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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_getyx 3x 2023-07-01 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> - get <STRONG>curses</STRONG> cursor and window
+ <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> - get <EM>curses</EM> cursor and window
coordinates
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- All of these interfaces are macros. A "<STRONG>&</STRONG>" is not necessary before the
+ All of these interfaces are macros. A "&" is not necessary before the
variables <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> macros are described in the
- XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+ The <STRONG>getyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG> macros are described in
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
This implementation also provides functions <STRONG>getbegx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getbegy</STRONG>, <STRONG>getcurx</STRONG>,
<STRONG>getcury</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxx</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmaxy</STRONG>, <STRONG>getparx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getpary</STRONG> for compatibility with
- older versions of curses.
+ older versions of <EM>curses</EM>; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_legacy.3x.html">curs_legacy(3x)</A></STRONG>.
Although X/Open Curses does not address this, many implementations
- provide members of the WINDOW structure containing values corresponding
+ provide members of the <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> structure containing values corresponding
to these macros. For best portability, do not rely on using the data
- in WINDOW, since some implementations make WINDOW opaque (do not allow
+ in <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG>, since some implementations make <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> opaque (do not allow
direct use of its members).
Besides the problem of opaque structures, the data stored in like-named
members may not have like-values in different implementations. For
- example, the WINDOW._maxx and WINDOW._maxy values in ncurses have (at
+ example, the <STRONG>WINDOW._maxx</STRONG> and <STRONG>WINDOW._maxy</STRONG> values in <EM>ncurses</EM> have (at
least since release 1.8.1) differed by one from some other
implementations. The difference is hidden by means of the macro
<STRONG>getmaxyx</STRONG>.
-ncurses 6.4 202
3-07-01 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 202
4-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">curs_getyx(3x)</A></STRONG>
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