From 04ecb2e1a275ac21122ecefbf625db438c936519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cohrs <cohrs>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 03:13:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] window.doc getlin clarification Clarify the getlin interface,
 which is used with the implicit assumption that an input buffer of size BUFSZ
 (including the nul) is sufficient.

---
 doc/window.doc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/window.doc b/doc/window.doc
index 5cfb86cae..de6f3a5ad 100644
--- a/doc/window.doc
+++ b/doc/window.doc
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ getlin(const char *ques, char *input)
 		-- getlin() must call flush_screen(1) before doing anything.
 		-- This uses the top line in the tty window-port, other
 		   ports might use a popup.
+		-- getlin() can assume the input buffer is at least BUFSZ
+		   bytes in size and must truncate inputs to fit, including
+		   the nul character.
 int get_ext_cmd(void)
 		-- Get an extended command in a window-port specific way.
 		   An index into extcmdlist[] is returned on a successful