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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_kernel 3x 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_kernel 3x 2025-08-16 ncurses 6.6 Library calls</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
-
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>def_prog_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>def_shell_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>resetty</STRONG>, <STRONG>savetty</STRONG>, <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>napms</STRONG> - low-
- level <EM>curses</EM> routines
+ <STRONG>resetty</STRONG>, <STRONG>savetty</STRONG>, <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, <STRONG>napms</STRONG>, <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> -
+ low-level <EM>curses</EM> routines
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -67,9 +65,10 @@
<STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>getsyx(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>setsyx(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ripoffline(int</STRONG> <EM>line</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*</STRONG><EM>init</EM><STRONG>)(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*,</STRONG> <STRONG>int));</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>curs_set(int</STRONG> <EM>visibility</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvcur(int</STRONG> <EM>oldrow</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>oldcol</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>newrow</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>newcol</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>napms(int</STRONG> <EM>ms</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ripoffline(int</STRONG> <EM>line</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*</STRONG><EM>init</EM><STRONG>)(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*,</STRONG> <STRONG>int));</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
@@ -82,133 +81,201 @@
The <STRONG>def_prog_mode</STRONG> and <STRONG>def_shell_mode</STRONG> routines save the current terminal
modes as the "program" (in <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) or "shell" (not in <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) state for
use by the <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> routines. This is done
- automatically by <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. There is one such save area for each screen
+ automatically by <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>. There is one such save area for each screen
context allocated by <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-reset_prog_mode_reset_shell_mode">reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> routines restore the terminal
- to "program" (in <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) or "shell" (out of <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) state. These are
- done automatically by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG> and, after an <STRONG>endwin</STRONG>, by <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>, so
+ The <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG> and <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> routines restore the terminal
+ to "program" (in <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) or "shell" (out of <STRONG>curses</STRONG>) state. These are
+ done automatically by <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">endwin(3x)</A></STRONG> and, after an <STRONG>endwin</STRONG>, by <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>, so
they normally are not called.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-resetty_savetty">resetty, savetty</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>resetty</STRONG> and <STRONG>savetty</STRONG> routines save and restore the state of the
- terminal modes. <STRONG>savetty</STRONG> saves the current state in a buffer and
+ The <STRONG>resetty</STRONG> and <STRONG>savetty</STRONG> routines save and restore the state of the
+ terminal modes. <STRONG>savetty</STRONG> saves the current state in a buffer and
<STRONG>resetty</STRONG> restores the state to what it was at the last call to <STRONG>savetty</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-getsyx">getsyx</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> routine returns the current coordinates of the <EM>virtual</EM>
- <EM>screen</EM> cursor in <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>. If <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG> is currently <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, then <STRONG>-1</STRONG>,<STRONG>-1</STRONG> is
- returned. If lines have been removed from the top of the screen, using
- <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG>, <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM> include these lines; therefore, <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM> should be
- used only as arguments for <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> stores the coordinates of virtual screen (<STRONG>newscr</STRONG>) cursor in <EM>y</EM>
+ and <EM>x</EM>. If <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>'s <STRONG><A HREF="leaveok.3x.html">leaveok(3x)</A></STRONG> output option is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> stores <STRONG>-1</STRONG>
+ in both <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>. If lines have been removed from the top of the screen
+ using <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG>, <EM>y</EM> includes these lines; therefore, <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM> populated
+ by <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> should be used only as arguments for <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>.
- Few applications will use this feature, most use <STRONG>getyx</STRONG> instead.
+ Few applications use this feature; most call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getyx.3x.html">getyx(3x)</A></STRONG> instead.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-setsyx">setsyx</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG> routine sets the <EM>virtual</EM> <EM>screen</EM> cursor to <EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>. If <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>
- are both <STRONG>-1</STRONG>, then <STRONG>leaveok</STRONG> is set. The two routines <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>
- are designed to be used by a library routine, which manipulates <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
- windows but does not want to change the current position of the
- program's cursor. The library routine would call <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> at the
- beginning, do its manipulation of its own windows, do a <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> on
- its windows, call <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>, and then call <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG> sets the virtual screen (<STRONG>newscr</STRONG>) cursor location to (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>).
+ <STRONG>setsyx(-1,</STRONG> <STRONG>-1)</STRONG> is equivalent to <STRONG>leaveok(newscr,</STRONG> <STRONG>TRUE)</STRONG>.
- Few applications will use this feature, most use <STRONG>wmove</STRONG> instead.
+ <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG> are designed to be used by a function that
+ manipulates <EM>curses</EM> windows but seeks to avoid changing the cursor
+ position. Such a function would first call <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG>, modify its windows'
+ content, call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">wnoutrefresh(3x)</A></STRONG> on them, call <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG>, then call
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">doupdate(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ Few applications use this feature; most call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">wmove(3x)</A></STRONG> instead.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ripoffline">ripoffline</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> provides access to the same facility that <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> uses
- to reduce the size of the screen. <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> must be called before
- <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> is called, to prepare these initial actions:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>line</EM> is positive, a line is removed from the top of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>.
