MOVE(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions MOVE(3XCURSES)
NAME
move, wmove - move cursor in window
SYNOPSIS
cc [
flag... ]
file...
-I /usr/xpg4/include
-L /usr/xpg4/lib \
-R /usr/xpg4/lib
-lcurses [
library... ]
c89 [
flag... ]
file...
-lcurses [
library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int move(
int y,
int x);
int wmove(
WINDOW *win,
int y,
int x);
PARAMETERS
y Is the y (row) coordinate of the position of the cursor in the
window.
x Is the x (column) coordinate of the position of the cursor in
the window.
win Is a pointer to the window in which the cursor is to be
written.
DESCRIPTION
The
move() function moves the logical cursor (for
stdscr) to the
position specified by
y (row) and
x (column), where the upper left
corner of the window is row 0, column 0. The
wmove() function
performs the same action, but moves the cursor in the window
specified by
win. The physical cursor will not move until after a
call to
refresh(3XCURSES) or
doupdate(3XCURSES).
RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions return
OK. Otherwise, they return
ERR.
ERRORS
None.
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | Unsafe |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
doupdate(3XCURSES),
libcurses(3XCURSES),
attributes(7),
standards(7) June 5, 2002 MOVE(3XCURSES)
