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+<H1 class="no-header">curs_addstr 3x 2023-11-18 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>addstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>addnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddstr</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>mvwaddnstr</STRONG> - add a string of characters to a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window and advance
- cursor
+ <STRONG>addstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>addnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>waddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvaddnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwaddstr</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvwaddnstr</STRONG> - add a string to a <EM>curses</EM> window and advance the cursor
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvaddnstr(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str,</EM> <EM>int</EM> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwaddnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These functions write the (null-terminated) character string <EM>str</EM> on the
- given window. It is similar to calling <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> once for each byte in
+ given window. It is similar to calling <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> once for each byte in
the string.
- The <EM>mv</EM> functions perform cursor movement once, before writing any char-
- acters. Thereafter, the cursor is advanced as a side-effect of writing
- to the window.
+ The <EM>mv</EM> functions perform cursor movement once, before writing any
+ characters. Thereafter, the cursor is advanced as a side-effect of
+ writing to the window.
- The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument write at most <EM>n</EM> bytes,
- or until a terminating null is reached. If <EM>n</EM> is -1, then the entire
+ The four functions with <EM>n</EM> as the last argument write at most <EM>n</EM> bytes,
+ or until a terminating null is reached. If <EM>n</EM> is -1, then the entire
string will be added.
</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 re-
- turns an error
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation
+ returns an error
<STRONG>o</STRONG> if the window pointer is null or
<STRONG>o</STRONG> if the corresponding calls to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> return an error.
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+ 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. If an error is returned by the <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, no
- characters are added to the window.
-
- If an error is returned by <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> (e.g., because the window is not
- large enough, or an illegal byte sequence was detected) only part of
- the string may be added. Aside from that, there is a special case in
- <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> where an error may be returned after successfully writing a
- character to the lower-right corner of a window when <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is
- disabled.
+ the window pointer is null.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
</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_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(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_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(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>
-
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2023-11-18 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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