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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_insstr 3X</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_insstr 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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-<B><A HREF="curs_insstr.3X.html">curs_insstr(3X)</A></B> <B><A HREF="curs_insstr.3X.html">curs_insstr(3X)</A></B>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>insstr</B>, <B>insnstr</B>, <B>winsstr</B>, <B>winsnstr</B>, <B>mvinsstr</B>, <B>mvinsnstr</B>, <B>mvwinsstr</B>,
- <B>mvwinsnstr</B> - insert string before cursor in a <B>curses</B> window
+ <STRONG>insstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinsnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinsstr</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvwinsnstr</STRONG> - insert a string in a <EM>curses</EM> window
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
- <B>int</B> <B>insstr(const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>insnstr(const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>winsstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>winsnstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvinsstr(int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvinsnstr(int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwinsstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwinsnstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinsstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinsnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinsstr(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>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinsnstr(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>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These routines insert a character string (as many characters as will
- fit on the line) before the character under the cursor. All characters
- to the right of the cursor are shifted right with the possibility of
- the rightmost characters on the line being lost. The cursor position
- does not change (after moving to <I>y</I>, <I>x</I>, if specified). The functions
- with <I>n</I> as the last argument insert a leading substring of at most <I>n</I>
- characters. If <I>n</I><=0, then the entire string is inserted.
+ fit on the line) before the character under the cursor, as if calling
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insch.3x.html">winsch(3x)</A></STRONG>. All characters to the right of the cursor are shifted
+ right, with the possibility of the rightmost characters on the line
+ being lost. No wrapping is performed.
+
+ The cursor position does not change (after moving to <EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>, if
+ specified).
- Special characters are handled as in <B>addch</B>.
+ The functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument insert a leading substring of
+ at most <EM>n</EM> characters. If <EM>n</EM> is less than zero, the entire string is
+ inserted (stopping on a NUL character).
+
+ Special characters are handled as in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">waddch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- All routines that return an integer return <B>ERR</B> upon failure and <B>OK</B>
- (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than <B>ERR</B>") upon successful
- completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine
- descriptions.
+ All functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success.
+
+ X/Open Curses does not specify any error conditions. This
+ implementation returns an error
- X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementation, if the
- window parameter is null or the str parameter is null, an error is
- returned.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> if the <EM>win</EM> parameter is null or
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
- <B>wmove</B>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
- the window pointer is null.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> if the <EM>str</EM> parameter is null or
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insch.3x.html">winsch(3x)</A></STRONG> function returns an error.
+
+ 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>
- Note that all but <B>winsnstr</B> may be macros.
+ All but <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4,
- which adds const qualifiers to the arguments.
+ These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4, which adds
+ <EM>const</EM> qualifiers to the arguments.
- The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <B>insnstr</B> and
- <B>winsnstr</B> perform wrapping. This is probably an error, since it makes
+ The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG> and
+ <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG> perform wrapping. This is probably an error, since it makes
this group of functions inconsistent. Also, no implementation of
curses documents this inconsistency.
+ X/Open states that the entire string is inserted if <EM>n</EM> is less than 1.
+ This is probably an error, because it is inconsistent with other
+ functions, and differs from the SVr4 and X/Open implementations on
+ Solaris.
+
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_util.3X.html">curs_util(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_clear.3X.html">curs_clear(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_inch.3X.html">curs_inch(3X)</A></B>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_ins_wstr.3x.html">curs_ins_wstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
- <B><A HREF="curs_insstr.3X.html">curs_insstr(3X)</A></B>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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