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[PATCH 053/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast "ENVIRONMENT" section, NCURSES_CO


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 053/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast "ENVIRONMENT" section, NCURSES_CONSOLE2 (9/21).
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:56:17 -0500

---
 man/ncurses.3x | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index bae729040..38dc8562a 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1220,15 +1220,20 @@ .SS "\fINCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS\fP"
 .RB ( colors )
 capability.
 .SS "\fINCURSES_CONSOLE2\fP"
-This applies only to the MinGW port of \fI\%ncurses\fP.
-.PP
-The \fBConsole2\fP program's handling of the Microsoft Console API call
-\fBCreateConsoleScreenBuffer\fP is defective.
-Applications which use this will hang.
-However, it is possible to simulate the action of this call by
-mapping coordinates,
+(MinGW port only)
+The
+.I \%Console2
+.\" https://www.hanselman.com/blog/console2-a-better-windows-command-prompt
+program defectively handles the Microsoft Console API call
+.IR \%Create\%Console\%Screen\%Buffer .
+Applications that use it will hang.
+However,
+it is possible to simulate the action of this call by mapping
+coordinates,
 explicitly saving and restoring the original screen contents.
-Setting the environment variable \fBNCGDB\fP has the same effect.
+Setting the environment variable
+.I \%NCGDB
+has the same effect.
 .SS "\fINCURSES_GPM_TERMS\fP"
 This applies only to \fI\%ncurses\fP configured to use the GPM
 interface.
-- 
2.30.2

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