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[PATCH 08/43] man/legacy_coding.3x: Fix content and style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 08/43] man/legacy_coding.3x: Fix content and style nits.
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:14:18 -0500

* Clarify character code applicability.
* Parallelize wording with curs_print(3X).
* Tighten wording.
---
 man/legacy_coding.3x | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/legacy_coding.3x b/man/legacy_coding.3x
index d9ee73f7b..a90ef570c 100644
--- a/man/legacy_coding.3x
+++ b/man/legacy_coding.3x
@@ -41,15 +41,18 @@ .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBint use_legacy_coding(int \fIlevel\fP);
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.B \%use_legacy_coding
-is an extension to the
+.BR \%use_legacy_coding ","
+an
+.I \%ncurses
+extension to the
 .I curses
-library.
-It allows the caller to change the result of \fB\%unctrl\fP(3X),
+library,
+permits customiztion of \fB\%unctrl\fP(3X) behavior,
 suppressing \fI\%isprint\fP(3)-based checks within the library that
 would normally cause nonprinting characters to be rendered in visible
 form.
-The alteration affects only eight-bit characters.
+The alteration affects only byte-wide characters with the most
+significant bit set.
 .PP
 The
 .I level
-- 
2.30.2

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