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-<B><A HREF="curs_printw.3X.html">curs_printw(3X)</A></B> <B><A HREF="curs_printw.3X.html">curs_printw(3X)</A></B>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>printw</B>, <B>wprintw</B>, <B>mvprintw</B>, <B>mvwprintw</B>, <B>vwprintw</B>, <B>vw_printw</B> - print
- formatted output in <B>curses</B> windows
+ <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> - print
+ formatted output in <STRONG>curses</STRONG> windows
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <B>int</B> <B>printw(const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>...);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>wprintw(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>...);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvprintw(int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>...);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>mvwprintw(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>y</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>x</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>...);</B>
- <B>int</B> <B>vw_printw(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>va_list</B> <I>varglist</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>printw(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvprintw(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwprintw(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>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vw_printw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <EM>varglist</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
/* obsolete */
- <B>int</B> <B>vwprintw(WINDOW</B> <B>*</B><I>win</I><B>,</B> <B>const</B> <B>char</B> <B>*</B><I>fmt</I><B>,</B> <B>va_list</B> <I>varglist</I><B>);</B>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vwprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <EM>varglist</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The <B>printw</B>, <B>wprintw</B>, <B>mvprintw</B> and <B>mvwprintw</B> routines are analogous to
- <B>printf</B> [see <B>printf(3)</B>]. In effect, the string that would be output by
- <B>printf</B> is output instead as though <B>waddstr</B> were used on the given win-
+ The <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG> routines are analogous to
+ <STRONG>printf</STRONG> [see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>]. In effect, the string that would be output by
+ <STRONG>printf</STRONG> is output instead as though <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> were used on the given win-
dow.
- The <B>vwprintw</B> and <B>vw_printw</B> routines are analogous to <B>vprintf</B> [see
- <B>printf(3)</B>] and perform a <B>wprintw</B> using a variable argument list. The
- third argument is a <B>va_list</B>, a pointer to a list of arguments, as de-
- fined in <B><stdarg.h></B>.
+ The <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>vprintf</STRONG> [see
+ <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>] and perform a <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> using a variable argument list. The
+ third argument is a <STRONG>va_list</STRONG>, a pointer to a list of arguments, as de-
+ fined in <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- Routines that return an integer return <B>ERR</B> upon failure and <B>OK</B> (SVr4
- only specifies "an integer value other than <B>ERR</B>") upon successful com-
+ Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4
+ only specifies "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful com-
pletion.
X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementation, an error
is null.
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
- <B>wmove</B>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
+ <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-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
- While <B>printw</B> was implemented in 4BSD, it was unused until 4.2BSD (which
+ While <STRONG>printw</STRONG> was implemented in 4BSD, it was unused until 4.2BSD (which
used it in games). That early version of curses was before the ANSI C
standard. It did not use <varargs.h>, though that was available. In
1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available, and after
ment, BSD curses did not use function prototypes (or even declare func-
tions) in the <curses.h> header until 1992.
- SVr2 documented <B>printw</B>, <B>wprintw</B> tersely as "printf on <I>stdscr</I>" and
- tersely as "printf on <I>win</I>", respectively.
+ SVr2 documented <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> tersely as "printf on <EM>stdscr</EM>" and
+ tersely as "printf on <EM>win</EM>", respectively.
- SVr3 added <B>mvprintw</B>, and <B>mvwprintw</B>, with a three-line summary saying
- that they were analogous to <B>printf(3)</B>, explaining that the string which
- would be output from <B>printf(3)</B> would instead be output using <B>waddstr</B> on
- the given window. SVr3 also added <B>vwprintw</B>, saying that the third pa-
- rameter is a <B>va_list</B>, defined in <varargs.h>, and referring the reader
- to the manual pages for <I>varargs</I> and <I>vprintf</I> for detailed descriptions.
+ SVr3 added <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG>, with a three-line summary saying
+ that they were analogous to <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, explaining that the string which
+ would be output from <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG> would instead be output using <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> on
+ the given window. SVr3 also added <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, saying that the third pa-
+ rameter is a <STRONG>va_list</STRONG>, defined in <varargs.h>, and referring the reader
+ to the manual pages for <EM>varargs</EM> and <EM>vprintf</EM> for detailed descriptions.
- SVr4 added no new variations of <B>printw</B>, but provided for using
- <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h> to define the <B>va_list</B> type.
+ SVr4 added no new variations of <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, but provided for using
+ <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h> to define the <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> type.
- X/Open Curses added <B>vw_printw</B> to replace <B>vwprintw</B>, stating that its
- <B>va_list</B> definition requires <stdarg.h>.
+ X/Open Curses added <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> to replace <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, stating that its
+ <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> definition requires <stdarg.h>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- In this implementation, <B>vw_printw</B> and <B>vwprintw</B> are equivalent, to sup-
- port legacy applications. However, the latter (<B>vwprintw</B>) is obsolete:
+ In this implementation, <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> are equivalent, to sup-
+ port legacy applications. However, the latter (<STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>) is obsolete:
- <B>o</B> The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The
- function <B>vwprintw</B> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced
- by a function <B>vw_printw</B> using the <B><stdarg.h></B> interface.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The
+ function <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced
+ by a function <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> using the <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> interface.
- <B>o</B> The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <B>vw_printw</B> is
- preferred to <B>vwprintw</B> since the latter requires including
- <B><varargs.h></B>, which cannot be used in the same file as <B><stdarg.h></B>.
- This implementation uses <B><stdarg.h></B> for both, because that header
- is included in <B><curses.h</B>>.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> is
+ preferred to <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> since the latter requires including
+ <STRONG><varargs.h></STRONG>, which cannot be used in the same file as <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>.
+ This implementation uses <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> for both, because that header
+ is included in <STRONG><curses.h</STRONG>>.
- <B>o</B> X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked <B>vwprintw</B> (along with
- <B>vwscanw</B> and the termcap interface) as withdrawn.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> (along with
+ <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> and the termcap interface) as withdrawn.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_addstr.3X.html">curs_addstr(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_scanw.3X.html">curs_scanw(3X)</A></B>, <B><A HREF="curs_termcap.3X.html">curs_termcap(3X)</A></B>,
- <B>printf(3)</B>, <B>vprintf(3)</B>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_scanw.3x.html">curs_scanw(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">curs_termcap(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, <STRONG>vprintf(3)</STRONG>.
- <B><A HREF="curs_printw.3X.html">curs_printw(3X)</A></B>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
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