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| 29 | .\" $Id: curs_instr.3x,v 1.12 2005/05/15 17:48:23 tom Exp $ | 
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| 30 | .TH curs_instr 3X "" | 
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| 31 | .SH NAME | 
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| 32 | \fBinstr\fR, | 
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| 33 | \fBinnstr\fR, | 
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| 34 | \fBwinstr\fR, | 
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| 35 | \fBwinnstr\fR, | 
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| 36 | \fBmvinstr\fR, | 
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| 37 | \fBmvinnstr\fR, | 
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| 38 | \fBmvwinstr\fR, | 
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| 39 | \fBmvwinnstr\fR - get a string of characters from a \fBcurses\fR window | 
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| 40 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
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| 41 | \fB#include <curses.h>\fR | 
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| 42 |  | 
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| 43 | \fBint instr(char *str);\fR | 
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| 44 | .br | 
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| 45 | \fBint innstr(char *str, int n);\fR | 
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| 46 | .br | 
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| 47 | \fBint winstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);\fR | 
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| 48 | .br | 
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| 49 | \fBint winnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);\fR | 
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| 50 | .br | 
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| 51 | \fBint mvinstr(int y, int x, char *str);\fR | 
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| 52 | .br | 
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| 53 | \fBint mvinnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n);\fR | 
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| 54 | .br | 
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| 55 | \fBint mvwinstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);\fR | 
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| 56 | .br | 
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| 57 | \fBint mvwinnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str, int n);\fR | 
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| 58 | .br | 
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| 59 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 60 | These routines return a string of characters in \fIstr\fR, extracted starting | 
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| 61 | at the current cursor position in the named window. | 
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| 62 | Attributes are stripped from the characters.  The four | 
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| 63 | functions with \fIn\fR as the last argument return a leading substring at most | 
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| 64 | \fIn\fR characters long (exclusive of the trailing NUL). | 
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| 65 | .SH RETURN VALUE | 
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| 66 | All of the functions return \fBERR\fR upon failure, | 
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| 67 | or the number of characters actually read into the string. | 
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| 68 | .PP | 
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| 69 | X/Open defines no error conditions. | 
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| 70 | In this implementation, | 
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| 71 | if the window parameter is null or the str parameter is null, | 
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| 72 | a zero is returned. | 
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| 73 | .SH NOTES | 
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| 74 | Note that all routines except \fBwinnstr\fR may be macros. | 
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| 75 | .SH PORTABILITY | 
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| 76 | SVr4 does not | 
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| 77 | document whether a length limit includes or excludes the trailing NUL. | 
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| 78 | .PP | 
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| 79 | The ncurses library extends the XSI description by allowing a negative | 
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| 80 | value for \fIn\fR. | 
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| 81 | In this case, the functions return the string ending at the right margin. | 
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| 82 | .SH SEE ALSO | 
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| 83 | \fBcurses\fR(3X). | 
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| 84 | .\"# | 
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| 85 | .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS | 
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| 86 | .\"# Local Variables: | 
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| 87 | .\"# mode:nroff | 
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| 88 | .\"# fill-column:79 | 
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| 89 | .\"# End: | 
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| 90 |  | 
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