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-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
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-.\" $Id: curs_inwstr.3x,v 1.35 2023/11/25 11:31:49 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_inwstr 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_inwstr.3x,v 1.38 2024/03/16 15:35:01 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_inwstr 3X 2024-03-16 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
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\fBwinnwstr\fP
may be macros.
.PP
-Each cell in the window holds a complex character (i.e., base-
-and combining-characters) together with attributes and color.
+Each cell in the window holds a complex character
+(a spacing character and zero or more non-spacing characters)
+together with attributes and color.
These functions store only the wide characters,
ignoring attributes and color.
Use \fBin_wchstr\fP to return the complex characters from a window.