X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_printw.3x;h=a0b95bbc9e6b195f8809ad1243f1dd3147113908;hp=594d8ea26beb33649317d74e045cb33868ac3e27;hb=4f56e7e405530c9c5e953d4072415429878b6e5b;hpb=02c4e383be9337e73a0e75844dfd1047745adb28 diff --git a/man/curs_printw.3x b/man/curs_printw.3x index 594d8ea2..a0b95bbc 100644 --- a/man/curs_printw.3x +++ b/man/curs_printw.3x @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.22 2018/04/07 20:18:55 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.23 2018/07/28 21:14:06 tom Exp $ .TH curs_printw 3X "" .de bP .ie n .IP \(bu 4 @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ \fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR -routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)]. In +routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)]. +In effect, the string that would be output by \fBprintf\fR is output instead as though \fBwaddstr\fR were used on the given window. .PP @@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ In this implementation, \fBvw_printw\fP and \fBvwprintw\fP are equivalent, to support legacy applications. However, the latter (\fBvwprintw\fP) is obsolete: .bP -The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The function +The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. +The function \fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function \fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB\fR interface. .bP