ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101002

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index 5e79f8139400ff9038b582b187cfa202edd33409..ff7d7f08e9c6103fdb039f43d4924c7728d7e848 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.14 2010/07/31 16:11:27 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.15 2010/08/14 23:29:16 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_instr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBinstr\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