.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 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 *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.12 2003/05/10 20:33:49 jmc Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.14 2005/05/15 16:17:55 tom Exp $
.TH curs_getstr 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBgetstr\fR,
\fBgetnstr\fR,
\fBmvgetnstr\fR,
\fBmvwgetstr\fR,
\fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard
+.ad
+.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
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