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43 .Nd curses print formatted strings on windows routines
49 .Fn printw "const char *fmt" "..."
51 .Fn wprintw "WINDOW *win" "const char *fmt" "..."
53 .Fn mvprintw "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..."
55 .Fn mvwprintw "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..."
57 .Fn unctrl "chtype ch"
59 These functions print formatted strings on
61 or on the specified window.
65 function formats and prints its arguments on
67 The behaviour is the same as that of
72 function is the same as the
74 function, excepting that the resulting output is printed on the window
82 functions are the same as the
86 functions, respectively, excepting that
88 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
91 before the output is printed on the window.
95 function returns a printable string representation of the character
99 is a control character then it will be converted to the form ^Y.
101 Functions returning pointers will return
103 if an error is detected.
104 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
107 .Bl -tag -width ERR -compact
109 The function completed successfully.
111 An error occurred in the function.
114 .Xr curses_cursor 3 ,
120 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
121 Single Unix Specification.
123 The Curses package appeared in