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 <H1 class="no-header">curs_inwstr 3x</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                         <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>inwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>innwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winnwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinnwstr</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>mvwinwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinnwstr</STRONG> - get a string of <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> characters
-       from a curses window
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG>inwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>innwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winnwstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvinwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinnwstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinwstr</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>mvwinnwstr</STRONG> - get a string of <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> characters from a curses window
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>inwstr(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>innwstr(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winwstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winnwstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinwstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinnwstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinwstr(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>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinnwstr(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>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>inwstr(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>innwstr(wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winwstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winnwstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinwstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinnwstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinwstr(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>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinnwstr(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>wchar_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>
-       These  routines  return  a string of <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> characters in
-       <EM>wstr</EM>, extracted starting at the current cursor position in
-       the  named window.  Attributes are stripped from the char-
-       acters.  The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as  the  last  argument
-       return a leading substring at most <EM>n</EM> bytes long (exclusive
-       of the trailing NUL).  Transfer stops at the  end  of  the
-       current  line,  or  when  <EM>n</EM>  bytes have been stored at the
-       location referenced by <EM>wstr</EM>.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+       These routines return a string of  <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG>  wide  characters  in  <EM>wstr</EM>,
+       extracted starting at the current cursor position in the named window.
 
-       If the size <EM>n</EM> is not large  enough  to  store  a  complete
-       character, an error is generated.
+       The  four  functions  with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument return a leading sub-
+       string 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>wstr</EM>.
 
+       If the size <EM>n</EM> is not large enough to store a complete  complex  charac-
+       ter, an error is generated.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
-       Note that all routines except <STRONG>winnwstr</STRONG> may be macros.
 
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+       All routines except <STRONG>winnwstr</STRONG> may be macros.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
-       All routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure. Upon successful com-
-       pletion, the *<STRONG>inwstr</STRONG> routines return <STRONG>OK</STRONG>, and the  *<STRONG>innwstr</STRONG>
-       routines  return  the  number  of characters read into the
-       string.
+       Each cell in the window holds a complex character (i.e., base- and com-
+       bining-characters) together with attributes and color.  These functions
+       store  only  the  wide  characters, ignoring attributes and color.  Use
+       <STRONG>in_wchstr</STRONG> to return the complex characters from a window.
 
-       Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor  move-
-       ment  using  <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
-       outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
 
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+       All routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure. Upon successful  completion,  the
+       *<STRONG>inwstr</STRONG> routines return <STRONG>OK</STRONG>, and the *<STRONG>innwstr</STRONG> routines return the number
+       of characters read into the string.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+       Functions with a "mv" prefix first  perform  a  cursor  movement  using
+       <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
+       the window pointer is null.
+
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wchstr.3x.html">curs_in_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-                                                        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+                                                               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inwstr.3x.html">curs_inwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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