On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 04:04:45PM -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. > > 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. > > > diff --git a/man/curs_extend.3x b/man/curs_extend.3x > > index a92ff7fcc..19393dc1a 100644 > > --- a/man/curs_extend.3x > > +++ b/man/curs_extend.3x > > @@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ .SH PORTABILITY > > extensions should condition their use on the visibility of the > > .B \%NCURSES_VERSION > > preprocessor macro. > > +.PP > > +As of NetBSD 10.0 (2024), > > +NetBSD > > +.I curses > > +supports > > +.I \%curses_version "." > > .SH AUTHORS > > Thomas Dickey > > .SH SEE ALSO > > -- > > 2.30.2 > > > > > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> > https://invisible-island.net -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net
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