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@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@
(self-native-input? #t) ; for `tic'
(synopsis "Terminal emulation (termcap, terminfo) library")
(description
- "Ncurses is a library which provides capabilities to write text to a
-terminal in a terminal-independent manner. It supports pads and color as
+ "GNU Ncurses is a library which provides capabilities to write text to
+a terminal in a terminal-independent manner. It supports pads and color as
well as multiple highlights and forms characters. It is typically used to
-implement user interfaces for command-line applications.")
+implement user interfaces for command-line applications. The accompanying
+ncursesw library provides wide character support.")
(license x11)
(home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/"))))