using getstr() & other curses input functions.

[avalon]

G'day, can anyone give me a reason why when I call the
getstr(), wgetstr(), scanw(), wscanw() curses library
functions, the program just hangs and refuses to budge ?

wgetch() and getch() work fine - as long as i do a
nocrmode() call first (else they hang too).

a forced core dump of the program while it is hung shows
it to get stuck in the read() call.  Can anyone tell me
what I am doing wrong or how to get these functions to 
work properly ??

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thanks,
-avalon