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[PATCH 13/19] man/ncurses.3x: Fix content and style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 13/19] man/ncurses.3x: Fix content and style nits.
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:46:59 -0500

* Make it clearer that it's the terminal driver, not curses, that
  decides how key events are encoded.
* Use better preposition when discussing terminfo compiled database
  directory structure.
---
 man/ncurses.3x | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 5631cfe11..e2c3c935a 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -333,17 +333,19 @@ .SS Overview
 .I curses
 is implemented using the operating system's terminal driver;
 key events are received not as scan codes but as byte sequences.
-Graphical keycaps
+The driver reports graphical keycaps
 (alphanumeric and punctuation keys,
 and the space)
-appear as-is.
+as-is.
 Everything else,
 including the tab,
 enter/return,
 keypad,
 arrow,
 and function keys,
-appears as a control character or a multibyte
+appears to
+.I curses
+as a control character or a multibyte
 .I "escape sequence."
 .I curses
 can translate the latter into unique
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@ .SS "\fITERMINFO\fP"
 Descriptions in
 .I \%term\%info
 format are normally stored in a directory tree using subdirectories
-named by the common first letters of the terminal types named therein.
+named for the common first letters of the terminal types named therein.
 This is the scheme used in System\ V.
 .bP
 If
-- 
2.30.2

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