ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191005

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index 60f9d566e9fa7803739121c16815f7b51eee1db3..b7ba450717740694e38497ce6aea0a70be6ad554 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,8 +26,18 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.8 2000/07/01 20:16:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.18 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
 .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
 \fBinchstr\fR,
 \fBinchnstr\fR,
 .SH NAME
 \fBinchstr\fR,
 \fBinchnstr\fR,


@@ -36,10 +46,12 @@
 \fBmvinchstr\fR,
 \fBmvinchnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwinchstr\fR,
 \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
 .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


@@ -59,7 +71,8 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These routines return a NULL-terminated array of \fBchtype\fR quantities,
 starting at the current cursor position in the named window and ending at the
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These routines return a NULL-terminated array of \fBchtype\fR quantities,
 starting at the current cursor position in the named window and ending at the

-right margin of the window.  The four functions with \fIn\fR as
+right margin of the window.
+The four functions with \fIn\fR as

 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
 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


@@ -69,20 +82,32 @@ in the \fIchstr\fR [see \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X)].
 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).
 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
+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
 .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
+Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.
+SVr4 does not
+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
 whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and it does not
 document the meaning of the return value.
 .SH PORTABILITY

-These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  It is no
-more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0.  It does specify
+These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+It is no
+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).

-.\"#
-.\"# 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).