# screen_write_text

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L443
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-screen_write_text/

```c
int screen_write_text(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, u_int cx, u_int width, u_int lines, int more, const struct grid_cell *gcp, const char *fmt,...)
```

## Parameters

- `ctx` (`struct screen_write_ctx *`)
- `cx` (`u_int`)
- `width` (`u_int`)
- `lines` (`u_int`)
- `more` (`int`)
- `gcp` (`const struct grid_cell *`)
- `fmt` (`const char *`)
- `` (`...`)

## Called by

- [`window_customize_draw_key`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-window-customize-c-window_customize_draw_key/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/window-customize.c#L609)
- [`window_customize_draw_option`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-window-customize-c-window_customize_draw_option/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/window-customize.c#L688)

## Calls

- [`screen_write_cell`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-screen_write_cell/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L499)
- [`screen_write_cursormove`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-screen_write_cursormove/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L507)
- [`utf8_copy`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-utf8_copy/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L498)
- [`utf8_fromcstr`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-utf8_fromcstr/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L459)
- [`xvasprintf`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-xvasprintf/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/screen-write.c#L456)

## Referenced declarations

- [`screen.cx`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-screen-cx/) (attribute)
- [`screen.cy`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-screen-cy/) (attribute)
- [`grid_cell.data`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-grid_cell-data/) (attribute)
- [`grid_cell`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-grid_cell/) (struct)
- [`screen_write_ctx.s`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-screen_write_ctx-s/) (attribute)
- [`screen_write_ctx`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-screen_write_ctx/) (struct)
- [`utf8_data.size`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-utf8_data-size/) (attribute)
- [`utf8_data.width`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-struct-utf8_data-width/) (attribute)