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[PATCH 045/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast "ENVIRONMENT" section, BAUDRATE (


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 045/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast "ENVIRONMENT" section, BAUDRATE (1/21).
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:54:53 -0500

Content:
* The baud rate has to be an integer.

Style:
* Lightly recast.

Markup:
* Favor man(7) font style macros over *roff font selection escape
  sequences.
---
 man/ncurses.3x | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 7eac11cdf..652311178 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1046,12 +1046,14 @@ .SH ENVIRONMENT
 if the user is the superuser (root),
 or the application uses \fI\%setuid\fP(2) or \fI\%setgid\fP(2).
 .SS "\fIBAUDRATE\fP"
-The debugging library checks this environment variable when the application
-has redirected output to a file.
-The variable's numeric value is used for the baud rate.
-If no value is found, \fI\%ncurses\fP uses 9600.
-This allows testers to construct repeatable test-cases
-that take into account costs that depend on baud rate.
+The debugging library checks this variable when the application has
+redirected output to a file.
+Its integral value is used for the baud rate.
+If that value is absent or invalid,
+.I \%ncurses
+uses 9600.
+This feature allows testers to construct repeatable test cases
+that take into account optimization decisions that depend on baud rate.
 .SS "\fICC\fP (command character)"
 When set,
 change the
-- 
2.30.2

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