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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_instr 3X</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_instr 3x</H1>
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-<B><A HREF="curs_instr.3X.html">curs_instr(3X)</A></B> <B><A HREF="curs_instr.3X.html">curs_instr(3X)</A></B>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>instr</B>, <B>innstr</B>, <B>winstr</B>, <B>winnstr</B>, <B>mvinstr</B>, <B>mvinnstr</B>, <B>mvwinstr</B>, <B>mvwinnstr</B>
- - get a string of characters from a <B>curses</B> window
+ <STRONG>instr</STRONG>, <STRONG>innstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinnstr</STRONG>
+ - get a string of characters from a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <B>int</B> <B>instr(char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>innstr(char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>winstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>winnstr(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>instr(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>innstr(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvinstr(int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvinnstr(int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwinstr(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>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwinnstr(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>char</B> <B>*</B><I>str</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>n</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinstr(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>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinnstr(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>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 return a string of characters in <I>str</I>, extracted starting
+ These routines return a string of characters in <EM>str</EM>, extracted starting
at the current cursor position in the named window. Attributes are
- stripped from the characters. The four functions with <I>n</I> as the last
- argument return a leading substring at most <I>n</I> characters long
+ stripped from the characters. The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last
+ argument return a leading substring at most <EM>n</EM> characters long
(exclusive of the trailing NUL).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- All of the functions return <B>ERR</B> upon failure, or the number of
+ All of the functions return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure, or the number of
characters actually read into the string.
X/Open Curses defines no error conditions. In this implementation:
- <B>o</B> If the <I>win</I> parameter is null, an error is returned,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the <EM>win</EM> parameter is null, an error is returned,
- <B>o</B> If the <I>chstr</I> parameter is null, an error is returned,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the <EM>chstr</EM> parameter is null, an error is returned,
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
+ <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>
- Note that all routines except <B>winnstr</B> may be macros.
+ Note that all routines except <STRONG>winnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
trailing NUL.
The ncurses library extends the XSI description by allowing a negative
- value for <I>n</I>. In this case, the functions return the string ending at
+ value for <EM>n</EM>. In this case, the functions return the string ending at
the right margin.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- <B><A HREF="curs_instr.3X.html">curs_instr(3X)</A></B>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_instr.3x.html">curs_instr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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