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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2003-01-12 14:56:19 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2003-01-12 14:56:19 (GMT)
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SF #665570, curses causes interpreter crash
The interpreter doesn't crash, but it does call exit() in libncurses. Add a note to this effect. Will backport
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex b/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex
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--- a/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ to the new definition.
\begin{funcdesc}{initscr}{}
Initialize the library. Returns a \class{WindowObject} which represents
-the whole screen.
+the whole screen. \note{If there is an error opening the terminal,
+the underlying curses library may cause the interpreter to exit.}
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{isendwin}{}