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31 .TH curs_move 3X 2024-04-27 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
35 move cursor in a \fIcurses\fR window
38 \fB#include <curses.h>
40 \fBint move(int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
41 \fBint wmove(WINDOW *\fIwin\fP, int \fIy\fP, int \fIx\fP);
45 relocates the cursor associated with the
53 The terminal's cursor does not move until \fB\%refresh\fP(3X) is called.
57 is relative to the upper left-hand corner of the window,
60 \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the
62 variant of this function.
64 These functions return
70 They fail if the position
73 is outside the window boundaries.
82 may be implemented as a macro.
85 Issue 4 describes these functions.
88 \fB\%curs_refresh\fP(3X)