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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>addchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>addchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddchstr</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>mvaddchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddchnstr</STRONG> - add a string of
- characters (and attributes) to a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
+ <STRONG>addchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>addchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddchnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddchnstr</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvwaddchstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddchnstr</STRONG> - add a string of characters (and attributes)
+ to a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- These functions copy the (null-terminated) <EM>chstr</EM> array in-
- to the window image structure starting at the current cur-
- sor position. The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argu-
- ment 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.
+ These functions copy the (null-terminated) <EM>chstr</EM> array 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.
- The window cursor is <EM>not</EM> advanced. These functions work
- faster than <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>. On the other hand:
+ The window cursor is <EM>not</EM> advanced. These functions work faster than
+ <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>. On the other hand:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> they do not perform checking (such as for the newline,
- backspace, or carriage return characters),
+ <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 ^-es-
- capes, and
+ <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 mar-
- gin, rather than wrapping it around to the new line.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin, rather
+ than wrapping it around to the new line.
</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.
+ 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 imple-
- mentation returns an error if the window pointer is null.
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation re-
+ turns an error if the window pointer is null.
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
- ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
- outside the window, or if the window pointer 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.
</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 stan-
- dard, Issue 4.
+ These entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) li-
-
brary are described in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are de-
+ scribed in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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