%wrefresh\fP with a \fIpad\fP argument;
+call \fB\%prefresh\fP or \fB\%pnoutrefresh\fP instead.
+They require additional parameters to specify the part of the pad to be
 displayed and the location on the screen to be used for the display.
 .SS subpad
 The \fB\%subpad\fP routine creates and returns a pointer to a subwindow within 
a
-- 
2.30.2

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