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curs_legacy(3X)						       curs_legacy(3X)

NAME
       curs_legacy - get curses	cursor and window coordinates, attributes

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curses.h>

       int getattrs(const WINDOW *win);

       int getbegx(const WINDOW	*win);
       int getbegy(const WINDOW	*win);

       int getcurx(const WINDOW	*win);
       int getcury(const WINDOW	*win);

       int getmaxx(const WINDOW	*win);
       int getmaxy(const WINDOW	*win);

       int getparx(const WINDOW	*win);
       int getpary(const WINDOW	*win);

DESCRIPTION
       These  legacy functions are simpler to use than the X/Open Curses func-
       tions:

          The getattrs	function returns the same attribute data as wattr_get.

	   However, getattrs returns an	integer	 (actually  a  chtype),	 while
	   wattr_get  returns  the current color pair in a separate parameter.
	   In the wide-character library configuration,	color  pairs  may  not
	   fit into a chtype, so wattr_get is the only way to obtain the color
	   information.

	   Because  getattrs  returns the attributes in	a single parameter, it
	   would not be	possible for an	application to distinguish  that  from
	   ERR	(a  -1).   If  the  window parameter is	null, getattrs returns
	   A_NORMAL (zero).

          The getbegy and getbegx functions return the	same data as getbegyx.

          The getcury and getcurx functions return the	same data as getyx.

          The getmaxy and getmaxx functions return the	same data as getmaxyx.

          The getpary and getparx functions return the	same data as getparyx.

RETURN VALUE
       Except as noted,	these functions	return an integer, or ERR if the  win-
       dow parameter is	null.

NOTES
       All  of	these  interfaces  are	provided as macros and functions.  The
       macros  are  suppressed	(and  only  the	  functions   provided)	  when
       NCURSES_OPAQUE  is  defined.   The standard forms such as getyx must be
       implemented as macros, and (in  this  implementation)  are  defined  in
       terms  of  the  functions described here, to avoid reliance on internal
       details of the WINDOW structure.

PORTABILITY
       These functions were supported on Version 7, BSD	or System V  implemen-
       tations.	 None of those implementations checked the window parameter.

       The  getattrs function and macro	are defined to return a	(signed) inte-
       ger for compatibility with those	implementations	although  an  unsigned
       type would have been more appropriate.

SEE ALSO
       curses(3X), curs_getyx(3X), curs_opaque(3X)

							       curs_legacy(3X)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | NOTES | PORTABILITY | SEE ALSO

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