ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190216

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index daeafe25956fd96b1f8070742102e22d6356d5a0..b7ba450717740694e38497ce6aea0a70be6ad554 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
@@ -26,8 +26,16 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.13 2010/07/31 16:08:48 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.18 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
@@ -63,7 +71,8 @@
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These routines return a NULL-terminated array of \fBchtype\fR quantities,
 starting at the current cursor position in the named window and ending at the
-right margin of the window.  The four functions with \fIn\fR as
+right margin of the window.
+The four functions with \fIn\fR as
 the last argument, return a leading substring at most \fIn\fR characters long
 (exclusive of the trailing (chtype)0).
 Constants defined in \fB<curses.h>\fR can be used with the \fB&\fR (logical
@@ -74,18 +83,27 @@ 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.
+X/Open Curses defines no error conditions.
+In this implementation:
+.bP
+If the \fIwin\fP parameter is null, an error is returned,
+.bP
+If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null, an error is returned,
+.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 all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.  SVr4 does not
+Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros.
+SVr4 does not
 document whether the result string is zero-terminated; it does not document
 whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and it does not
 document the meaning of the return value.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  It is no
-more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0.  It does specify
+These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+It is no
+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).
@@ -93,9 +111,3 @@ that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
 Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
 described in
 \fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).
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