From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:36:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #6295: clarify blocking behavior of getch().
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~935
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2fcf389e10c66564edec01188c08c43d11549287;p=python

#6295: clarify blocking behavior of getch().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index c3f1c51040..01689a23a8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -796,7 +796,8 @@ the following methods:
 
    Get a character. Note that the integer returned does *not* have to be in ASCII
    range: function keys, keypad keys and so on return numbers higher than 256. In
-   no-delay mode, -1 is returned if there is  no input.
+   no-delay mode, -1 is returned if there is no input, else :func:`getch` waits
+   until a key is pressed.
 
 
 .. method:: window.getkey([y, x])