- These functions copy the (null-terminated) chstr array into the window
+ These functions copy the (null-terminated) chstr array into the window
image structure starting at the current cursor position. The four
- functions with n as the last argument copy at most n elements, but no
- more than will fit on the line. If n=-1 then the whole array is
+ functions with n as the last argument copy at most n elements, but no
+ more than will fit on the line. If n=-1 then the whole array is
copied, to the maximum number of characters that will fit on the line.
- The window cursor is not advanced. These functions work faster than
- waddnstr. On the other hand:
+ The window cursor is not advanced. These functions work faster than
+ waddnstr. On the other hand:
- o they do not perform checking (such as for the newline, backspace,
+ o they do not perform checking (such as for the newline, backspace,
or carriage return characters),
- o they do not advance the current cursor position,
+ o they do not advance the current cursor position,
- o they do not expand other control characters to ^-escapes, and
+ o they do not expand other control characters to ^-escapes, and
- o they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin, rather
+ o they truncate the string if it crosses the right margin, rather
than wrapping it around to the new line.
- All functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success.
+ All functions return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success.
X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation re-
turns an error if the window pointer is null.
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
- wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
+ wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
the window pointer is null.