X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_getstr.3x;h=ee8ae92d48b9307491dc018f1e215842746e37a4;hp=f131765043a10ffcc9c4530c687d62d811340f82;hb=ce4803687b821efbc5fb2c5a5f06d69cd4dc2656;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/man/curs_getstr.3x b/man/curs_getstr.3x index f1317650..ee8ae92d 100644 --- a/man/curs_getstr.3x +++ b/man/curs_getstr.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.15 2006/01/12 00:30:58 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.21 2017/02/18 16:37:18 tom Exp $ .TH curs_getstr 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' .na .hy 0 .SH NAME @@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ \fBmvgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, \fBmvwgetstr\fR, -\fBmvwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard +\fBmvwgetnstr\fR \- accept character strings from \fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard .ad .hy .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ backspace is echoed as deletion of the previous character (typically a left motion). .SH RETURN VALUE All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an \fBOK\fR (SVr4 -specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon successful +specifies only \*(``an integer value other than \fBERR\fR\*('') upon successful completion. .PP X/Open defines no error conditions. @@ -94,6 +98,10 @@ if its timeout expires without having any data. This implementation provides an extension as well. If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function, it will return \fBKEY_RESIZE\fP rather than \fBOK\fP or \fBERR\fP. +.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 NOTES Note that \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros. .SH PORTABILITY @@ -101,22 +109,23 @@ These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. They read single-byte characters only. The standard does not define any error conditions. This implementation returns ERR if the window pointer is null, -or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR call returns an ERR. +or if the lower-level \fBwgetch\fR(3X) call returns an ERR. .PP SVr3 and early SVr4 curses implementations did not reject function keys; -the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that "special keys" (such as function -keys, "home" key, "clear" key, \fIetc\fR.) are "interpreted", without -giving details. It lied. In fact, the `character' value appended to the +the SVr4.0 documentation claimed that \*(``special keys\*('' +(such as function keys, +\*(``home\*('' key, +\*(``clear\*('' key, +\fIetc\fR.) are \*(``interpreted\*('', +without giving details. +It lied. +In fact, the \*(``character\*('' value appended to the string by those implementations was predictable but not useful (being, in fact, the low-order eight bits of the key's KEY_ value). .PP The functions \fBgetnstr\fR, \fBmvgetnstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetnstr\fR were present but not documented in SVr4. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getch\fR(3X). -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_getch\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X).