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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                         <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>                                                <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG>insstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinsnstr</STRONG>,
-       <STRONG>mvwinsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinsnstr</STRONG> - insert string before cursor  in  a
-       <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG>insstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winsstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG>,  <STRONG>mvinsstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvinsnstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwinsstr</STRONG>,
+       <STRONG>mvwinsnstr</STRONG> - insert string before cursor in a <STRONG>curses</STRONG> window
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinsstr(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvinsnstr(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinsstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwinsnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*str,</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>n);</STRONG>
-
-
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
-       These  routines insert a character string (as many charac-
-       ters 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  char-
-       acters  on  the line being lost.  The cursor position does
-       not change (after moving to  <EM>y</EM>,  <EM>x</EM>,  if  specified).   The
-       functions  with  <EM>n</EM>  as  the last argument insert a leading
-       substring of at most <EM>n</EM>  characters.   If  <EM>n</EM>&lt;=0,  then  the
-       entire string is inserted.
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>insnstr(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>n</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>winsnstr(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</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>mvinsstr(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>mvinsnstr(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>mvwinsstr(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>mvwinsnstr(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 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 <EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>, if  specified).   The  functions
+       with  <EM>n</EM>  as  the  last argument insert a leading substring of at most <EM>n</EM>
+       characters.  If <EM>n</EM>&lt;=0, then the entire string is inserted.
 
        Special characters are handled as in <STRONG>addch</STRONG>.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
-       All  routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon fail-
-       ure and OK (SVr4 specifies only "an  integer  value  other
-       than  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>")  upon  successful completion, unless otherwise
-       noted in the preceding routine descriptions.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
+       All routines that return an integer return  <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>  upon  failure  and  <STRONG>OK</STRONG>
+       (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful
+       completion,  unless  otherwise   noted   in   the   preceding   routine
+       descriptions.
 
-       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In  this  implementa-
-       tion, if the window parameter is null or the str parameter
-       is null, an error is returned.
+       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.
 
+       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>NOTES</H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
        Note that all but <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG> may be macros.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
-       These functions are described in the XSI Curses  standard,
-       Issue 4, which adds const qualifiers to the arguments.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+       These  functions  are  described  in  the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4,
+       which adds const qualifiers to the arguments.
 
-       The  Single  Unix  Specification,  Version  2  states that
-       <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG> and <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG> perform wrapping.  This  is  probably
-       an error, since it makes this group of functions inconsis-
-       tent.  Also, no implementation of  curses  documents  this
-       inconsistency.
+       The Single Unix  Specification,  Version  2  states  that  <STRONG>insnstr</STRONG>  and
+       <STRONG>winsnstr</STRONG>  perform  wrapping.  This is probably an error, since it makes
+       this group of  functions  inconsistent.   Also,  no  implementation  of
+       curses documents this inconsistency.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+</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_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 
-                                                        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
+                                                               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_insstr.3x.html">curs_insstr(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
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