ncurses 5.9 - patch 20110604

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

diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x
index c3e7435c22238f316b223bedd7193561126b49ed..e548cf145c2580fb6000d7843c91c6d4fb6fadcc 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_getstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.16 2010/07/31 16:12:01 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.19 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
 .TH curs_getstr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0


@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ if its timeout expires without having any data.
 This implementation provides an extension as well.
 If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP
 rather than \fBOK\fP or \fBERR\fP.
 This implementation provides an extension as well.
 If a SIGWINCH 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
+\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
+or if the window pointer is null.

 .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


@@ -113,10 +117,6 @@ string by those implementations was predictable but not useful
 The functions \fBgetnstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetnstr\fR were
 present but not documented in SVr4.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 The functions \fBgetnstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetnstr\fR were
 present but not documented in SVr4.
 .SH SEE ALSO

-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getch\fR(3X).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).