NAME
curses_addstr,
addstr, waddstr,
addnstr, waddnstr,
mvaddstr, mvwaddstr,
mvaddnstr, mvwaddnstr
— curses add character strings
to windows routines
LIBRARY
library “libcurses”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<curses.h>
int
addstr(const
char *string);
int
waddstr(WINDOW
*win, const char
*string);
int
mvaddstr(int
y, int x,
const char *string);
int
mvwaddstr(WINDOW
*win, int y,
int x,
const char *string);
int
addnstr(const
char *string, int
len);
int
waddnstr(WINDOW
*win, const char
*string, int
len);
int
mvaddnstr(int
y, int x,
const char *string,
int len);
int
mvwaddnstr(WINDOW
*win, int y,
int x,
const char *string,
int len);
DESCRIPTION
These functions add character strings tostdscr or to
the specified window.
The
addstr()
function will add the characters passed in string to
stdscr starting at the current cursor position. Any
background attributes currently set on stdscr will
be applied to the added character. The
waddstr()
function does the same as addstr() but adds the
string to the window specified by
win().
The
addnstr()
function will add the contents of string to
stdscr but will limit the number of characters added
to be, at most, len. If len is
-1 then addnstr will add the number of characters
contained in the null terminated string string. Any
background attributes currently set on stdscr will
be applied to the added character. The
waddnstr()
function does the same as addnstr but adds the string
to the window specified by win.
The functions
mvaddstr(),
mwaddnstr(),
mvwaddstr()
and
mvwaddnstr()
are the same as the functions addstr(),
waddstr(), waddstr() and
waddnstr(), respectively, excepting that
wmove()
is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
y, x before the string is added
to the window.
RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return
NULL if an error is detected. The functions that
return an int will return one of the following values:
OK- The function completed successfully.
ERR- An error occurred in the function.
SEE ALSO
curses_addch(3), curses_addchstr(3), curses_attributes(3), curses_cursor(3), curses_inch(3)
STANDARDS
The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.
HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.