ncurses 5.3

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_addstr.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_addstr.3x b/man/curs_addstr.3x
index fee3f8145e353199ace2ad058cf0a4687e44c5ce..a845acbca7e9dd884d8874920af03a18fd9e49f1 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_addstr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addstr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                        *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,36 +26,46 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_addstr.3x,v 1.8 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addstr.3x,v 1.10 2002/03/09 23:09:29 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_addstr 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH curs_addstr 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBaddstr\fR, \fBaddnstr\fR, \fBwaddstr\fR, \fBwaddnstr\fR,
-\fBmvaddstr\fR, \fBmvaddnstr\fR, \fBmvwaddstr\fR, \fBmvwaddnstr\fR - add a
-string of characters to a \fBcurses\fR window and advance cursor
+\fBaddstr\fR,
+\fBaddnstr\fR,
+\fBwaddstr\fR,
+\fBwaddnstr\fR,
+\fBmvaddstr\fR,
+\fBmvaddnstr\fR,
+\fBmvwaddstr\fR,
+\fBmvwaddnstr\fR - add a string of characters to a \fBcurses\fR window and advance cursor

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH SYNOPSIS

+.nf

 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 

-\fBint addstr(const char *str);\fR
+\fBint addstr(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint addnstr(const char *str, int n);\fR
+\fBint addnstr(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint waddstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str);\fR
+\fBint waddstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint waddnstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str, int n);\fR
+\fBint waddnstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvaddstr(int y, int x, const char *str);\fR
+\fBint mvaddstr(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvaddnstr(int y, int x, const char *str, int n);\fR
+\fBint mvaddnstr(int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvwaddstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str);\fR
+\fBint mvwaddstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB);\fR

 .br
 .br

-\fBint mvwaddnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str, int n);\fR
+\fBint mvwaddnstr(WINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, int \fR\fIy\fR\fB, int \fR\fIx\fR\fB, const char *\fR\fIstr, int \fR\fIn\fR\fB);\fR
+.fi

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These routines write the characters of the (null-terminated) character string
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 These routines write the characters of the (null-terminated) character string

-\fIstr\fR on the given window.  It is similar to calling \fBwaddch\fR once for
-each character in the string.  The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last
-argument write at most \fIn\fR characters.  If \fIn\fR is -1, then the
-entire string will be added.
+\fIstr\fR on the given window.
+It is similar to calling \fBwaddch\fR once for each character in the string.
+The four routines with \fIn\fR as the last argument
+write at most \fIn\fR characters.
+If \fIn\fR is -1, then the entire string will be added,
+up to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line,
+or until a terminating null is reached.

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 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
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 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