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[PATCH 044/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast introduction to "ENVIRONMENT".


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 044/100] man/ncurses.3x: Recast introduction to "ENVIRONMENT".
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:54:42 -0500

---
 man/ncurses.3x | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 502682a4b..7eac11cdf 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -1033,19 +1033,18 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE
 Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform cursor movement using
 \fB\%wmove\fP(3X) and fail if the position is outside the window.
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
-The following environment symbols are useful for customizing the
-runtime behavior of the \fI\%ncurses\fP library.
-The most important ones have been already discussed in detail.
-.PP
-The library may be configured to disregard the following variables when the
-current user is the superuser (root), or if the application uses setuid or
-setgid permissions:
-.PP
-.RS 4
-.EX
-$TERMINFO, $TERMINFO_DIRS, $TERMPATH, as well as $HOME.
-.EE
-.RE
+The following symbols from the process environment customize the
+runtime behavior of
+.I \%ncurses
+applications.
+The library may be configured to disregard the variables
+.IR \%TERMINFO ,
+.IR \%TERMINFO_DIRS ,
+.IR \%TERMPATH ,
+and
+.IR HOME ,
+if the user is the superuser (root),
+or the application uses \fI\%setuid\fP(2) or \fI\%setgid\fP(2).
 .SS "\fIBAUDRATE\fP"
 The debugging library checks this environment variable when the application
 has redirected output to a file.
-- 
2.30.2

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