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46 .Nd curses add character strings to windows routines
52 .Fn addstr "const char *string"
54 .Fn waddstr "WINDOW *win" "const char *string"
56 .Fn mvaddstr "int y" "int x" "const char *string"
58 .Fn mvwaddstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *string"
60 .Fn addnstr "const char *string" "int len"
62 .Fn waddnstr "WINDOW *win" "const char *string" "int len"
64 .Fn mvaddnstr "int y" "int x" "const char *string" "int len"
66 .Fn mvwaddnstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *string" "int len"
68 These functions add character strings to
70 or to the specified window.
75 will add the characters passed in
79 starting at the current cursor position.
80 Any background attributes currently set on
82 will be applied to the added character.
85 function does the same as
87 but adds the string to the window specified by
92 function will add the contents of
96 but will limit the number of characters added to be, at most,
102 will add the number of characters contained in the null terminated string
104 Any background attributes currently set on
106 will be applied to the added character.
112 but adds the string to the window specified by
121 are the same as the functions
127 respectively, excepting that
129 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
132 before the string is added to the window.
134 Functions returning pointers will return
136 if an error is detected.
137 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
140 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
142 The function completed successfully.
144 An error occurred in the function.
148 .Xr curses_addchstr 3 ,
149 .Xr curses_attributes 3 ,
150 .Xr curses_cursor 3 ,
155 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
156 Single Unix Specification.
158 The Curses package appeared in