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[PATCH 43/52] man/ncurses.3x: Revise introduction to "ALTERNATE CONFIGUR


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 43/52] man/ncurses.3x: Revise introduction to "ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS" section.
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 17:09:31 -0600

Also update page-internal cross reference to use quotation instead of
boldface.
---
 man/ncurses.3x | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 1ed34cb55..99ef5cb16 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 The ncurses_g library generates trace logs
 (in a file called \*(``trace\*('' in the current directory)
 that describe curses actions.
-See also the section on \fBALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS\fP.
+See section \*(``ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS\*('' below.
 .PP
 The \fI\%ncurses\fP package supports: overall screen, window and pad
 manipulation; output to windows and pads; reading terminal input; control over
@@ -1388,12 +1388,19 @@ .SS \fITERMPATH\fP
 $TERMINFO, $TERMINFO_DIRS, $TERMPATH, as well as $HOME.
 .EE
 .RE
-.SH ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS
-Several different configurations are possible,
-depending on the configure script options used when building
-\fI\%ncurses\fP.
-There are a few main options whose effects are visible to the applications
-developer using \fI\%ncurses\fP:
+.SH "ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS"
+Many different
+.I \%ncurses
+configurations are possible,
+determined by the options given to the
+.I \%configure
+script when building the library.
+Run the script with the
+.B \-\-help
+option to peruse them all.
+A few are of particular significance to the application developer
+employing
+.I \%ncurses.
 .TP 5
 \-\-disable\-overwrite
 The standard include for \fI\%ncurses\fP is as noted in \fBSYNOPSIS\fP:
-- 
2.30.2

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