curs_instr(3x) curs_instr(3x)
instr, innstr, winstr, winnstr, mvinstr, mvinnstr, mvwinstr, mvwinnstr
- get a string of characters from a curses window
#include <curses.h>
int instr(char *str);
int innstr(char *str, int n);
int winstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);
int winnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);
int mvinstr(int y, int x, char *str);
int mvinnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n);
int mvwinstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);
int mvwinnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str, int n);
These routines return a string of characters in str, extracted starting
at the current cursor position in the named window. Attributes are
stripped from the characters. The four functions with n as the last
argument return a leading substring at most n characters long (exclu-
sive of the trailing NUL).
All of the functions return ERR upon failure, or the number of charac-
ters actually read into the string.
X/Open Curses defines no error conditions. In this implementation:
o If the win parameter is null, an error is returned,
o If the chstr parameter is null, an error is returned,
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
the window pointer is null.
Note that all routines except winnstr may be macros.
SVr4 does not document whether a length limit includes or excludes the
trailing NUL.
The ncurses library extends the XSI description by allowing a negative
value for n. In this case, the functions return the string ending at
the right margin.
curses(3x).
curs_instr(3x)