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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_addchstr.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_addchstr.3x
index ac1b040..1547219 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_addchstr.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_addchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 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 *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:02:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.15 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
.TH curs_addchstr 3X ""
.na
.hy 0
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
\fBmvaddchstr\fR,
\fBmvaddchnstr\fR,
\fBmvwaddchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwaddchnstr\fR - add a string of characters (and attributes) to a \fBcurses\fR window
+\fBmvwaddchnstr\fR \- add a string of characters (and attributes) to a \fBcurses\fR window
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
These routines copy \fIchstr\fR into the window image structure at and after
the current cursor position. The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last
argument copy at most \fIn\fR elements, but no more than will fit on the line.
-If \fBn\fR=\fB-1\fR then the whole string is copied, to the maximum number of
+If \fBn\fR=\fB\-1\fR then the whole string is copied, to the maximum number of
characters that will fit on the line.
.PP
The window cursor is \fInot\fR advanced, and these routines work faster than
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ descriptions.
X/Open does not define any error conditions.
This implementation returns an error
if the window pointer is null.
+.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 all routines except \fBwaddchnstr\fR may be macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
@@ -91,9 +95,3 @@ These entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
described in
\fBcurs_add_wchstr\fR(3X).
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
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