.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.7 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.9 2000/07/01 17:39:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_getstr 3X ""
.SH NAME
-\fBgetstr\fR, \fBwgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR,
-\fBmvwgetstr\fR, \fBwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from
-\fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
+\fBgetstr\fR,
+\fBgetnstr\fR,
+\fBwgetstr\fR,
+\fBwgetnstr\fR,
+\fBmvgetstr\fR,
+\fBmvgetnstr\fR,
+\fBmvwgetstr\fR,
+\fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
.br
\fBint wgetstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);\fR
.br
+\fBint wgetnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);\fR
+.br
\fBint mvgetstr(int y, int x, char *str);\fR
.br
\fBint mvwgetstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);\fR
.br
\fBint mvwgetnstr(WINDOW *, int y, int x, char *str, int n);\fR
.br
-\fBint wgetnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);\fR
-.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The function \fBgetstr\fR is equivalent to a series of calls to \fBgetch\fR,
until a newline or carriage return is received (the terminating character is