X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_get_wstr.3x.html;h=36ad16b1d5c30ba4ef2f214f2707a5c106cd31f9;hp=b3b066d519f0cf51dc9bcd7048d15f99592906dc;hb=ed646e3f683083e787c6ba773364401dc9fa9d40;hpb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html index b3b066d5..36ad16b1 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- +curs_get_wstr(3x) curs_get_wstr(3x) --
- get_wstr, getn_wstr, wget_wstr, wgetn_wstr, mvget_wstr, - mvgetn_wstr, mvwget_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr - get an array of - wide characters from a curses terminal keyboard --
+ +
+ get_wstr, getn_wstr, wget_wstr, wgetn_wstr, mvget_wstr, mvgetn_wstr, + mvwget_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr - get an array of wide characters from a + curses terminal keyboard + + +
#include <curses.h> int get_wstr(wint_t *wstr); @@ -62,111 +64,101 @@ int mvwgetn_wstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, wint_t *wstr, int n); --
- The effect of get_wstr is as though a series of calls to - get_wch were made, until a newline, other end-of-line, or - end-of-file condition is processed. An end-of-file condi- - tion is represented by WEOF, as defined in <wchar.h>. The - newline and end-of-line conditions are represented by the - \n wchar_t value. In all instances, the end of the string - is terminated by a null wchar_t. The routine places - resulting values in the area pointed to by wstr. +
+ The effect of get_wstr is as though a series of calls to get_wch(3x) + were made, until a newline, other end-of-line, or end-of-file condition + is processed. An end-of-file condition is represented by WEOF, as de- + fined in <wchar.h>. The newline and end-of-line conditions are repre- + sented by the \n wchar_t value. In all instances, the end of the + string is terminated by a null wchar_t. The routine places resulting + values in the area pointed to by wstr. - The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If - keypad mode is on for the window, KEY_LEFT and - KEY_BACKSPACE are both considered equivalent to the user's - kill character. + The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If keypad mode + is on for the window, KEY_LEFT and KEY_BACKSPACE are both considered + equivalent to the user's kill character. - Characters input are echoed only if echo is currently on. - In that case, backspace is echoed as deletion of the pre- - vious character (typically a left motion). + Characters input are echoed only if echo is currently on. In that + case, backspace is echoed as deletion of the previous character (typi- + cally a left motion). - The effect of wget_wstr is as though a series of calls to - wget_wch were made. + The effect of wget_wstr is as though a series of calls to wget_wch were + made. - The effect of mvget_wstr is as though a call to move and - then a series of calls to get_wch were made. + The effect of mvget_wstr is as though a call to move and then a series + of calls to get_wch were made. - The effect of mvwget_wstr is as though a call to wmove and - then a series of calls to wget_wch were made. + The effect of mvwget_wstr is as though a call to wmove and then a se- + ries of calls to wget_wch were made. - The getn_wstr, mvgetn_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr, and wgetn_wstr - functions are identical to the get_wstr, mvget_wstr, - mvwget_wstr, and wget_wstr functions, respectively, except - that the *n_* versions read at most n characters, letting - the application prevent overflow of the input buffer. + The getn_wstr, mvgetn_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr, and wgetn_wstr functions are + identical to the get_wstr, mvget_wstr, mvwget_wstr, and wget_wstr func- + tions, respectively, except that the *n_* versions read at most n char- + acters, letting the application prevent overflow of the input buffer. --
- Using get_wstr, mvget_wstr, mvwget_wstr, or wget_wstr to - read a line that overflows the array pointed to by wstr - causes undefined results. The use of getn_wstr, - mvgetn_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr, or wgetn_wstr, respectively, is - recommended. +
+ Using get_wstr, mvget_wstr, mvwget_wstr, or wget_wstr to read a line + that overflows the array pointed to by wstr causes undefined results. + The use of getn_wstr, mvgetn_wstr, mvwgetn_wstr, or wgetn_wstr, respec- + tively, is recommended. - These functions cannot return KEY_ values because there is - no way to distinguish a KEY_ value from a valid wchar_t - value. + These functions cannot return KEY_ values because there is no way to + distinguish a KEY_ value from a valid wchar_t value. All of these routines except wgetn_wstr may be macros. --
- All of these functions return OK upon successful comple- - tion. Otherwise, they return ERR. - - --
- These functions are described in The Single Unix Specifi- - cation, Version 2. No error conditions are defined. This - implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null, - or if the lower-level wget_wch call returns an ERR. In - the latter case, an ERR return without other data is - treated as an end-of-file condition, and the returned - array contains a WEOF followed by a null wchar_t. - - --
- Functions: curses(3x), curs_get_wch(3x), curs_getstr(3x). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +
+ All of these functions return OK upon successful completion. Other- + wise, they return ERR. + Functions using a window parameter return an error if it is null. + wgetn_wstr + returns an error if the associated call to wget_wch failed. + Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using + wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if + the window pointer is null. +
+ These functions are described in The Single Unix Specification, Version + 2. No error conditions are defined. This implementation returns ERR + if the window pointer is null, or if the lower-level wget_wch call re- + turns an ERR. In the latter case, an ERR return without other data is + treated as an end-of-file condition, and the returned array contains a + WEOF followed by a null wchar_t. + X/Open curses documented these functions to pass an array of wchar_t in + 1997, but that was an error because of this part of the description: + The effect of get_wstr() is as though a series of calls to + get_wch() were made, until a newline character, end-of-line + character, or end-of-file character is processed. + The latter function get_wch() can return a negative value, while + wchar_t is a unsigned type. All of the vendors implement this using + wint_t, following the standard. +
+ Functions: curses(3x), curs_get_wch(3x), curs_getstr(3x). + curs_get_wstr(3x)-