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[PATCH 29/43] man/ncurses.3x: Adjust "BAUDRATE" environment variable des


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 29/43] man/ncurses.3x: Adjust "BAUDRATE" environment variable description.
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:17:46 -0500

* It's been decades since 1 bit per baud was typical.
* Favor active voice over passive.
---
 man/ncurses.3x | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 8d48b271a..448834661 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1122,7 +1122,9 @@ .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .SS "\fIBAUDRATE\fP"
 The debugging library checks this variable when the application has
 redirected output to a file.
-Its integral value is used for the baud rate.
+.I \%ncurses
+interprets its integral value as the terminal's line speed
+in bits per second.
 If that value is absent or invalid,
 .I \%ncurses
 uses 9600.
-- 
2.30.2

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