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[PATCH 35/43] man/curs_{bkgd,bkgrnd}.3x: Recast.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 35/43] man/curs_{bkgd,bkgrnd}.3x: Recast.
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:18:36 -0500

Use italics only when _defining_ the term "blank character".  Take this
opportunity to identify the blank character as a property of the window.
---
 man/curs_bkgd.3x   | 9 +++++----
 man/curs_bkgrnd.3x | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_bkgd.3x b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
index 0d61d0a13..d8fb559eb 100644
--- a/man/curs_bkgd.3x
+++ b/man/curs_bkgd.3x
@@ -74,11 +74,12 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I \%chtype
 combining a set of attributes
 (see \fB\%curs_attr\fP(3X))
-with a character called the
-.I "blank character."
+with the window's blank character.
 .PP
-The blank character is a spacing character that populates a window's
-character cells when their contents are erased without replacement.
+The
+.I "blank character"
+is a spacing character that populates a window's character cells
+when their contents are erased without replacement.
 The background's attributes are combined with all non-blank characters
 written to the window,
 as with the \fB\%waddch\fP(3X) and \fB\%winsch\fP(3X) families of
diff --git a/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x b/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
index 21c618ee7..623bf7bec 100644
--- a/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
+++ b/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x
@@ -76,11 +76,12 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I \%cchar_t
 combining a set of attributes
 (see \fB\%curs_attr\fP(3X))
-with a complex character called the
-.I "blank character."
+with the window's blank character.
 .PP
-The blank character is a spacing character that populates a window's
-character cells when their contents are erased without replacement.
+The
+.I "blank character"
+is a spacing complex character that populates a window's character cells
+when their contents are erased without replacement.
 The background's attributes are combined with all non-blank characters
 written to the window,
 as with the \fB\%wadd_wch\fP(3X) and \fB\%wins_wch\fP(3X) families of
-- 
2.30.2

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