At 2025-10-04T16:04:45-0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 09:14:16AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > --- > > man/curs_extend.3x | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > It has a function with that name, for "compatibility" only. > That is, it allows programs to link with that function, while > providing no useful information about the version. > > The reported version as seen with the ncurses test-program is just this: > > Welcome to NetBSD-Curses (believe in unicorns). Press ? for help. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > I don't suppose the manpage is a good place for that information.
At 2025-10-04T16:31:05-0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > Perhaps I'll add a note here - > > > > https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-netbsd.html > > I already knew about it, from reading > > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2019/08/thread1.html > > and found no reason to mention it in the manpage. I added documentation for it simply because the symbol does appear to exist in the NetBSD curses library, and uses the same API. The dubious utility of its output could be regarded, as the Austin Group often says, "a quality-of-implementation" issue. Regards, Branden
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