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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.17 2017/11/18 23:47:37 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
.na
.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBmvinchstr\fR,
\fBmvinchnstr\fR,
\fBmvwinchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBmvwinchnstr\fR \- get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
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
+\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
+or if the window pointer is null.
.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
+document whether the result string is zero-terminated; it does not document
whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and it does not
document the meaning of the return value.
.SH PORTABILITY
Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
described in
\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).
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