ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171118

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index cb91aa442eeba2fcb9f859e8e476af12ed39d5e1..853c2421e24351554afeab31fce3c640a4c0cf32 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2005 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 +26,16 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.10 2005/05/15 16:54:53 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
@@ -38,12 +46,12 @@
 \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
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
+.sp
 \fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
@@ -74,13 +82,19 @@ 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.
+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
@@ -89,9 +103,7 @@ 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).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).