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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.18 2010/10/02 23:19:43 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.22 2017/05/30 21:08:31 tom Exp $
.TH curs_getstr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
.na
.hy 0
.SH NAME
motion).
.SH RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR (SVr4
-specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
+specifies only \*(``an integer value other than \fBERR\fR\*('') upon successful
completion.
.PP
X/Open defines no error conditions.
if its timeout expires without having any data.
.PP
This implementation provides an extension as well.
-If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP
+If a \fBSIGWINCH\fP interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP
rather than \fBOK\fP or \fBERR\fP.
.PP
-Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+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
They read single-byte characters only.
The standard does not define any error conditions.
This implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null,
-or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR call returns an ERR.
+or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR(3X) call returns an ERR.
.PP
SVr3 and early SVr4 curses implementations did not reject function keys;
-the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that "special keys" (such as function
-keys, "home" key, "clear" key, \fIetc\fR.) are "interpreted", without
-giving details. It lied. In fact, the `character' value appended to the
+the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that \*(``special keys\*(''
+(such as function keys,
+\*(``home\*('' key,
+\*(``clear\*('' key,
+\fIetc\fR.) are \*(``interpreted\*('',
+without giving details.
+It lied.
+In fact, the \*(``character\*('' value appended to the
string by those implementations was predictable but not useful
(being, in fact, the low-order eight bits of the key's KEY_ value).
.PP
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).
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