ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101002

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

diff --git a/man/curs_instr.3x b/man/curs_instr.3x
index 9a09ab278c477f814ff0b9d780c282474594e963..ff7d7f08e9c6103fdb039f43d4924c7728d7e848 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_instr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_instr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000,2001 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 1.10 2001/11/03 19:58:56 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,
 .TH curs_instr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBinstr\fR,


@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
 \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
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR

-
+.sp

 \fBint instr(char *str);\fR
 .br
 \fBint innstr(char *str, int n);\fR
 \fBint instr(char *str);\fR
 .br
 \fBint innstr(char *str, int n);\fR


@@ -65,13 +65,18 @@ functions with \fIn\fR as the last argument return a leading substring at most
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All of the functions return \fBERR\fR upon failure,
 or the number of characters actually read into the string.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 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.
+.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

-The XSI Curses
-error conditions \fBEILSEQ\fR and \fBEILOVERFLOW\fR associated with
-extended-level conformance are not yet detected (this implementation does not
-yet support XPG4 multibyte characters).

 SVr4 does not
 document whether a length limit includes or excludes the trailing NUL.
 .PP
 SVr4 does not
 document whether a length limit includes or excludes the trailing NUL.
 .PP


@@ -86,4 +91,3 @@ In this case, the functions return the string ending at the right margin.
 .\"# mode:nroff
 .\"# fill-column:79
 .\"# End:
 .\"# mode:nroff
 .\"# fill-column:79
 .\"# End:

-