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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ *                                                                          *
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+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
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+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@clark.net> 1997                        *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_printw.c
+**
+**	The routines printw(), wprintw() and friends.
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_printw.c,v 1.18 2006/12/17 19:21:39 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+printw(const char *fmt,...)
+{
+    va_list argp;
+    int code;
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    T((T_CALLED("printw(%s%s)"),
+       _nc_visbuf(fmt), _nc_varargs(fmt, argp)));
+    va_end(argp);
+#endif
+
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    code = vwprintw(stdscr, fmt, argp);
+    va_end(argp);
+
+    returnCode(code);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+wprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt,...)
+{
+    va_list argp;
+    int code;
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    T((T_CALLED("wprintw(%p,%s%s)"),
+       win, _nc_visbuf(fmt), _nc_varargs(fmt, argp)));
+    va_end(argp);
+#endif
+
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    code = vwprintw(win, fmt, argp);
+    va_end(argp);
+
+    returnCode(code);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+mvprintw(int y, int x, const char *fmt,...)
+{
+    va_list argp;
+    int code;
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    T((T_CALLED("mvprintw(%d,%d,%s%s)"),
+       y, x, _nc_visbuf(fmt), _nc_varargs(fmt, argp)));
+    va_end(argp);
+#endif
+
+    if ((code = move(y, x)) != ERR) {
+	va_start(argp, fmt);
+	code = vwprintw(stdscr, fmt, argp);
+	va_end(argp);
+    }
+    returnCode(code);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+mvwprintw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *fmt,...)
+{
+    va_list argp;
+    int code;
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    va_start(argp, fmt);
+    T((T_CALLED("mvwprintw(%d,%d,%p,%s%s)"),
+       y, x, win, _nc_visbuf(fmt), _nc_varargs(fmt, argp)));
+    va_end(argp);
+#endif
+
+    if ((code = wmove(win, y, x)) != ERR) {
+	va_start(argp, fmt);
+	code = vwprintw(win, fmt, argp);
+	va_end(argp);
+    }
+    returnCode(code);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+vwprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list argp)
+{
+    char *buf;
+    int code = ERR;
+
+    T((T_CALLED("vwprintw(%p,%s,va_list)"), win, _nc_visbuf(fmt)));
+
+    if ((buf = _nc_printf_string(fmt, argp)) != 0) {
+	code = waddstr(win, buf);
+    }
+    returnCode(code);
+}