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getbegyx(3ncurses)


NAME

   getyx,  getparyx,  getbegyx,  getmaxyx  -  get curses cursor and window
   coordinates

SYNOPSIS

   #include <curses.h>

   void getyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
   void getparyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
   void getbegyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
   void getmaxyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);

DESCRIPTION

   The getyx macro places the current cursor position of the given  window
   in the two integer variables y and x.

   If  win  is  a  subwindow,  the  getparyx  macro  places  the beginning
   coordinates of the subwindow relative to the  parent  window  into  two
   integer variables y and x.  Otherwise, -1 is placed into y and x.

   Like  getyx,  the  getbegyx  and  getmaxyx  macros  store  the  current
   beginning coordinates and size of the specified window.

RETURN VALUE

   The return values of these macros are undefined (i.e., they should  not
   be used as the right-hand side of assignment statements).

NOTES

   All  of these interfaces are macros.  A "&" is not necessary before the
   variables y and x.

PORTABILITY

   The getyx, getparyx, getbegyx and getmaxyx macros are described in  the
   XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.

   This  implementation also provides functions getbegx, getbegy, getcurx,
   getcury, getmaxx, getmaxy, getparx and getpary for  compatibility  with
   older versions of curses.

   Although  X/Open  Curses  does  not  address this, many implementations
   provide members of the WINDOW structure containing values corresponding
   to  these  macros.  For best portability, do not rely on using the data
   in WINDOW, since some implementations make WINDOW opaque (do not  allow
   direct use of its members).

   Besides the problem of opaque structures, the data stored in like-named
   members may not have like-values  in  different  implementations.   For
   example,  the  WINDOW._maxx and WINDOW._maxy values in ncurses have (at
   least  since  release  1.8.1)  differed  by   one   from   some   other
   implementations.   The  difference  is  hidden  by  means  of the macro
   getmaxyx.

SEE ALSO

   ncurses(3NCURSES), legacy(3NCURSES), opaque(3NCURSES)

                                                           getyx(3NCURSES)



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