ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240525

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_get_wstr.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_get_wstr.3x b/man/curs_get_wstr.3x
index 48d270873cb29c5cb287f027c653849a03697056..9722a3e649d6a120f0174739caff6f0a94cda5a2 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_get_wstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_get_wstr.3x
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_get_wstr.3x,v 1.44 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_get_wstr.3x,v 1.50 2024/05/25 20:10:58 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2024-05-25 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ If unsuccessful, they return \fBERR\fP.
 X/Open defines no error conditions.
 .PP
 In this implementation,
-these functions return an error
+these functions return
+.B ERR
 .bP
 if the window pointer is null,
 .bP
@@ -147,9 +148,11 @@ if the associated call to
 \fBwget_wch\fP
 failed.
 .PP
-Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using
-\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
-or if the window pointer is null.
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
 .SH NOTES
 Any of these functions other than
 \fBwgetn_wstr\fP
@@ -216,6 +219,9 @@ while others (PDCurses) do not allow this.
 NetBSD 7 curses imitates \fI\%ncurses\fP 6.1 in this regard,
 treating a \fB\-1\fP as an indefinite number of characters.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curs_getstr\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
+.I \%ncurses
+library in its non-wide-character configuration.
+.PP
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
-\fB\%curs_getstr\fP(3X),
 \fB\%curs_get_wch\fP(3X)