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



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