- These routines return a string of characters in <EM>str</EM>, extracted starting
- at the current cursor position in the named window. Attributes are
- stripped from the characters. The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last
- argument return a leading substring at most <EM>n</EM> characters long
- (exclusive of the trailing NUL).
+ These routines return a string of characters in <EM>str</EM>, starting at the
+ current cursor position in the named window. Attributes are stripped
+ from the characters.
+
+ The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument return a leading
+ substring at most <EM>n</EM> characters long (exclusive of the trailing NUL).
+ Transfer stops at the end of the current line, or when <EM>n</EM> characters
+ have been stored at the location referenced by <EM>str</EM>.