getbegyx.3x (2010 09)

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getbegyx(3X) getbegyx(3X)
(ENHANCED CURSES)
NAME
getbegyx, getmaxyx, getparyx — get additional cursor and window coordinates
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
void getbegyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
void getmaxyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
void getparyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
DESCRIPTION
The getbegyx() macro stores the absolute screen coordinates of the specified window’s origin in y and
x.
The
getmaxyx() macro stores the number of rows of the specified window in y and stores the window’s
number of columns in x.
The
getparyx() macro, if the specified window is a subwindow, stores in y and x the coordinates of the
window’s origin relative to its parent window. Otherwise, − 1 is stored in y and x.
RETURN VALUE
No return values are defined.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
APPLICATION USAGE
These interfaces are macros and ‘&’ cannot be used before the y and x arguments.
SEE ALSO
getyx(3X), <curses.h>.
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 4.
HP-UX 11i Version 3: September 2010 − 1 − Hewlett-Packard Company 1