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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getstr.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getstr.3x new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b3678e0a2b5a --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_getstr.3x @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 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 * +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including * +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, * +.\" distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell * +.\" copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * +.\" furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * +.\" * +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included * +.\" in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * +.\" * +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS * +.\" OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF * +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. * +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, * +.\" DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR * +.\" OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR * +.\" THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * +.\" * +.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright * +.\" holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the * +.\" sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * +.\" authorization. * +.\"*************************************************************************** +.\" +.\" $Id: curs_getstr.3x,v 1.7 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $ +.TH curs_getstr 3X "" +.SH NAME +\fBgetstr\fR, \fBwgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, +\fBmvwgetstr\fR, \fBwgetnstr\fR - accept character strings from +\fBcurses\fR terminal keyboard +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fB#include <curses.h>\fR + +\fBint getstr(char *str);\fR +.br +\fBint getnstr(char *str, int n);\fR +.br +\fBint wgetstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);\fR +.br +\fBint mvgetstr(int y, int x, char *str);\fR +.br +\fBint mvwgetstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);\fR +.br +\fBint mvgetnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n);\fR +.br +\fBint mvwgetnstr(WINDOW *, int y, int x, char *str, int n);\fR +.br +\fBint wgetnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);\fR +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +The function \fBgetstr\fR is equivalent to a series of calls to \fBgetch\fR, +until a newline or carriage return is received (the terminating character is +not included in the returned string). The resulting value is placed in the +area pointed to by the character pointer \fIstr\fR. + +\fBwgetnstr\fR reads at most \fIn\fR characters, thus preventing a possible +overflow of the input buffer. Any attempt to enter more characters (other +than the terminating newline or carriage return) causes a beep. Function +keys also cause a beep and are ignored. The \fBgetnstr\fR function reads +from the \fIstdscr\fR default window. + +The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If keypad +mode is on for the window, \fBKEY_LEFT\fR and \fBKEY_BACKSPACE\fR +are both considered equivalent to the user's kill character. + +Characters input are echoed only if \fBecho\fR is currently on. In that case, +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 +completion. +.SH NOTES +Note that \fBgetstr\fR, \fBmvgetstr\fR, and \fBmvwgetstr\fR may be macros. +.SH PORTABILITY +These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. They read +single-byte characters only. The standard specifies that they return \fBERR\fR +on failure, but the single error condition \fBEOVERFLOW\fR associated with +extended-level conformance is not yet returned (the XSI curses support for +multi-byte characters is not yet present). + +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 +string by those implementations was predictable but not useful +(being, in fact, the low-order eight bits of the key's KEY_ value). + +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: |