ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070908

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index 75c02b2fdb5c7d36854258085c713731a629155b..18c21dc3190d35e144da0346d24174ac18bcd300 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+.\"***************************************************************************
+.\"
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""

+.na
+.hy 0

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-\fBinchstr\fR, \fBinchnstr\fR, \fBwinchstr\fR,
-\fBwinchnstr\fR, \fBmvinchstr\fR, \fBmvinchnstr\fR, \fBmvwinchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a
-\fBcurses\fR window
+\fBinchstr\fR,
+\fBinchnstr\fR,
+\fBwinchstr\fR,
+\fBwinchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvinchstr\fR,
+\fBmvinchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvwinchstr\fR,
+\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+.ad
+.hy

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR

-
+.sp

 \fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
 \fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR


@@ -31,11 +68,16 @@ the last argument, return a leading substring at most \fIn\fR characters long
 (exclusive of the trailing (chtype)0).
 Constants defined in \fB<curses.h>\fR can be used with the \fB&\fR (logical
 AND) operator to extract the character or the attribute alone from any position
 (exclusive of the trailing (chtype)0).
 Constants defined in \fB<curses.h>\fR can be used with the \fB&\fR (logical
 AND) operator to extract the character or the attribute alone from any position

-in the \fIchstr\fR [see curs_inch(3X)].
+in the \fIchstr\fR [see \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X)].

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
 other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
 retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
 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.

 .SH NOTES
 Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.  SVr4 does not
 document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document
 .SH NOTES
 Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.  SVr4 does not
 document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document


@@ -47,6 +89,10 @@ more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0.  It does specify
 that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X).
 that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X).

+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).

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