ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170429

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index 1b17db952d11f2a51e6a65efcf78e0ce23e0b35b..bb6435b197adf0370f2b050d5a6e3e85004f92fe 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 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            *
@@ -26,8 +26,15 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.16 2010/12/04 18:38:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.17 2017/04/29 21:37:55 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_instr 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
 .SH NAME
 \fBinstr\fR,
 \fBinnstr\fR,
@@ -66,12 +73,14 @@ functions with \fIn\fR as the last argument return a leading substring at most
 All of the functions return \fBERR\fR upon failure,
 or the number of characters actually read into the string.
 .PP
-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.
+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
+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