ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101002

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

diff --git a/man/curs_addstr.3x b/man/curs_addstr.3x
index 488b9dd8e75279b11f2c80949882db271147f123..d98b456ce09fae2f045b6e1bcc516dcdc9fc3d09 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_addstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2010 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_addstr.3x,v 1.13 2005/05/15 16:17:14 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addstr.3x,v 1.15 2010/08/14 23:29:16 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_addstr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
 .TH curs_addstr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0


@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \fBmvaddstr\fR,
 \fBmvaddnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwaddstr\fR,
 \fBmvaddstr\fR,
 \fBmvaddnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwaddstr\fR,

-\fBmvwaddnstr\fR - add a string of characters to a \fBcurses\fR window and advance cursor
+\fBmvwaddnstr\fR \- add a string of characters to a \fBcurses\fR window and advance cursor

 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ These routines write the characters of the (null-terminated) character string
 It is similar to calling \fBwaddch\fR once for each character in the string.
 The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last argument
 write at most \fIn\fR characters.
 It is similar to calling \fBwaddch\fR once for each character in the string.
 The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last argument
 write at most \fIn\fR characters.

-If \fIn\fR is -1, then the entire string will be added,
+If \fIn\fR is \-1, then the entire string will be added,

 up to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line,
 or until a terminating null is reached.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 up to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line,
 or until a terminating null is reached.
 .SH RETURN VALUE


@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ This implementation returns an error
 if the window pointer is null or
 if the string pointer is null or
 if the corresponding calls to \fBwaddch\fP return an error.
 if the window pointer is null or
 if the string pointer is null or
 if the corresponding calls to \fBwaddch\fP return an error.

+.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 of these routines except \fBwaddstr\fR and \fBwaddnstr\fR may be
 macros.
 .SH NOTES
 Note that all of these routines except \fBwaddstr\fR and \fBwaddnstr\fR may be
 macros.