ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100515

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index dfe7bf48191a00a005bb9e33479dec93e3014dfb..18c21dc3190d35e144da0346d24174ac18bcd300 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 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            *


@@ -26,16 +26,24 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.7 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""

+.na
+.hy 0

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-\fBinchstr\fR, \fBinchnstr\fR, \fBwinchstr\fR,
-\fBwinchnstr\fR, \fBmvinchstr\fR, \fBmvinchnstr\fR, \fBmvwinchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a
-\fBcurses\fR window
+\fBinchstr\fR,
+\fBinchnstr\fR,
+\fBwinchstr\fR,
+\fBwinchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvinchstr\fR,
+\fBmvinchnstr\fR,
+\fBmvwinchstr\fR,
+\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+.ad
+.hy

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

-
+.sp

 \fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
 \fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
 .br
 \fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR


@@ -65,6 +73,11 @@ in the \fIchstr\fR [see \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X)].
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
 other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
 retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).
 All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
 other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
 retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).

+.PP
+No error conditions are defined.
+If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
+no data is returned,
+and the return value is zero.

 .SH NOTES
 Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.  SVr4 does not
 document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document
 .SH NOTES
 Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.  SVr4 does not
 document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document


@@ -76,6 +89,10 @@ more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0.  It does specify
 that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X).
 that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X).

+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).

 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
 .\"# Local Variables:
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
 .\"# Local Variables: