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+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>get_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>getn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvget_wstr</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>mvgetn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwget_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwgetn_wstr</STRONG> - get an array of
+ <STRONG>get_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>getn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvget_wstr</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvgetn_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwget_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwgetn_wstr</STRONG> - get an array of
wide characters from a curses terminal keyboard
tion is represented by <STRONG>WEOF</STRONG>, as defined in <STRONG><wchar.h></STRONG>. The
newline and end-of-line conditions are represented by the
<STRONG>\n</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> value. In all instances, the end of the string
- is terminated by a null <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>. The routine places
- resulting values in the area pointed to by <EM>wstr</EM>.
+ is terminated by a null <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>. The routine places re-
+ sulting values in the area pointed to by <EM>wstr</EM>.
The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If
keypad mode is on for the window, <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG> and
All of these functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful comple-
tion. Otherwise, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
+ Functions using a window parameter return an error if it
+ is null.
+
+ <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG>
+ returns an error if the associated call to
+ <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> failed.
+
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null,
or if the lower-level <STRONG>wget_wch</STRONG> call returns an ERR. In
the latter case, an ERR return without other data is
- treated as an end-of-file condition, and the returned
- array contains a <STRONG>WEOF</STRONG> followed by a null <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>.
+ treated as an end-of-file condition, and the returned ar-
+ ray contains a <STRONG>WEOF</STRONG> followed by a null <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>.
X/Open curses documents these functions to pass an array
of <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>, but all of the vendors implement this using
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wstr.3x.html">curs_get_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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