On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 01:49:24PM -0400, Bill Gray wrote: > On 8/14/25 12:21, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > While already documented in the "DESCRIPTION" section, this is "an > > implementation detail[] of significance to the programmer but which [is] > > not standardized" (ncurses(3X)). > > Just out of idle curiosity... (quoting from the man page, 'portability' > section) : > > "If interrupted by a signal, ncurses restarts napms. That, and the > limitation to 30 seconds, differ from other implementations." > > Why the restart? Why the 30-second limit? >
/* * Limit delay-times to 30 seconds, which is consistent with signed 16-bit * numbers in legacy terminfo. */ #define MAX_DELAY_MSECS 30000 -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
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