Backport last change:

SF #665570, curses causes interpreter crash

The interpreter doesn't crash, but it does call exit() in libncurses.
Add a note to this effect.

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex b/Doc/lib/libcurses.tex
index 4ff170c13cd430a3151159f5f86368d6e117fb62..4c2935a9ecee11943a311d0ca4d502ec300653b4 100644 (file)
--- 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}{}