ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240504

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index 20f42f38a0bf169cc73d344a85dc0ea99cdacddc..5b6e4b760301e5a9c54c557c91bc52410e115bc4 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.44 2023/12/16 20:32:22 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_instr 3X 2023-12-16 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.51 2024/04/20 21:24:19 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_instr 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ if the \fIwin\fP parameter is null or
 .bP
 if the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null.
 .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.
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
 .SH NOTES
 All routines except \fBwinnstr\fP may be macros.
 .PP
@@ -114,12 +116,15 @@ is recommended.
 SVr4 does not
 document whether a length limit includes or excludes the trailing NUL.
 .PP
-The \fI\%ncurses\fP library extends the XSI description by allowing a
+The \fI\%ncurses\fP library extends the X/Open Curses description by allowing a
 negative value for \fIn\fP.
 In this case, the functions return the string ending at the right margin.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curs_ins_wstr\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
+.I \%ncurses
+library in its wide-character configuration
+.RI ( \%ncursesw ).
+.PP
 \fB\%curses\fP(3X),
 \fB\%curs_inch\fP(3X),
-\fB\%curs_inchstr\fP(3X),
-\fB\%curs_inwstr\fP(3X),
-\fB\%curs_in_wchstr\fP(3X)
+\fB\%curs_inchstr\fP(3X)