ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140712

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

diff --git a/man/curs_addchstr.3x b/man/curs_addchstr.3x
index 0d9ea29f028050cc86d5e066038464826e6865c0..08536e3302601724e358f5a9a2f0dd428e5c7631 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_addchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,15 +26,28 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.7 2000/07/01 19:53:33 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.16 2012/11/03 22:54:43 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_addchstr 3X ""
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
+.na
+.hy 0
 .SH NAME
-\fBaddchstr\fR, \fBaddchnstr\fR, \fBwaddchstr\fR,
-\fBwaddchnstr\fR, \fBmvaddchstr\fR, \fBmvaddchnstr\fR, \fBmvwaddchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwaddchnstr\fR - add a string of characters (and attributes) to a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBaddchstr\fR,
+\fBaddchnstr\fR,
+\fBwaddchstr\fR,
+\fBwaddchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvaddchstr\fR,
+\fBmvaddchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvwaddchstr\fR,
+\fBmvwaddchnstr\fR \- add a string of characters (and attributes) to a \fBcurses\fR window
+.ad
+.hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
+.PP
 \fBint addchstr(const chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint addchnstr(const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
@@ -50,34 +63,49 @@
 \fBint mvwaddchstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint mvwaddchnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-These routines copy \fIchstr\fR into the window image structure at and after
-the current cursor position.  The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last
-argument copy at most \fIn\fR elements, but no more than will fit on the line.
-If \fBn\fR=\fB-1\fR then the whole string is copied, to the maximum number of
-characters that will fit on the line.
-
-The window cursor is \fInot\fR advanced, and these routines work faster than
-\fBwaddnstr\fR.  On the other hand, they don't perform any kind of checking
-(such as for the newline, backspace, or carriage return characters), they don't
-advance the current cursor position, they don't expand other control characters
-to ^-escapes, and they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin,
-rather then wrapping it around to the new line.
-
-.SH RETURN VALUES
-All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success
-(the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon
-successful completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine
-descriptions.
+These functions copy the (null-terminated)
+\fIchstr\fR array
+into the window image structure
+starting at the current cursor position.
+The four functions with \fIn\fR as the last
+argument copy at most \fIn\fR elements,
+but no more than will fit on the line.
+If \fBn\fR=\fB\-1\fR then the whole array is copied,
+to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line.
+.PP
+The window cursor is \fInot\fR advanced.
+These functions work faster than \fBwaddnstr\fR.
+On the other hand:
+.bP
+they do not perform checking
+(such as for the newline, backspace, or carriage return characters),
+.bP
+they do not advance the current cursor position,
+.bP
+they do not expand other control characters to ^-escapes, and
+.bP
+they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin,
+rather than wrapping it around to the new line.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+All functions return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success.
+.PP
+X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+This implementation returns an error
+if the window pointer 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.
 .SH NOTES
-Note that all routines except \fBwaddchnstr\fR may be macros.
+All functions except \fBwaddchnstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-All these entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+These entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurs_addstr\fR(3X),
 \fBcurses\fR(3X).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_add_wchstr\fR(3X).