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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.

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