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.Dd May 21, 2003 .Dt CURSES_ADDCHSTR 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm curses_addchstr , .Nm addchstr , .Nm waddchstr , .Nm addchnstr , .Nm waddchnstr , .Nm mvaddchstr , .Nm mvwaddchstr , .Nm mvaddchnstr , .Nm mvwaddchnstr .Nd curses add character strings to windows routines .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libcurses .Sh SYNOPSIS n curses.h .Ft int .Fn addchstr "const chtype *chstr" .Ft int .Fn waddchstr "WINDOW *win" "const chtype *chstr" .Ft int .Fn mvaddchstr "int y" "int x" "const chtype *chstr" .Ft int .Fn mvwaddchstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const chtype *chstr" .Ft int .Fn addchnstr "const chtype *chstr" "int n" .Ft int .Fn waddchnstr "WINDOW *win" "const chtype *chstr" "int n" .Ft int .Fn mvaddchnstr "int y" "int x" "const chtype *chstr" "int n" .Ft int .Fn mvwaddchnstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const chtype *chstr" "int n" .Sh DESCRIPTION These functions add character strings and attributes to .Va stdscr or to the specified window.
p The .Fn addchstr function will add the characters and their attributes passed in .Fa chstr to .Va stdscr starting at the current cursor position. Any character attributes set in .Fa chstr will be merged with the background attributes currently set on .Va stdscr . The .Fn waddstr function does the same as .Fn addchstr but adds the string to the window specified by .Fn win .
p The .Fn addchnstr function will add the contents of .Fa string to .Va stdscr but will limit the number of characters added to be, at most, .Fa n . If .Fa n is -1 then .Fa addchnstr will add the number of characters contained in the null terminated string .Fa chstr . Any character attributes set in .Fa chstr will be merged with the background attributes currently set on .Va stdscr .
p The .Fn waddchnstr function does the same as .Fa addchnstr but adds the string to the window specified by .Fa win .
p The functions .Fn mvaddchstr , .Fn mwaddchnstr , .Fn mvwaddchstr and .Fn mvwaddchnstr are the same as the functions .Fn addchstr , .Fn waddchstr , .Fn waddchstr and .Fn waddchnstr , respectively, except that .Fn wmove is called to move the cursor to the position specified by .Fa y , .Fa x before the string is added to the window. .Sh RETURN VALUES The functions will return one of the following values:
p l -tag -width ERR -compact t Er OK The function completed successfully. t Er ERR An error occurred in the function. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr curses_addch 3 , .Xr curses_addstr 3 , .Xr curses_attributes 3 , .Xr curses_cursor 3 , .Xr curses_inch 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nx Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification. .Sh HISTORY These functions first appeared in .Nx 2.0 .
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