# curs_legacy 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls

    curs_legacy(3x)                  Library calls                 curs_legacy(3x)

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

           #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);

## DESCRIPTION

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

           o   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).

           o   The getbegy and getbegx functions return the same data as getbegyx.

           o   The getcury and getcurx functions return the same data as getyx.

           o   The getmaxy and getmaxx functions return the same data as getmaxyx.

           o   The getpary and getparx functions return the same data as getparyx.

## RETURN VALUE

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

## NOTES

           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.

## PORTABILITY

           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.

## SEE ALSO

           curses(3x), curs_getyx(3x), curs_opaque(3x)

    ncurses 6.5                       2024-03-16                   curs_legacy(3x)