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[PATCH 26/30] man/curs_ins_wstr.3x: Align "PORTABILITY" section with man


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 26/30] man/curs_ins_wstr.3x: Align "PORTABILITY" section with man/curs_insstr.3x.
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 07:20:05 -0500

---
 man/curs_ins_wstr.3x | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x b/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x
index 76194443a..667db16f9 100644
--- a/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x
@@ -113,13 +113,22 @@ .SH NOTES
 X/Open Curses does not define what will happen
 if a non-spacing character follows a control character.
 .SH PORTABILITY
-These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4,
-which adds \fI\%const\fP qualifiers to the arguments.
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 4 describes these functions.
+It specifies no error conditions for them.
 .PP
-X/Open states that the entire string is inserted if \fIn\fP is less than 1.
+Issue 4 states that the entire string is inserted if
+.I n
+is less than 1.
 This is probably an error,
 because it is inconsistent with other functions,
-and differs from the X/Open implementation on Solaris.
+and differs from the SVr4
+.I curses
+and Solaris
+.I xcurses
+implementations.
+Nevertheless,
+Issue 7 retains it.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fB\%curs_insstr\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
 .I \%ncurses
-- 
2.30.2

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