ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101128

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

diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x
index c3e7435c22238f316b223bedd7193561126b49ed..ccde9e6f0db3c5ffff42ba9def0b3cca131d93bc 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_getstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.16 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.18 2010/10/02 23:19:43 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ if its timeout expires without having any data.
 This implementation provides an extension as well.
 If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP
 rather than \fBOK\fP or \fBERR\fP.
+.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
 Note that \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
@@ -113,7 +117,9 @@ string by those implementations was predictable but not useful
 The functions \fBgetnstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetnstr\fR were
 present but not documented in SVr4.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getch\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
 .\"# Local Variables: