[PATCH 10/20] Update references to "combining" characters.

[G. Branden Robinson]

Thomas rejected one of my proposed terminological reforms,[1] but one
straggler persists and another pre-dated my proposal.[2]

(An occurrence of "combining character" remains in curs_getcchar.3x, but
its context is Unicode specifically.)

[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-12/msg00080.html
[2] The language seems to have appeared in snapshot 20171028.

* man/curs_inwstr.3x:
* man/ncurses.3x: Do it.
---
 man/curs_inwstr.3x | 5 +++--
 man/ncurses.3x     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_inwstr.3x b/man/curs_inwstr.3x
index fd748d088..84ec4cea0 100644
--- a/man/curs_inwstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inwstr.3x
@@ -107,8 +107,9 @@ .SH NOTES
 \fBwinnwstr\fP
 may be macros.
 .PP
-Each cell in the window holds a complex character (i.e., base-
-and combining-characters) together with attributes and color.
+Each cell in the window holds a complex character
+(a spacing character and zero or more non-spacing characters)
+together with attributes and color.
 These functions store only the wide characters,
 ignoring attributes and color.
 Use \fBin_wchstr\fP to return the complex characters from a window.
diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 2bac6c66d..8a4855bbe 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ .SS "Wide and Non-wide Character Configurations"
 meaning that it occupies a character cell by itself and typically
 accompanies cursor advancement on input,
 or
-.I combining,
+.I non-spacing,
 meaning that it occupies the same cell as a spacing character,
 is often regarded as a \*(``modifier\*('' of the base glyph with which
 it combines,
-- 
2.30.2

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