ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170304

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

diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x
index f131765043a10ffcc9c4530c687d62d811340f82..ee8ae92d48b9307491dc018f1e215842746e37a4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_getstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 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            *
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.15 2006/01/12 00:30:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.21 2017/02/18 16:37:18 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@
 \fBmvgetstr\fR,
 \fBmvgetnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwgetstr\fR,
-\fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
+\fBmvwgetnstr\fR \- accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ backspace is echoed as deletion of the previous character (typically a left
 motion).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR (SVr4
-specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
+specifies only \*(``an integer value other than \fBERR\fR\*('') upon successful
 completion.
 .PP
 X/Open defines no error conditions.
@@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ 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
@@ -101,22 +109,23 @@ These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
 They read single-byte characters only.
 The standard does not define any error conditions.
 This implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null,
-or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR call returns an ERR.
+or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR(3X) call returns an ERR.
 .PP
 SVr3 and early SVr4 curses implementations did not reject function keys;
-the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that "special keys" (such as function
-keys, "home" key, "clear" key, \fIetc\fR.) are "interpreted", without
-giving details.  It lied.  In fact, the `character' value appended to the
+the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that \*(``special keys\*(''
+(such as function keys,
+\*(``home\*('' key,
+\*(``clear\*('' key,
+\fIetc\fR.) are \*(``interpreted\*('',
+without giving details.
+It lied.
+In fact, the \*(``character\*('' value appended to the
 string by those implementations was predictable but not useful
 (being, in fact, the low-order eight bits of the key's KEY_ value).
 .PP
 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).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).