VMS Help CC, Run-time functions, mv[w]getstr  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  Curses Screen Management macros that move the cursor to coordinates
  (y,x), get a string from the terminal screen, and echo it on the
  specified window.  The mvgetstr macro acts on the stdscr window.

  Syntax:

       #include <curses.h>

       int mvgetstr(int y, int x, char *str);
       int mvwgetstr(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, char *str);