ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201219

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

diff --git a/man/curs_insch.3x b/man/curs_insch.3x
index 5c3c3410465eb0ec1dda13ab3ebe1aec40b4b6bb..1b4e3ee4c52ea645084c601cf8598288c40f607c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_insch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_insch.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 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            *


@@ -26,43 +27,53 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_insch.3x,v 1.6 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_insch.3x,v 1.19 2020/10/18 00:21:39 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_insch 3X ""
 .TH curs_insch 3X ""

+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''

 .SH NAME
 .SH NAME

-\fBinsch\fR, \fBwinsch\fR, \fBmvinsch\fR, \fBmvwinsch\fR -
-insert a character before cursor in a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBinsch\fR,
+\fBwinsch\fR,
+\fBmvinsch\fR,
+\fBmvwinsch\fR \- insert a character before cursor in a \fBcurses\fR window

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

-
-\fBint insch(chtype ch);\fR
+.sp
+\fBint insch(chtype \fP\fIch\fP\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint winsch(WINDOW *win, chtype ch);\fR
+\fBint winsch(WINDOW *\fP\fIwin\fP\fB, chtype \fP\fIch\fP\fB);\fR
+.sp
+\fBint mvinsch(int \fP\fIy\fP\fB, int \fP\fIx\fP\fB, chtype \fP\fIch\fP\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvinsch(int y, int x, chtype ch);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwinsch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, chtype ch);\fR
+\fBint mvwinsch(WINDOW *\fP\fIwin\fP\fB, int \fP\fIy\fP\fB, int \fP\fIx\fP\fB, chtype \fP\fIch\fP\fB);\fR

 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION

-These routines, insert the character \fIch\fR before the character under the
-cursor.  All characters to the right of the cursor are moved one space to the
+These routines insert the character \fIch\fR before the character under the
+cursor.
+All characters to the right of the cursor are moved one space to the

 right, with the possibility of the rightmost character on the line being lost.
 The insertion operation does not change the cursor position.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 right, with the possibility of the rightmost character on the line being lost.
 The insertion operation does not change the cursor position.
 .SH RETURN VALUE

-All routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure and OK (SVr4
-specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful
-completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine descriptions.
+All routines that return an integer return \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fP
+(SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR")
+upon successful completion,
+unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine descriptions.
+.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
 These routines do not necessarily imply use of a hardware insert character
 feature.
 .SH NOTES
 These routines do not necessarily imply use of a hardware insert character
 feature.

-
+.PP

 Note that \fBinsch\fR, \fBmvinsch\fR, and \fBmvwinsch\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X).
 Note that \fBinsch\fR, \fBmvinsch\fR, and \fBmvwinsch\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X).

-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
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-.\"# End:
+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_ins_wch\fR(3X).