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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wchstr 3x</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wchstr 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
 <PRE>
-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>              Library calls             <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>add_wchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>add_wchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wadd_wchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>wadd_wchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvadd_wchstr</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>mvadd_wchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wchnstr</STRONG> - add an array of complex
-       characters (and attributes) to a curses window
+       <STRONG>add_wchstr</STRONG>,   <STRONG>add_wchnstr</STRONG>,   <STRONG>wadd_wchstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>wadd_wchnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvadd_wchstr</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>mvadd_wchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wchnstr</STRONG> -  add  a  <EM>curses</EM>  complex
+       character string to a window
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>add_wchstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>add_wchnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wadd_wchstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wadd_wchnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvadd_wchstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvadd_wchnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwadd_wchstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>add_wchnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wadd_wchnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvadd_wchnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwadd_wchnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>wchstr</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
        These  functions copy the (null-terminated) array of complex characters
        <EM>wchstr</EM> into the window image structure starting at the  current  cursor
-       position.   The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument copy at most
-       <EM>n</EM> elements, but no more than will fit on the line.  If  <STRONG>n</STRONG>=<STRONG>-1</STRONG>  then  the
-       whole  array  is  copied, to the maximum number of characters that will
-       fit on the line.
+       position.
+
+       The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument copy at most <EM>n</EM> elements,
+       but no more than will fit on the line.  If <STRONG>n</STRONG>=<STRONG>-1</STRONG> then the whole array is
+       copied, to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line.
 
-       The window cursor is <EM>not</EM> advanced.  These functions  work  faster  than
+       The  window  cursor  is  <EM>not</EM> advanced.  These functions are faster than
        <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>.  On the other hand:
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they  do  not perform checking (such as for the newline, backspace,
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they do not perform checking (such as for the  newline,  backspace,
            or carriage return characters),
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they do not advance the current cursor position,
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they do not expand other control characters to ^-escapes, and
 
-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they truncate the string if it crosses  the  right  margin,  rather
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   they  truncate  the  string  if it crosses the right margin, rather
            than wrapping it around to the new line.
 
-       These  functions  end  successfully  on encountering a null <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>, or
-       when they have filled the current line.  If a complex character  cannot
-       completely  fit  at  the end of the current line, the remaining columns
+       These functions end successfully on encountering  a  null  <STRONG>cchar_t</STRONG>,  or
+       when  they have filled the current line.  If a complex character cannot
+       completely fit at the end of the current line,  the  remaining  columns
        are filled with the background character and rendition.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        All functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success.
 
-       X/Open does not define any error conditions.  This  implementation  re-
-       turns an error if the window pointer is null.
+       X/Open   Curses   does   not   specify   any  error  conditions.   This
+       implementation returns an error
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the <EM>win</EM> parameter is null or
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   if the <EM>wchstr</EM> parameter is null.
 
-       Functions  with  a  "mv"  prefix  first perform a cursor movement using
-       <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
-       the window pointer is null.
+       Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail  if
+       the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
-       These entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+       These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library
+       in its non-wide-character configuration.
 
-       Comparable  functions in the narrow-character (ncurses) library are de-
-       scribed in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
-                                                           <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-04-20               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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