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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 1998-2012,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
.\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the *
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.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.15 2010/12/04 18:36:44 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_addchstr 3X ""
-.na
-.hy 0
+.\" $Id: curs_addchstr.3x,v 1.46 2024/05/11 20:39:53 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_addchstr 3X 2024-05-11 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.ie \n(.g \{\
+.ds `` \(lq
+.ds '' \(rq
+.\}
+.el \{\
+.ie t .ds `` ``
+.el .ds `` ""
+.ie t .ds '' ''
+.el .ds '' ""
+.\}
+.
+.de bP
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
+..
.SH NAME
-\fBaddchstr\fR,
-\fBaddchnstr\fR,
-\fBwaddchstr\fR,
-\fBwaddchnstr\fR,
-\fBmvaddchstr\fR,
-\fBmvaddchnstr\fR,
-\fBmvwaddchstr\fR,
-\fBmvwaddchnstr\fR \- add a string of characters (and attributes) to a \fBcurses\fR window
-.ad
-.hy
+\fB\%addchstr\fP,
+\fB\%addchnstr\fP,
+\fB\%waddchstr\fP,
+\fB\%waddchnstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvaddchstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvaddchnstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvwaddchstr\fP,
+\fB\%mvwaddchnstr\fP \-
+add a \fIcurses\fR character string to a window
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fB#include <curses.h>\fR
+.nf
+\fB#include <curses.h>
.PP
-\fBint addchstr(const chtype *chstr);\fR
-.br
-\fBint addchnstr(const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
-.br
-\fBint waddchstr(WINDOW *win, const chtype *chstr);\fR
-.br
-\fBint waddchnstr(WINDOW *win, const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvaddchstr(int y, int x, const chtype *chstr);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvaddchnstr(int y, int x, const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwaddchstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype *chstr);\fR
-.br
-\fBint mvwaddchnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype *chstr, int n);\fR
+\fBint addchstr(const chtype *\fIchstr\fP);
+\fBint waddchstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP);
+\fBint mvaddchstr(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP);
+\fBint mvwaddchstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP);
+.PP
+\fBint addchnstr(const chtype *\fIchstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+\fBint waddchnstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+\fBint mvaddchnstr(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+\fBint mvwaddchnstr(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP, const chtype *\fIchstr\fP, int \fIn\fP);
+.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
-These routines copy \fIchstr\fR into the window image structure at and after
-the current cursor position. The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last
-argument copy at most \fIn\fR elements, but no more than will fit on the line.
-If \fBn\fR=\fB\-1\fR then the whole string is copied, to the maximum number of
-characters that will fit on the line.
+.B \%waddchstr
+copies the string of
+.I curses
+characters
+.I \%chstr
+to the window
+.IR win "."
+A null
+.I curses
+character terminates the string.
+.B \%waddchnstr
+does the same,
+but copies at most
+.I n
+characters,
+or as many as possible if
+.I n
+is
+.BR \-1 "."
+\fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of these functions.
.PP
-The window cursor is \fInot\fR advanced, and these routines work faster than
-\fBwaddnstr\fR. On the other hand, they do not perform any kind of checking
-(such as for the newline, backspace, or carriage return characters), they do not
-advance the current cursor position, they do not expand other control characters
-to ^-escapes, and they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin,
-rather than wrapping it around to the new line.
-.SH RETURN VALUES
-All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success
-(the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon
-successful completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine
-descriptions.
+Because these functions do not call \fB\%waddch\fP(3X) internally,
+they are faster than \fB\%waddstr\fP(3X) and \fB\%waddnstr\fP(3X).
+On the other hand,
+they
+.bP
+do not treat the backspace,
+carriage return,
+or line feed characters specially;
+.bP
+do not represent unprintable characters with \fB\%unctrl\fP(3X);
+.bP
+do not update the cursor position to follow the last character written;
+.bP
+truncate the string at the window's right margin,
+rather than wrapping it to the next line and potentially scrolling.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+These functions return
+.B OK
+on success and
+.B ERR
+on failure.
.PP
-X/Open does not define any error conditions.
-This implementation returns an error
-if the window pointer is null.
+X/Open Curses does not specify any error conditions.
+.I \%ncurses
+returns
+.B ERR
+if
+.bP
+.I win
+is
+.B NULL
+or
+.bP
+.I chstr
+is
+.BR NULL "."
.PP
-Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
-\fBwmove\fP, 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
+.RI ( y ,
+.IR x )
+is outside the window boundaries.
.SH NOTES
-Note that all routines except \fBwaddchnstr\fR may be macros.
+All of these functions except
+.B \%waddchnstr
+may be implemented as macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
-These entry points are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+X/Open Curses,
+Issue 4 describes these functions.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+\fB\%curs_add_wchstr\fP(3X) describes comparable functions of the
+.I \%ncurses
+library in its wide-character configuration
+.RI ( \%ncursesw ).
.PP
-Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
-described in
-\fBcurs_add_wchstr\fR(3X).
+\fB\%curses\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_addch\fP(3X),
+\fB\%curs_addstr\fP(3X)
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