.\" authorization. *
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.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.22 2018/04/07 20:18:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.23 2018/07/28 21:14:06 tom Exp $
.TH curs_printw 3X ""
.de bP
.ie n .IP \(bu 4
\fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR
-routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)]. In
+routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)].
+In
effect, the string that would be output by \fBprintf\fR is output
instead as though \fBwaddstr\fR were used on the given window.
.PP
to support legacy applications.
However, the latter (\fBvwprintw\fP) is obsolete:
.bP
-The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The function
+The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions.
+The function
\fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
\fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.
.bP