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-curs_set">curs_set</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> adjusts the cursor visibility to "invisible", "visible", "very
+ visible", as its argument is <STRONG>0</STRONG>, <STRONG>1</STRONG>, or <STRONG>2</STRONG>, respectively. It returns the
+ previous <EM>visibility</EM> if the requested one is supported, and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>
+ otherwise.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> if <EM>line</EM> is negative, a line is removed from the bottom.
- When the resulting initialization is done inside <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>, the routine
- <STRONG>init</STRONG> (supplied by the user) is called with two arguments:
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mvcur">mvcur</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> provides low-level cursor motion. It takes effect immediately,
+ rather than at the next refresh. Unlike the other low-level output
+ functions, which either write to the standard output stream or are
+ passed a function pointer to perform output, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> uses a file
+ descriptor derived from the output stream parameter of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> a window pointer to the one-line window that has been allocated and
+ One application of <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> accompanies the temporary use of another
+ program to write to the terminal screen. For example, first call
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">refresh(3x)</A></STRONG> to ensure that the screen and the library's model of it are
+ up to date; then call <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG>; write to the screen with the
+ external application; call <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG>; and finally call <STRONG>mvcur(</STRONG>...<STRONG>,</STRONG>
+ ...<STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>-1,</STRONG> <STRONG>-1)</STRONG> to move the terminal cursor to where <EM>curses</EM> thinks it is,
+ since the library has no knowledge of how the external application
+ moved it.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> an integer with the number of columns in the window.
- Inside this initialization routine, the integer variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> (defined in <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>) are not guaranteed to be accurate and
- <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> or <STRONG>doupdate</STRONG> must not be called. It is allowable to call
- <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> during the initialization routine.
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-napms">napms</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>napms</STRONG> sleeps for <EM>ms</EM> milliseconds. If <EM>ms</EM> exceeds 30,000 (thirty
+ seconds), <EM>ncurses</EM> caps it at that value.
+
- <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> can be called up to five times before calling <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or
- <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ripoffline">ripoffline</a></H3><PRE>
+ <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> provides access to the same facility that <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> uses
+ to reduce the size of the screen. The application must call <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG>
+ before <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG> so that the latter functions prepare
+ a <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> of the correct size.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>line</EM> is positive, <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> removes a line from the top of what
+ will become <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>.
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-curs_set">curs_set</a></H3><PRE>
- The <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> routine sets the cursor state to invisible, normal, or
- very visible for <STRONG>visibility</STRONG> equal to <STRONG>0</STRONG>, <STRONG>1</STRONG>, or <STRONG>2</STRONG> respectively. If the
- terminal supports the <EM>visibility</EM> requested, the previous <EM>cursor</EM> state
- is returned; otherwise, <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> is returned.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>line</EM> is negative, <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> removes a line from the bottom of
+ what will become <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>.
+ When <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> initializes <EM>curses</EM>, it calls the <EM>init</EM> function supplied to
+ <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> by the application with two arguments:
-</PRE><H3><a name="h3-napms">napms</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>napms</STRONG> sleeps for <EM>ms</EM> milliseconds. If <EM>ms</EM> exceeds 30,000 (thirty
- seconds), it is capped at that value.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> a pointer to the one-line <EM>WINDOW</EM> that it allocates, and
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> an integer with the number of columns in the window.
+
+ Inside this <EM>init</EM> function, the values of the integer variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>COLS</STRONG> (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>) are not guaranteed to be reliable; it
+ must not call <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">wrefresh(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">doupdate(3x)</A></STRONG>. A <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">wnoutrefresh(3x)</A></STRONG> call is
+ permissible.
+
+ <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> can be called up to five times before <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- Except for <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG>, these routines always return <STRONG>OK</STRONG>.
+ Except for <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG>, these functions return <STRONG>OK</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
+ failure.
- <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> returns the previous cursor state, or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the requested
- <EM>visibility</EM> is not supported.
+ <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> returns the previous cursor visibility, and returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the
+ terminal type does not support the requested <EM>visibility</EM>.
- X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementation
+ <STRONG>napms</STRONG> always succeeds.
- <STRONG>def_prog_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>def_shell_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG>
- return an error if the terminal was not initialized, or if the I/O
- call to obtain the terminal settings fails.
+ <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> fails if the position (<EM>newrow</EM>, <EM>newcol</EM>) is outside the screen
+ boundaries.
- <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG>
- returns an error if the maximum number of ripped-off lines exceeds
- the maximum (5).
+ In <EM>ncurses</EM>,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>def_prog_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>def_shell_mode</STRONG>, <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG>, and
+ <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the terminal was not initialized, or
+ if the operating system's function for obtaining terminal settings
+ fails.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the accumulated quantity of ripped-off
+ lines would exceed the maximum (5).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- Note that <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> is a macro, so <STRONG>&amp;</STRONG> is not necessary before the variables
- <EM>y</EM> and <EM>x</EM>.
