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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
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-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG>
- print formatted output in <STRONG>curses</STRONG> windows
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-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>printw(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
<STRONG>glist);</STRONG>
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-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG> routines are
- analogous to <STRONG>printf</STRONG> [see <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG>]. In effect, the
+ analogous to <STRONG>printf</STRONG> [see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>]. In effect, the
string that would be output by <STRONG>printf</STRONG> is output instead as
though <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> were used on the given window.
The <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>wv_printw</STRONG> routines are analogous to
- <STRONG>vprintf</STRONG> [see <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG>] and perform a <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> using a
+ <STRONG>vprintf</STRONG> [see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>] and perform a <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> using a
variable argument list. The third argument is a <STRONG>va_list</STRONG>,
a pointer to a list of arguments, as defined in
<STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>.
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Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure
and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than
<STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion.
enough memory for the buffer used to format the results.
It will return 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.
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-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
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+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these func-
tions. The function <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN,
and is to be replaced by a function <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> using the
is included in <STRONG><curses.h</STRONG>>.
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-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="printf.3.html">printf(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>vprintf(3)</STRONG>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG>vprintf(3)</STRONG>.
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
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