NAME¶

getyx, getparyx, getbegyx, getmaxyx - get curses cursor and window coordinates

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <curses.h>

void getyx(WINDOW *win, int y, int x);
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¶

These macros obtain the cursor position and bounds information of a curses window win. getyx stores win's cursor position in the variables y and x. getmaxyx stores win's maximum valid line and column numbers in y and x, respectively. getbegyx similarly stores the position of win's origin relative to that of the screen (for stdscr, these coordinates are always 0).

If win is a subwindow (see subwin(3NCURSES)), the getparyx macro places the coordinates of its origin relative to its parent window into y and x, and -1 into both if it is not.

RETURN VALUE¶

No return values are defined for macros. Do not use them as the right-hand side of assignment statements.

NOTES¶

All of these interfaces are implemented as macros. An “&” operator is not necessary before the variables y and x.

PORTABILITY¶

These macros are described in X/Open Curses Issue 4.

ncurses also provides functions getbegy, getbegx, getcury, getcurx, getmaxy, getmaxx, getpary, and getparx for compatibility with System V curses that were not standardized; see legacy(3NCURSES).

Although X/Open Curses does not address the issue, many implementations expose members of the WINDOW structure containing values corresponding to these macros. Do not rely on their availability; some implementations make WINDOW opaque (that is, they do not allow direct access to its members).

Besides the problem of opaque structures, the data stored in like-named members may not have values of the same meaning across different implementations. For example, the values of WINDOW._maxx and WINDOW._maxy in ncurses have long differed by one from some other implementations. The getmaxyx macro hides this difference.

HISTORY¶

4BSD (1980) curses introduced getyx.

SVr3 (1987) added getbegyx and getmaxyx. SVr3.1 later that year supplied getparyx.

SEE ALSO¶

ncurses(3NCURSES), legacy(3NCURSES), opaque(3NCURSES)