ENHANCED CURSES

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(), <curses.h>. 

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 4. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996