This manual page is for Mac OS X version 10.6.3

Reading manual pages

curs_insstr(3X)                                                                              curs_insstr(3X)



NAME
       insstr, insnstr, winsstr, winsnstr, mvinsstr, mvinsnstr, mvwinsstr, mvwinsnstr - insert string before
       cursor in a curses window

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curses.h>
       int insstr(const char *str);
       int insnstr(const char *str, int n);
       int winsstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str);
       int winsnstr(WINDOW *win, const char *str, int n);
       int mvinsstr(int y, int x, const char *str);
       int mvinsnstr(int y, int x, const char *str, int n);
       int mvwinsstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str);
       int mvwinsnstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *str, int n);

DESCRIPTION
       These routines insert a character string (as many characters as will fit  on  the  line)  before  the
       character  under  the  cursor.   All characters to the right of the cursor are shifted right with the
       possibility of the rightmost characters on the line being lost.  The cursor position does not  change
       (after  moving  to  y,  x, if specified).  The functions with n as the last argument insert a leading
       substring of at most n characters.  If n<=0, then the entire string is inserted.

       Special characters are handled as in addch.

RETURN VALUE
       All routines that return an integer return ERR upon failure and OK (SVr4 specifies only  "an  integer
       value  other  than  ERR") upon successful completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine
       descriptions.

       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In this implementation, if the window parameter is null  or  the
       str parameter is null, an error is returned.

NOTES
       Note that all but winsnstr may be macros.

PORTABILITY
       These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, which adds const qualifiers to the
       arguments.

       The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that insnstr and winsnstr perform wrapping.  This  is
       probably  an  error, since it makes this group of functions inconsistent.  Also, no implementation of
       curses documents this inconsistency.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), curs_util(3X), curs_clear(3X), curs_inch(3X).



                                                                                             curs_insstr(3X)