X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_get_wstr.3x.html;h=69517d68af2ecdd693ebbc759792977d074fa75f;hb=3ab4db240283db0682a66a8587f2174508348bc6;hp=0e47dcc2e11ce0eb91c132a0f387c85e01c45951;hpb=cb4427a16794d98049b4d790b810d62217501f9f;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html index 0e47dcc2..69517d68 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -141,22 +141,23 @@ wchar_t is a unsigned type. All of the vendors implement this using wint_t, following the standard. - X/Open Curses issue 7 is unclear regarding whether the terminating null - wchar_t value is counted in the length parameter n. X/Open Curses is- - sue 7 revised the corresponding description of wgetnstr to address this - issue. The unrevised description of wget_nwstr can be interpreted ei- - ther way. This implementation counts the terminator in the length. + X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) is unclear regarding whether the termi- + nating null wchar_t value is counted in the length parameter n. X/Open + Curses, Issue 7 revised the corresponding description of wgetnstr to + address this issue. The unrevised description of wget_nwstr can be in- + terpreted either way. This implementation counts the terminator in the + length. - X/Open Curses does not specify what happens if the length n is nega- + X/Open Curses does not specify what happens if the length n is nega- tive. - o For analogy with wgetnstr, ncurses 6.2 uses a limit (based on + o For analogy with wgetnstr, ncurses 6.2 uses a limit (based on LINE_MAX). - o Some other implementations (such as Solaris xcurses) do the same, + o Some other implementations (such as Solaris xcurses) do the same, while others (PDCurses) do not allow this. - o NetBSD 7 curses imitates ncurses 6.1 in this regard, treating a -1 + o NetBSD 7 curses imitates ncurses 6.1 in this regard, treating a -1 as an indefinite number of characters.