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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
.\" Copyright 2002-2012,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
@@ -27,45 +27,49 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inwstr.3x,v 1.17 2022/02/12 20:05:11 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_inwstr 3X ""
-.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
-.el .ds `` ``
-.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
-.el .ds '' ''
+.\" $Id: curs_inwstr.3x,v 1.41 2024/04/20 21:20:07 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_inwstr 3X 2024-04-20 "ncurses 6.5" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
.SH NAME
-\fBinwstr\fP,
-\fBinnwstr\fP,
-\fBwinwstr\fP,
-\fBwinnwstr\fP,
-\fBmvinwstr\fP,
-\fBmvinnwstr\fP,
-\fBmvwinwstr\fP,
-\fBmvwinnwstr\fP \- get a string of \fBwchar_t\fP characters from a curses window
+\fB\%inwstr\fP,
+\fB\%innwstr\fP,
+\fB\%winwstr\fP,
+\fB\%winnwstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvinwstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvinnwstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvwinwstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvwinnwstr\fP \-
+get a wide-character string from a \fIcurses\fR window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
-\fB#include <curses.h> \fP
-.sp
-\fBint inwstr(\fBwchar_t *\fIwstr\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint innwstr(\fBwchar_t *\fIwstr\fB, int \fIn\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint winwstr(\fBWINDOW *\fIwin\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint winnwstr(\fBWINDOW *\fIwin\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB, int \fIn\fB);\fR
-.sp
-\fBint mvinwstr(\fBint \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvinnwstr(\fBint \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB, int \fIn\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwinwstr(\fBWINDOW *\fIwin\fB, int \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwinnwstr(\fBWINDOW *\fIwin\fB, int \fIy\fB, int \fIx\fB, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fB, int \fIn\fB);\fR
+\fB#include <curses.h>
+.PP
+\fBint inwstr(wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP);
+\fBint innwstr(wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+\fBint winwstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP);
+\fBint winnwstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+.PP
+\fBint mvinwstr(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP);
+\fBint mvinnwstr(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+\fBint mvwinwstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP);
+\fBint mvwinnwstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, wchar_t *\fIwstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
These routines return a string of \fBwchar_t\fP wide characters in \fIwstr\fP,
-extracted starting at the current cursor position in the named window.
+starting at the current cursor position in the named window.
.PP
The four functions with \fIn\fP as the last argument return
a leading substring at most \fIn\fP characters long
@@ -75,17 +79,6 @@ been stored at the location referenced by \fIwstr\fP.
.PP
If the size \fIn\fP is not large enough to store a complete complex character,
an error is generated.
-.SH NOTES
-.PP
-All routines except
-\fBwinnwstr\fP
-may be macros.
-.PP
-Each cell in the window holds a complex character (i.e., base-
-and combining-characters) together with attributes and color.
-These functions store only the wide characters,
-ignoring attributes and color.
-Use \fBin_wchstr\fP to return the complex characters from a window.
.SH RETURN VALUE
All routines return
\fBERR\fP
@@ -97,10 +90,52 @@ routines return
routines return the
number of characters read into the string.
.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.
+X/Open defines no error conditions.
+This implementation returns an error
+.bP
+if the \fIwin\fP parameter is null or
+.bP
+if the \fIwstr\fP parameter is null, or
+.bP
+if no characters could be read.
+.PP
+Functions prefixed with \*(``mv\*('' first perform cursor movement and
+fail if the position
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
+.SH NOTES
+All routines except
+\fBwinnwstr\fP
+may be macros.
+.PP
+Each cell in the window holds a complex character
+(a spacing character and zero or more non-spacing characters)
+together with attributes and color.
+These functions store only the wide characters,
+ignoring attributes and color.
+Use \fBin_wchstr\fP to return the complex characters from a window.
+.PP
+Reading a line that overflows the array pointed to by
+\fIwstr\fP
+with
+\fBinwstr\fP,
+\fBmvinwstr\fP,
+\fBmvwinwstr\fP
+or
+\fBwinwstr\fP
+causes undefined results.
+Therefore, the use of
+\fBinnwstr\fP,
+\fBmvinnwstr\fP,
+\fBmvwinnwstr\fP, or
+\fBwinnwstr\fP
+is recommended.
+.SH PORTABILITY
+These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fP(3X),
-\fBcurs_instr\fP(3X),
-\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fP(3X)
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_inch\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_inchstr\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_instr\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_in_wchstr\fP(3X)