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+++ b/man/curs_scanw.3x
@@ -1,19 +1,51 @@
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+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.12 2002/07/20 15:48:09 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_scanw 3X ""
 .SH NAME
-\fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR, \fBmvscanw\fR,
-\fBmvwscanw\fR, \fBvwscanw\fR - convert formatted input from a
-\fBcurses\fR widow
+\fBscanw\fR,
+\fBwscanw\fR,
+\fBmvscanw\fR,
+\fBmvwscanw\fR,
+\fBvwscanw\fR, \fBvw_scanw\fR - convert formatted input from a \fBcurses\fR window
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 
-\fBint scanw(char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint scanw(char *fmt, ...);\fR
 .br
-\fBint wscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint wscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, ...);\fR
 .br
-\fBint mvscanw(int y, int x, char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg\fR] \fB...);\fR
+\fBint mvscanw(int y, int x, char *fmt, ...);\fR
 .br
-\fBint mvwscanw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x,
-      char *fmt\fR [\fB, arg]\fR \fB...);\fR
+\fBint mvwscanw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *fmt, ...);\fR
+.br
+\fBint vw_scanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR
 .br
 \fBint vwscanw(WINDOW *win, char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -23,10 +55,10 @@ The \fBscanw\fR, \fBwscanw\fR and \fBmvscanw\fR routines are analogous to
 for \fBsscanf\fR(3).  Fields which do not map to a variable in the \fIfmt\fR
 field are lost.
 
-The \fBvwscanw\fR routine is similar to \fBvwprintw\fR in that it performs a
-\fBwscanw\fR using a variable argument list.  The third argument is a
-\fIva\fR_\fIlist\fR, a pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in
-\fB<varargs.h>\fR.
+The \fBvwscanw\fR and \fBvw_scanw\fR routines are analogous to \fBvscanf\fR.
+They perform a \fBwscanw\fR using a variable argument list.
+The third argument is a \fIva_list\fR,
+a pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 \fBvwscanw\fR returns \fBERR\fR on failure and an integer equal to the
 number of fields scanned on success.
@@ -38,8 +70,25 @@ which were mapped in the call.
 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 \fBvwscanw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 \fBvw_scanw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.
+The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that
+\fBvw_scanw\fR  is preferred to \fBvwscanw\fR since the latter requires
+including \fB<varargs.h>\fR, which
+cannot be used in the same file as \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.
+This implementation uses \fB<stdarg.h>\fR for both, because that header
+is included in \fB<curses.h\fR>.
+.LP
+Both XSI and The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 state that these
+functions return ERR or OK.
+Since the underlying \fBscanf\fR can return the number of items scanned,
+and the SVr4 code was documented to use this feature,
+this is probably an editing error which was introduced in XSI,
+rather than being done intentionally.
+Portable applications should only test if the return value is ERR,
+since the OK value (zero) is likely to be misleading.
+One possible way to get useful results would be to use a "%n" conversion
+at the end of the format string to ensure that something was processed.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getstr\fR, \fBcurs_printw\fR, \fBscanf\fR(3S)
+\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_getstr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_printw\fR(3X), \fBscanf\fR(3S)
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
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