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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.18 2017/11/18 23:47:37 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.20 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
.TH curs_instr 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.SH DESCRIPTION
These routines return a string of characters in \fIstr\fR, extracted starting
at the current cursor position in the named window.
-Attributes are stripped from the characters. The four
+Attributes are stripped from the characters.
+The four
functions with \fIn\fR as the last argument return a leading substring at most
\fIn\fR characters long (exclusive of the trailing NUL).
.SH RETURN VALUE