Manual Pages  — curs_legacy

 getattrs,  getbegx,  getbegy,  getcurx,  getcury,  getmaxx,  getmaxy,  getparx,  getpary - get curses cursor and window coordinates or attributes (legacy)

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE NOTES PORTABILITY SEE ALSO

#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);

These legacy functions are simpler to use than the X/Open curses functions:

»	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.

Except as noted, these functions return an integer, or ERR if the window parameter is null.

All of these interfaces are implemented as macros and functions. The macros are suppressed (and only the functions provided) in an opaque  ncurses build, which defines the preprocessor symbol  NCURSES_OPAQUE. See section ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS in  ncurses(3X).

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.

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

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

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