X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_get_wstr.3x.html;h=4169df236c61f4b06117f7fcf4a5ddf4c1bf1760;hp=547eb16a1c16d5cbaf368d33ea15b97317fecdbd;hb=a90dd7b66fa711acd24d8181ea20e4f57d4b36cd;hpb=30393be892025f03322b7907a04cc05cc08e8760 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html index 547eb16a..4169df23 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ @@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ curs_get_wstr 3x - + @@ -141,22 +142,23 @@ wchar_t is a unsigned type. All of the vendors implement this using wint_t, following the standard. - X/Open Curses issue 7 is unclear regarding whether the terminating null - wchar_t value is counted in the length parameter n. X/Open Curses is- - sue 7 revised the corresponding description of wgetnstr to address this - issue. The unrevised description of wget_nwstr can be interpreted ei- - ther way. This implementation counts the terminator in the length. + X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) is unclear regarding whether the termi- + nating null wchar_t value is counted in the length parameter n. X/Open + Curses, Issue 7 revised the corresponding description of wgetnstr to + address this issue. The unrevised description of wget_nwstr can be in- + terpreted either way. This implementation counts the terminator in the + length. - X/Open Curses does not specify what happens if the length n is nega- + X/Open Curses does not specify what happens if the length n is nega- tive. - o For analogy with wgetnstr, ncurses 6.2 uses a limit (based on + o For analogy with wgetnstr, ncurses 6.2 uses a limit (based on LINE_MAX). - o Some other implementations (such as Solaris xcurses) do the same, + o Some other implementations (such as Solaris xcurses) do the same, while others (PDCurses) do not allow this. - o NetBSD 7 curses imitates ncurses 6.1 in this regard, treating a -1 + o NetBSD 7 curses imitates ncurses 6.1 in this regard, treating a -1 as an indefinite number of characters.