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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 behavior is deliberately similar to that of
69 but, notably, the return value differs.
73 function is the same as the
75 function, excepting that the resulting output is printed on the window
83 functions are the same as the
87 functions, respectively, excepting that
89 is called to move the cursor to the position specified by
92 before the output is printed on the window.
96 function returns a printable string representation of the character
100 is a control character then it will be converted to the form ^Y.
102 Functions returning pointers will return
104 if an error is detected.
105 The functions that return an int will return one of the following
108 .Bl -tag -width ERR -offset indent
110 The function completed successfully.
112 An error occurred in the function.
115 .Xr curses_cursor 3 ,
121 Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the
122 Single Unix Specification.
124 The Curses package appeared in