ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140712

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index a93de2728322d000f08879117cde4ded70f9a92d..1b17db952d11f2a51e6a65efcf78e0ce23e0b35b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.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_instr.3x,v 1.13 2006/02/25 21:49:19 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,
 .TH curs_instr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBinstr\fR,


@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 \fBmvinstr\fR,
 \fBmvinnstr\fR,
 \fBmvwinstr\fR,
 \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
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .sp


@@ -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.
 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
 .SH NOTES
 Note that all routines except \fBwinnstr\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY


@@ -81,9 +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).
 In this case, the functions return the string ending at the right margin.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X).

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