X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_insstr.3x.html;h=1a763d28eddaef4486cc238e1b969aec673c9365;hp=529a81808280ba5be1157f56e0cc061fdbdcc0b3;hb=HEAD;hpb=f79c210479470378389aab5b8d4d42d4a7f3d9a4 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html index 529a8180..04e02399 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-curs_insstr(3x) Library calls curs_insstr(3x) @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
insstr, insnstr, winsstr, winsnstr, mvinsstr, mvinsnstr, mvwinsstr, - mvwinsnstr - insert string before cursor in a curses window + mvwinsnstr - insert a string in a curses window
@@ -66,51 +66,62 @@
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 y, x, if specified). The functions - with n as the last argument insert a leading substring of at most n - characters. If n<=0, then the entire string is inserted. + fit on the line) before the character under the cursor, as if calling + winsch(3x). 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. - Special characters are handled as in addch. + The cursor position does not change (after moving to y, x, if + specified). + + The functions with n as the last argument insert a leading substring of + at most n characters. If n is less than zero, the entire string is + inserted (stopping on a NUL character). + + Special characters are handled as in waddch(3x).
- All routines that return an integer return ERR upon failure and OK - (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than ERR") upon successful - completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine - descriptions. + All functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK 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. + o if the win parameter is null or - Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using - wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if - the window pointer is null. + o if the str parameter is null or + + o the winsch(3x) function returns an error. + + Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if + the position (y, x) is outside the window boundaries.
- Note that all but winsnstr may be macros. + All but winsnstr may be macros.
- 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 + const qualifiers to the arguments. The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that insnstr and winsnstr 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 n 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. +
- curses(3x), curs_util(3x), curs_clear(3x), curs_inch(3x). + curses(3x), curs_inch(3x), curs_ins_wstr(3x), curs_util(3x) -ncurses 6.4 2022-02-12 curs_insstr(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 curs_insstr(3x)