ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101204

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

diff --git a/man/curs_getch.3x b/man/curs_getch.3x
index e804165521cf2ba1cf29e7a0fde30f2deda9c161..8f29f75f475341890117d52075ae5abfe5a596f4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_getch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getch.3x
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.31 2010/01/30 21:29:04 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getch.3x,v 1.33 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_getch 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ returns an error
 if the window pointer is null, or
 if its timeout expires without having any data.
 .RE
+.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.
 .SH NOTES
 Use of the escape key by a programmer for a single character function is
 discouraged, as it will cause a delay of up to one second while the
@@ -320,9 +324,3 @@ any code using it be conditionalized on the \fBNCURSES_VERSION\fR feature macro.
 Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
 described in
 \fBcurs_get_wch\fR(3X).
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