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curs_inwstr 3x 2023-12-30 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_inwstr(3x)                  Library calls                 curs_inwstr(3x)




NAME

       inwstr,  innwstr,  winwstr,  winnwstr,  mvinwstr, mvinnwstr, mvwinwstr,
       mvwinnwstr - get a wide-character string from a curses window


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int inwstr(wchar_t *wstr);
       int innwstr(wchar_t *wstr, int n);
       int winwstr(WINDOW *win, wchar_t *wstr);
       int winnwstr(WINDOW *win, wchar_t *wstr, int n);

       int mvinwstr(int y, int x, wchar_t *wstr);
       int mvinnwstr(int y, int x, wchar_t *wstr, int n);
       int mvwinwstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, wchar_t *wstr);
       int mvwinnwstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, wchar_t *wstr, int n);


DESCRIPTION

       These routines return a string of  wchar_t  wide  characters  in  wstr,
       starting at the current cursor position in the named window.

       The  four  functions  with  n  as  the  last  argument return a leading
       substring at most n characters long (exclusive of  the  trailing  NUL).
       Transfer  stops  at  the  end of the current line, or when n characters
       have been stored at the location referenced by wstr.

       If the size  n  is  not  large  enough  to  store  a  complete  complex
       character, an error is generated.


RETURN VALUE

       All  routines return ERR upon failure.  Upon successful completion, the
       *inwstr routines return OK, and the *innwstr routines return the number
       of characters read into the string.

       X/Open  defines  no  error  conditions.  This implementation returns an
       error

       o   if the win parameter is null or

       o   if the wstr parameter is null, or

       o   if no characters could be read.

       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.


NOTES

       All routines except winnwstr may be macros.

       Each cell in the window holds a complex character (a spacing  character
       and  zero  or more non-spacing characters) together with attributes and
       color.  These  functions  store  only  the  wide  characters,  ignoring
       attributes  and  color.  Use in_wchstr to return the complex characters
       from a window.

       Reading a line that overflows the array pointed to by wstr with inwstr,
       mvinwstr,  mvwinwstr  or  winwstr causes undefined results.  Therefore,
       the use of innwstr, mvinnwstr, mvwinnwstr, or winnwstr is recommended.


PORTABILITY

       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.


SEE ALSO

       curses(3x),    curs_inch(3x),     curs_inchstr(3x),     curs_instr(3x),
       curs_in_wchstr(3x)



ncurses 6.4                       2023-12-30                   curs_inwstr(3x)