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index 60f9d56..18c21dc 100644
--- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x
+++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_inchstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 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 +26,10 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.8 2000/07/01 20:16:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_inchstr.3x,v 1.12 2006/12/02 17:00:58 tom Exp $
.TH curs_inchstr 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBinchstr\fR,
\fBinchnstr\fR,
@@ -37,9 +39,11 @@
\fBmvinchnstr\fR,
\fBmvwinchstr\fR,
\fBmvwinchnstr\fR - get a string of characters (and attributes) from a \fBcurses\fR window
+.ad
+.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
-
+.sp
\fBint inchstr(chtype *chstr);\fR
.br
\fBint inchnstr(chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
@@ -69,6 +73,11 @@ in the \fIchstr\fR [see \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X)].
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).
+.PP
+No error conditions are defined.
+If the \fIchstr\fP parameter is null,
+no data is returned,
+and the return value is zero.
.SH NOTES
Note that all routines except \fBwinchnstr\fR may be macros. SVr4 does not
document whether the result string is 0-terminated; it does not document
@@ -80,6 +89,10 @@ more specific than the SVr4 documentation on the trailing 0. It does specify
that the successful return of the functions is \fBOK\fR.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_inch\fR(3X).
+.PP
+Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
+described in
+\fBcurs_in_wchstr\fR(3X).
.\"#
.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
.\"# Local Variables:
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