ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100911

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

diff --git a/man/curs_scanw.3x b/man/curs_scanw.3x
index 97449bd50e0980bc4fcdd587a31f78239058f404..5e9ba0bd08714f010c03065e980dd0a1ab356304 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_scanw.3x
+++ b/man/curs_scanw.3x
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.15 2010/07/31 16:10:55 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.16 2010/08/14 23:29:16 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_scanw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBscanw\fR,
 .TH curs_scanw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 \fBscanw\fR,


@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ number of fields scanned on success.
 Applications may use the return value from the \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR,
 \fBmvscanw\fR and \fBmvwscanw\fR routines to determine the number of fields
 which were mapped in the call.
 Applications may use the return value from the \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR,
 \fBmvscanw\fR and \fBmvwscanw\fR routines to determine the number of fields
 which were mapped in the call.

+.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 PORTABILITY
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
 \fBvwscanw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 .SH PORTABILITY
 The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
 \fBvwscanw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function