ncurses 6.0 - patch 20161112

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index 38205a6660759c37526216fdf71da54edc353245..1b17db952d11f2a51e6a65efcf78e0ce23e0b35b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2001,2005 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            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.12 2005/05/15 17:48:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.16 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_instr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBinstr\fR,
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 \fBmvinstr\fR,
 \fBmvinnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwinstr\fR,
-\fBmvwinnstr\fR - get a string of characters from a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBmvwinnstr\fR \- get a string of characters from a \fBcurses\fR window
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
+.sp
 \fBint instr(char *str);\fR
 .br
 \fBint innstr(char *str, int n);\fR
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ X/Open defines no error conditions.
 In this implementation,
 if the window parameter is null or the str parameter is null,
 a zero 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 \fBwinnstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
@@ -81,10 +85,3 @@ value for \fIn\fR.
 In this case, the functions return the string ending at the right margin.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X).
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