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-.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.51 2024/03/23 20:41:15 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_scanw 3X 2024-03-23 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.53 2024/04/20 19:18:18 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_scanw 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
.I win
is null.
.PP
-Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement
-using \fB\%wmove\fP,
-and fail if the position is outside the window.
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
No wide character counterpart functions are defined by the
\*(``wide\*(''
implements \fI\%vsscanf\fP(3) internally if it is unavailable when the
library is configured.
.SH PORTABILITY
-X/Open Curses, Issue 4, describes these functions.
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 4 describes these functions.
It specifies no error conditions for them.
.PP
.I \%ncurses
However,
the latter is obsolete.
.bP
-X/Open Curses, Issue 4, Version 2 (1996),
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 4 Version 2 (1996),
marked \fB\%vwscanw\fP as requiring \fI\%varargs.h\fP and
\*(``TO BE WITHDRAWN\*('',
and specified \fB\%vw_scanw\fP using the \fI\%stdarg.h\fP interface.
.bP
-X/Open Curses, Issue 5, Draft 2
-(December 2007) marked \fB\%vwscanw\fP (along with
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 5,
+Draft 2 (December 2007) marked \fB\%vwscanw\fP (along with
\fB\%vwscanw\fP and the \fItermcap\fP interface) as withdrawn.
After incorporating review comments,
this became