X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_scanw.3x;h=905b93ba2f2f24321eca546393d0dd6fe53a056e;hp=8e843e9c5347d15374dbc60ddcd29612088b3f2c;hb=17c5992a16be94247b83f2bbb9accdd9b7e7bb72;hpb=6941ed1e8bfdfc7634a57655dc71e7a7ed02a6e8 diff --git a/man/curs_scanw.3x b/man/curs_scanw.3x index 8e843e9c..905b93ba 100644 --- a/man/curs_scanw.3x +++ b/man/curs_scanw.3x @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.23 2018/04/07 20:56:03 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.24 2018/07/28 21:14:06 tom Exp $ .TH curs_scanw 3X "" .de bP .ie n .IP \(bu 4 @@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ \fBint vwscanw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR .SH DESCRIPTION The \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR and \fBmvscanw\fR routines are analogous to -\fBscanf\fR [see \fBscanf\fR(3)]. The effect of these routines is as though +\fBscanf\fR [see \fBscanf\fR(3)]. +The effect of these routines is as though \fBwgetstr\fR were called on the window, and the resulting line used as input -for \fBsscanf\fR(3). Fields which do not map to a variable in the \fIfmt\fR +for \fBsscanf\fR(3). +Fields which do not map to a variable in the \fIfmt\fR field are lost. .PP The \fBvwscanw\fR and \fBvw_scanw\fR routines are analogous to \fBvscanf\fR(3).