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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_addchstr 3x 2023-10-07 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These functions copy the (null-terminated) <EM>chstr</EM> array into the window
- image structure starting at the current cursor position. The four
- functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument copy at most <EM>n</EM> elements, but no
- more than will fit on the line. If <STRONG>n</STRONG>=<STRONG>-1</STRONG> then the whole array is
+ image structure starting at the current cursor position.
+
+ The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument copy at most <EM>n</EM> elements,
+ but no more than will fit on the line. If <STRONG>n</STRONG>=<STRONG>-1</STRONG> then the whole array is
copied, to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line.
- The window cursor is <EM>not</EM> advanced. These functions work faster than
+ The window cursor is <EM>not</EM> advanced. These functions are faster than
<STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>. On the other hand:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> they do not perform checking (such as for the newline, backspace,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> they do not perform checking (such as for the newline, backspace,
or carriage return characters),
<STRONG>o</STRONG> they do not advance the current cursor position,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> they do not expand other control characters to ^-escapes, and
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin, rather
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin, rather
than wrapping it around to the new line.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
All functions return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success.
- X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation
- returns an error if the window pointer is null.
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation
+ returns an error
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> if the <EM>win</EM> parameter is null or
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> if the <EM>wchstr</EM> parameter is null.
+
+ Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
<STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
the window pointer is null.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
- Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are
- described in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
-ncurses 6.4 2023-1
0-07 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-1
1-18 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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