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<H1 class="no-header">curs_border 3x</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>border</STRONG>, <STRONG>wborder</STRONG>, <STRONG>box</STRONG>, <STRONG>hline</STRONG>, <STRONG>whline</STRONG>, <STRONG>vline</STRONG>, <STRONG>wvline</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>mvhline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwhline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvvline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwvline</STRONG> - create <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
- borders, horizontal and vertical lines
+ <STRONG>border</STRONG>, <STRONG>wborder</STRONG>, <STRONG>box</STRONG>, <STRONG>hline</STRONG>, <STRONG>whline</STRONG>, <STRONG>vline</STRONG>, <STRONG>wvline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvhline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwhline</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>mvvline</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwvline</STRONG> - create <STRONG>curses</STRONG> borders, horizontal and vertical
+ lines
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>border</STRONG>, <STRONG>wborder</STRONG> and <STRONG>box</STRONG> routines draw a box around the
- edges of a window. Other than the window, each argument
- is a character with attributes:
+ The <STRONG>border</STRONG>, <STRONG>wborder</STRONG> and <STRONG>box</STRONG> routines draw a box around the edges of a
+ window. Other than the window, each argument is a character with at-
+ tributes:
<EM>ls</EM> - left side,
<EM>rs</EM> - right side,
<EM>bl</EM> - bottom left-hand corner, and
<EM>br</EM> - bottom right-hand corner.
- If any of these arguments is zero, then the corresponding
- default values (defined in <STRONG>curses.h</STRONG>) are used instead:
+ If any of these arguments is zero, then the corresponding default val-
+ ues (defined in <STRONG>curses.h</STRONG>) are used instead:
<STRONG>ACS_VLINE</STRONG>,
<STRONG>ACS_VLINE</STRONG>,
<STRONG>ACS_LLCORNER</STRONG>,
<STRONG>ACS_LRCORNER</STRONG>.
- <STRONG>box(</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> is a shorthand for the following
- call: <STRONG>wborder(</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG>
- <STRONG>0)</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>box(</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> is a shorthand for the following call: <STRONG>wbor-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>der(</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>verch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <EM>horch</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG> <STRONG>0,</STRONG> <STRONG>0)</STRONG>.
- The <STRONG>hline</STRONG> and <STRONG>whline</STRONG> functions draw a horizontal (left to
- right) line using <EM>ch</EM> starting at the current cursor posi-
- tion in the window. The current cursor position is not
- changed. The line is at most <EM>n</EM> characters long, or as
- many as fit into the window.
+ The <STRONG>hline</STRONG> and <STRONG>whline</STRONG> functions draw a horizontal (left to right) line
+ using <EM>ch</EM> starting at the current cursor position in the window. The
+ current cursor position is not changed. The line is at most <EM>n</EM> charac-
+ ters long, or as many as fit into the window.
- The <STRONG>vline</STRONG> and <STRONG>wvline</STRONG> functions draw a vertical (top to
- bottom) line using <EM>ch</EM> starting at the current cursor posi-
- tion in the window. The current cursor position is not
- changed. The line is at most <EM>n</EM> characters long, or as
- many as fit into the window.
+ The <STRONG>vline</STRONG> and <STRONG>wvline</STRONG> functions draw a vertical (top to bottom) line us-
+ ing <EM>ch</EM> starting at the current cursor position in the window. The cur-
+ rent cursor position is not changed. The line is at most <EM>n</EM> characters
+ long, or as many as fit into the window.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- All routines return the integer <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. The SVr4.0 manual
- says "or a non-negative integer if <STRONG>immedok</STRONG> is set", but
- this appears to be an error.
+ All routines return the integer <STRONG>OK</STRONG>. The SVr4.0 manual says "or a non-
+ negative integer if <STRONG>immedok</STRONG> is set", but this appears to be an error.
- X/Open does not define any error conditions. This imple-
- mentation returns an error if the window pointer is null.
+ X/Open does not define any error conditions. This implementation re-
+ turns an error if the window pointer is null.
- Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
- ment using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is
- outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
+ Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+ <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if
+ the window pointer is null.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- The borders generated by these functions are <EM>inside</EM> bor-
- ders (this is also true of SVr4 curses, though the fact is
- not documented).
+ The borders generated by these functions are <EM>inside</EM> borders (this is
+ also true of SVr4 curses, though the fact is not documented).
Note that <STRONG>border</STRONG> and <STRONG>box</STRONG> may be macros.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard,
- Issue 4. The standard specifies that they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on
- failure, but specifies no error conditions.
+ These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The
+ standard specifies that they return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> on failure, but specifies no
+ error conditions.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_border.3x.html">curs_border(3x)</A></STRONG>
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