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curs_getstr(3X) curs_getstr(3X)
NAME
getstr, getnstr, wgetstr, wgetnstr, mvgetstr, mvgetnstr, mvwgetstr, mvwgetnstr - accept
character strings from curses terminal keyboard
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
int getstr(char *str);
int getnstr(char *str, int n);
int wgetstr(WINDOW *win, char *str);
int wgetnstr(WINDOW *win, char *str, int n);
int mvgetstr(int y, int x, char *str);
int mvwgetstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);
int mvgetnstr(int y, int x, char *str, int n);
int mvwgetnstr(WINDOW *, int y, int x, char *str, int n);
DESCRIPTION
The function getstr is equivalent to a series of calls to getch, until a newline or car-
riage return is received (the terminating character is not included in the returned
string). The resulting value is placed in the area pointed to by the character pointer
str.
wgetnstr reads at most n characters, thus preventing a possible overflow of the input buf-
fer. Any attempt to enter more characters (other than the terminating newline or carriage
return) causes a beep. Function keys also cause a beep and are ignored. The getnstr
function reads from the stdscr default window.
The user's erase and kill characters are interpreted. If keypad mode is on for the win-
dow, KEY_LEFT and KEY_BACKSPACE are both considered equivalent to the user's kill charac-
ter.
Characters input are echoed only if echo is currently on. In that case, backspace is
echoed as deletion of the previous character (typically a left motion).
RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and an OK (SVr4 specifies only "an inte-
ger value other than ERR") upon successful completion.
X/Open defines no error conditions.
In this implementation, these functions return an error if the window pointer is null, or
if its timeout expires without having any data.
This implementation provides an extension as well. If a SIGWINCH interrupts the function,
it will return KEY_RESIZE rather than OK or ERR.
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
Note that getstr, mvgetstr, and mvwgetstr may be macros.
PORTABILITY
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. They read single-byte
characters only. The standard does not define any error conditions. This implementation
returns ERR if the window pointer is null, or if the lower-level wgetch call returns an
ERR.
SVr3 and early SVr4 curses implementations did not reject function keys; the SVr4.0 docu-
mentation claimed that "special keys" (such as function keys, "home" key, "clear" key,
etc.) are "interpreted", without giving details. It lied. In fact, the `character' value
appended to the string by those implementations was predictable but not useful (being, in
fact, the low-order eight bits of the key's KEY_ value).
The functions getnstr, mvgetnstr, and mvwgetnstr were present but not documented in SVr4.
SEE ALSO
curses(3X), curs_getch(3X), curs_variables(3X).
curs_getstr(3X)
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