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diff --git a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm index e5a9bce0f1..c6dd98a801 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/ncurses.scm @@ -130,14 +130,9 @@ (self-native-input? #t) ; for `tic' (synopsis "Terminal emulation (termcap, terminfo) library") (description - "The Ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of curses -in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses Terminfo format, supports pads -and color and multiple highlights and forms characters and function-key -mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD Curses. - -The ncurses code was developed under GNU/Linux. It has been in use for some -time with OpenBSD as the system curses library, and on FreeBSD and NetBSD as -an external package. It should port easily to any ANSI/POSIX-conforming -UNIX. It has even been ported to OS/2 Warp!") + "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.") (license x11) (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/")))) |