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+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.12 2003/05/10 20:33:49 jmc Exp $
.TH curs_getstr 3X ""
.SH NAME
\fBgetstr\fR,
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
+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).