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[PATCH 03/32] Relocate material.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 03/32] Relocate material.
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 08:27:43 -0500

* man/curs_attr.3x: Advise user how to destructure a chtype here...
* man/curs_inch.3x: ...not here.  Cross reference the foregoing page.
---
 man/curs_attr.3x | 10 ++++++++++
 man/curs_inch.3x | 21 +++++----------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_attr.3x b/man/curs_attr.3x
index 37774602b..45e5d067e 100644
--- a/man/curs_attr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_attr.3x
@@ -271,6 +271,16 @@ .SS "Video Attributes"
 .TE
 .RE
 .PP
+You can thus use
+.B \%A_CHARTEXT
+to extract the character from a
+.IR chtype ","
+.B \%A_ATTRIBUTES
+to obtain its rendering attributes,
+and
+.B \%A_COLOR
+to find the color pair it uses.
+.PP
 These video attributes are supported by \fBattr_on\fP and related functions
 (which also support the attributes recognized by \fBattron\fP, etc.):
 .PP
diff --git a/man/curs_inch.3x b/man/curs_inch.3x
index 962e9dc86..82a228e10 100644
--- a/man/curs_inch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inch.3x
@@ -66,22 +66,11 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 position in the named window.
 If any attributes are set for that position,
 their values are OR'ed into the value returned.
-Constants defined in
-\fB<curses.h>\fP can be used with the \fB&\fP (logical AND) operator to
-extract the character or attributes alone.
-.
-.SS Attributes
-The following bit masks may be AND-ed with characters returned by \fBwinch\fP.
-.PP
-.TS
-Lb Lb
-Lb Lx.
-Name   Description
-_
-A_CHARTEXT     Extract character
-A_ATTRIBUTES   Extract attributes
-A_COLOR        Extract color pair information
-.TE
+Subsection \*(``Video Attributes\*('' of \fB\%attron\fP(3X) describes
+how to extract character,
+rendering attribute,
+and color pair information from a
+.I chtype "."
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
 fail if the position
-- 
2.30.2

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