ncurses 6.0 - patch 20150822

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

diff --git a/man/curs_get_wch.3x b/man/curs_get_wch.3x
index 26ff2d4c436a08a3d21ca26df17dd701b5c4e329..df9bc6a6e6c6541311cfdeafe9d2321090abb7ca 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_get_wch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_get_wch.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2010,2012 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            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_get_wch.3x,v 1.3 2002/05/18 21:48:53 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_get_wch.3x,v 1.8 2012/11/03 23:03:59 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_get_wch 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBget_wch\fR,
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp
-\fBint get_wch(win_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
+\fBint get_wch(wint_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
-\fBint wget_wch(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, win_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
+\fBint wget_wch(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, wint_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
-\fBint mvget_wch(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, win_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
+\fBint mvget_wch(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, wint_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
-\fBint mvwget_wch(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, win_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
+\fBint mvwget_wch(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, wint_t *\fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .br
 \fBint unget_wch(const wchar_t \fR\fIwch\fR\fB);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ or after the first newline (nocbreak mode).
 In half-delay mode,
 the program waits until the user types a character or the specified
 timeout interval has elapsed.
-
+.PP
 Unless \fBnoecho\fR has been set,
 these routines echo the character into the designated window.
-
+.PP
 If the window is not a pad and has been moved or modified since the
 last call to \fBwrefresh\fR,
 \fBwrefresh\fR will be called before another character is read.
-
+.PP
 If \fBkeypad\fR is enabled,
 these functions respond to
 the pressing of a function key by setting the object pointed to by
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ at the same time.
 Depending on the state of the tty driver when each character
 is typed, the program may produce undesirable results.
 .PP
-All functions except \fBwget_wch\fR and \fBunget_wch\fR 
+All functions except \fBwget_wch\fR and \fBunget_wch\fR
 may be macros.
-.SH RETURN VALUES
+.SH RETURN VALUE
 When
 \fBget_wch\fR,
 \fBwget_wch\fR,
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ returns
 \fBOK\fR.
 Otherwise, the function returns
 \fBERR\fR.
+.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 SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X),
 \fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),