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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
"read at most <EM>n</EM>-1 bytes" to allow for the terminating NUL. As of 2018,
some implementations count it, some do not:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> ncurses 6.1 and PDCurses do not count the NUL in the given limit,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.1 and PDCurses do not count the NUL in the given limit,
while
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Solaris SVr4 and NetBSD curses count the NUL as part of the limit.
A comment in NetBSD's source code states that this is specified in
SUSv2.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> ncurses (before 6.2) assumes no particular limit for the result
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> (before 6.2) assumes no particular limit for the result
from <STRONG>wgetstr</STRONG>, and treats the <EM>n</EM> parameter of <STRONG>wgetnstr</STRONG> like SVr4
curses.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> ncurses 6.2 uses <STRONG>LINE_MAX</STRONG>, or a larger (system-dependent) value
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.2 uses <STRONG>LINE_MAX</STRONG>, or a larger (system-dependent) value
which the <STRONG>sysconf</STRONG> function may provide. If neither <STRONG>LINE_MAX</STRONG> or
- <STRONG>sysconf</STRONG> is available, ncurses uses the POSIX value for <STRONG>LINE_MAX</STRONG> (a
+ <STRONG>sysconf</STRONG> is available, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the POSIX value for <STRONG>LINE_MAX</STRONG> (a
2048 byte limit). In either case, it reserves a byte for the
terminating NUL.
caller into account when deciding whether to handle echoing within
<STRONG>getnstr</STRONG> or as a side-effect of the <STRONG>getch</STRONG> calls.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The original ncurses (as <EM>pcurses</EM> in 1986) set <STRONG>noraw</STRONG> and <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> when
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The original <EM>ncurses</EM> (as <EM>pcurses</EM> in 1986) set <STRONG>noraw</STRONG> and <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> when
accepting input for <STRONG>getnstr</STRONG>. That may have been done to make
- function- and cursor-keys work; it is not necessary with ncurses.
+ function- and cursor-keys work; it is not necessary with <EM>ncurses</EM>.
- Since 1995, ncurses has provided signal handlers for INTR and QUIT
+ Since 1995, <EM>ncurses</EM> has provided signal handlers for INTR and QUIT
(e.g., <STRONG>^C</STRONG> or <STRONG>^\</STRONG>). With the <STRONG>noraw</STRONG> and <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> settings, those may
catch a signal and stop the program, where other implementations
allow one to enter those characters in the buffer.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Starting in 2021 (ncurses 6.3), <STRONG>getnstr</STRONG> sets <STRONG>raw</STRONG>, rather than <STRONG>noraw</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Starting in 2021 (<EM>ncurses</EM> 6.3), <STRONG>getnstr</STRONG> sets <STRONG>raw</STRONG>, rather than <STRONG>noraw</STRONG>
and <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> for better compatibility with SVr4-curses, e.g.,
allowing one to enter a <STRONG>^C</STRONG> into the buffer.
-ncurses 6.4 2023-1
1-25 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-1
2-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getstr.3x.html">curs_getstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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