ncurses 5.5

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

diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x
index 1a32a0be1aeb82fe36f4b8f6c07e5912f4bf7a32..a5f186e8ccfa80673d1bbdb393a2a58bf03e3c18 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_getstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 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            *


@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.11 2002/04/13 22:14:30 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.14 2005/05/15 16:17:55 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""
 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""

+.na
+.hy 0

 .SH NAME
 \fBgetstr\fR,
 \fBgetnstr\fR,
 .SH NAME
 \fBgetstr\fR,
 \fBgetnstr\fR,


@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
 \fBmvgetnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwgetstr\fR,
 \fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
 \fBmvgetnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwgetstr\fR,
 \fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard

+.ad
+.hy

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 


@@ -79,6 +83,13 @@ motion).
 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
 completion.
 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
 completion.

+.PP
+X/Open defines no error conditions.
+.PP
+In this implementation,
+these functions return an error
+if the window pointer is null, or
+if its timeout expires without having any data.

 .SH NOTES
 Note that \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 .SH NOTES
 Note that \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY


@@ -90,7 +101,7 @@ or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR call returns an ERR.
 
 SVr3 and early SVr4 curses implementations did not reject function keys;
 the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that "special keys" (such as function
 
 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
+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).
 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).