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:

       •   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.

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(3NCURSES).

       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

       ncurses(3NCURSES), getyx(3NCURSES), opaque(3NCURSES)