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-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></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
wide characters from a curses terminal keyboard
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>get_wstr(wint_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwgetn_wstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wint_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The effect of <STRONG>get_wstr</STRONG> is as though a series of calls to
- <STRONG>get_wch</STRONG> were made, until a newline, other end-of-line, or
- end-of-file condition is processed. An end-of-file condi-
- 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 re-
- sulting values in the area pointed to by <EM>wstr</EM>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> were made, until a newline, other end-of-line,
+ or end-of-file condition is processed. An end-of-file
+ condition 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>.
The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If
keypad mode is on for the window, <STRONG>KEY_LEFT</STRONG> and
the application prevent overflow of the input buffer.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
Using <STRONG>get_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvget_wstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwget_wstr</STRONG>, or <STRONG>wget_wstr</STRONG> to
read a line that overflows the array pointed to by <STRONG>wstr</STRONG>
causes undefined results. The use of <STRONG>getn_wstr</STRONG>,
All of these routines except <STRONG>wgetn_wstr</STRONG> may be macros.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
All of these functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful comple-
tion. Otherwise, they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
These functions are described in The Single Unix Specifi-
cation, Version 2. No error conditions are defined. This
implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null,
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>wint_t</STRONG>.
+ X/Open curses documented these functions to pass an array
+ of <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> in 1997, but that was an error because of this
+ part of the description:
+ The effect of <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wstr()</EM> is as though a series of
+ calls to <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch()</EM> were made, until a newline char-
+ acter, end-of-line character, or end-of-file char-
+ acter is processed.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ The latter function <EM>get</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch()</EM> can return a negative value,
+ while <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> is a unsigned type. All of the vendors im-
+ plement this using <STRONG>wint_t</STRONG>, following the standard.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
Functions: <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_get_wch.3x.html">curs_get_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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