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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
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.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
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-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.15 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.16 2017/04/29 21:31:17 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
.na
.hy 0
.SH NAME
other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).
.PP
-No error conditions are defined.
-If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
-no data is returned,
-and the return value is zero.
+X/Open Curses defines no error conditions.
+In this implementation:
+.bP
+If the \fIwin\fP parameter is null, an error is returned,
+.bP
+If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null, an error is returned,
.PP
-Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+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