ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100828

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

diff --git a/man/curs_inchstr.3x b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
index 18c21dc3190d35e144da0346d24174ac18bcd300..db69cb23c2c1f5a0f7bf8fb3aefa45f82e1ff0bd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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            *


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.14 2010/08/14 23:29:16 tom Exp $

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


@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 \fBmvinchstr\fR,
 \fBmvinchnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwinchstr\fR,
 \fBmvinchstr\fR,
 \fBmvinchnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwinchstr\fR,

-\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBmvwinchnstr\fR \- get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window

 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@ No error conditions are defined.
 If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
 no data is returned,
 and the return value is zero.
 If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
 no data is returned,
 and the return value is zero.

+.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
 .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
+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
 whether a length limit argument includes any trailing 0; and it does not
 document the meaning of the return value.
 .SH PORTABILITY