+ <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> is a macro; use of the <STRONG>&amp;</STRONG> operator before its arguments is
+ unnecessary.
+
+ The <STRONG>endwin</STRONG> function of both <EM>ncurses</EM> and SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> calls <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> if
+ the latter has previously been called to set the cursor visibility to a
+ value other than normal; that is, either invisible or very visible.
+ There is no way for <EM>ncurses</EM> to determine the initial cursor visibility
+ to restore it.
+
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> imposes a limit of 30 seconds on a delay requested of <STRONG>napms</STRONG>.
+
+ While the <EM>init</EM> function called by <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> is specified to return an
+ <EM>int</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> pays no attention to its return value.
- Older SVr4 man pages warn that the return value of <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> "is
- currently incorrect". This implementation gets it right, but it may be
- unwise to count on the correctness of the return value anywhere else.
+ If <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> cannot allocate memory for the required <EM>WINDOW</EM> structure
+ backing the ripped-off line, it stores a null pointer to the <EM>WINDOW</EM>
+ pointer argument supplied by the <EM>init</EM> function the application
+ specifies. The application must check this argument for validity after
+ calling <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> and prior to performing <EM>curses</EM> operations on that
+ window.
- Both <EM>ncurses</EM> and SVr4 will call <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> in <STRONG>endwin</STRONG> if <STRONG>curs_set</STRONG> has been
- called to make the cursor other than normal, i.e., either invisible or
- very visible. There is no way for <EM>ncurses</EM> to determine the initial
- cursor state to restore that.
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> accepts <STRONG>-1</STRONG> for either or both old coordinates. This
+ value tells <EM>ncurses</EM> that the old location is unknown, and that it must
+ use only absolute motion, as with the <STRONG>cursor_address</STRONG> (<STRONG>cup</STRONG>) capability,
+ rather than the least costly combination of absolute and relative
+ motion.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- The <EM>virtual</EM> <EM>screen</EM> functions <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> are not described in
- X/Open Curses, Issue 4. All other functions are as described in X/Open
- Curses.
+ Applications employing <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions should condition their use on
+ the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
+
+ The <EM>virtual</EM> <EM>screen</EM> functions <EM>setsyx</EM> and <EM>getsyx</EM> are not described in
+ X/Open Curses Issue 4. SVr4 documents each of them as returning an
+ <EM>int</EM>. This is misleading, as they are macros with no documented
+ semantics for returning values.
+
+ All other functions are as described in X/Open Curses. It specifies no
+ error conditions for them, except as described for <EM>curs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>set</EM> in section
+ "RETURN VALUE" above.
+
+ The System V Interface Definition, Version 4 (1995), specified all of
+ these functions except <EM>curs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>set</EM> as returning <EM>OK</EM>.
- The SVr4 documentation describes <STRONG>setsyx</STRONG> and <STRONG>getsyx</STRONG> as having return
- type int. This is misleading, as they are macros with no documented
- semantics for the return value.
+ Older SVr4 man pages warn that the return value of <EM>curs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>set</EM> "is
+ currently incorrect". This implementation gets it right, but counting
+ on its correctness anywhere else may be unwise.
- If interrupted, <EM>ncurses</EM> restarts <STRONG>napms</STRONG>. That, and the limitation to 30
- seconds, are different from other implementations.
+ X/Open Curses specifies <EM>ripoffline</EM> as returning <EM>OK</EM> with no possibility
+ of failure ("[c]alls to <EM>ripoffline</EM> above this limit [five lines] have
+ no effect but report success").
+
+ X/Open Curses notes:
+
+ After use of <EM>mvcur</EM>(), the model Curses maintains of the state of
+ the terminal might not match the actual state of the terminal.
+ An application should touch and refresh the window before
+ resuming conventional use of Curses.
+
+ Both <EM>ncurses</EM> and SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> implement <EM>mvcur</EM> using the <EM>SCREEN</EM> object
+ allocated in either <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">initscr(3x)</A></STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">newterm(3x)</A></STRONG>. X/Open Curses states
+ that the old location must be given for <EM>mvcur</EM> to accommodate terminals
+ that lack absolute cursor positioning.
+
+ If interrupted by a signal, <EM>ncurses</EM> restarts <EM>napms</EM>. That, and the
+ limitation to 30 seconds, differ from other implementations.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_scr_dump.3x.html">curs_scr_dump(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
-
-
-ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.6 2025-08-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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@@ -221,13 +288,15 @@ ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 <STRONG><A HREF="
<li><a href="#h3-resetty_savetty">resetty, savetty</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-getsyx">getsyx</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-setsyx">setsyx</a></li>
-<li><a href="#h3-ripoffline">ripoffline</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-curs_set">curs_set</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-mvcur">mvcur</a></li>
<li><a href="#h3-napms">napms</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-ripoffline">ripoffline</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
</ul>