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-.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2023-11-25 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_get_wstr.3x,v 1.48 2024/04/20 19:18:18 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_get_wstr 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
\fBwget_wch\fP
failed.
.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.
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
Any of these functions other than
\fBwgetn_wstr\fP
X/Open Curses does not specify what happens if the length \fIn\fP is negative.
.bP
For analogy with \fBwgetnstr\fP,
-ncurses 6.2 uses a limit (based on \fBLINE_MAX\fP).
+\fI\%ncurses\fP 6.2 uses a limit (based on \fBLINE_MAX\fP).
.bP
Some other implementations (such as Solaris xcurses) do the same,
while others (PDCurses) do not allow this.
.bP
-NetBSD 7 curses imitates ncurses 6.1 in this regard,
+NetBSD 7 curses imitates \fI\%ncurses\fP 6.1 in this regard,
treating a \fB\-1\fP as an indefinite number of characters.
.SH SEE ALSO
+\fB\%curs_getstr\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
+.I \%ncurses
+library in its non-wide-character configuration.
+.PP
\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
-\fB\%curs_getstr\fP(3X),
\fB\%curs_get_wch\fP(3X)