X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_addch.3x.html;h=eaedb031559241d52207e38d71e16933e54763a2;hb=5606eb48618dde18a593793e2e5dafadf18d345b;hp=39887f41f9e2e72f1e7ae54637c884aa351ff674;hpb=027d0c57c4c4d6690e8d8727888d3282dbe9aa86;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html index 39887f41..eaedb031 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.35 2015/05/13 19:18:37 tom Exp @ + * @Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.37 2015/09/05 21:13:25 tom Exp @ --> @@ -46,15 +46,13 @@ - -
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addch, waddch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, echochar, wechochar - add a character (with attributes) to a curses window, then advance the cursor --
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#include <curses.h> int addch(const chtype ch); @@ -65,8 +63,9 @@ int wechochar(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch); --
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The addch, waddch, mvaddch and mvwaddch routines put the character ch into the given window at its current window position, which is then advanced. They are analogous to @@ -115,6 +114,8 @@ fined video attribute constants that can be usefully OR'ed into characters. + +
The echochar and wechochar routines are equivalent to a call to addch followed by a call to refresh, or a call to waddch followed by a call to wrefresh. The knowledge that @@ -124,14 +125,16 @@ equivalents. --
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The following variables may be used to add line drawing characters to the screen with routines of the addch fam- ily. The default character listed below is used if the acsc capability does not define a terminal-specific - replacement for it. The names are taken from VT100 nomen- - clature. + replacement for it, or if the terminal and locale configu- + ration requires Unicode but the library is unable to use + Unicode. + + The names are taken from VT100 nomenclature. Name Default Description -------------------------------------------------- @@ -169,44 +172,54 @@ ACS_VLINE | vertical line --
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All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on - success (the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value + success (the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than ERR") upon successful completion, unless other- wise noted in the preceding routine descriptions. - Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move- - ment using wmove, and return an error if the position is + Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move- + ment using wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if the window pointer is null. --
- Note that addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, and echochar may be +
+ Note that addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, and echochar may be macros. --
- All these functions are described in the XSI Curses stan- - dard, Issue 4. The defaults specified for forms-drawing +
+ All these functions are described in the XSI Curses stan- + dard, Issue 4. The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale. - X/Open Curses states that the ACS_ definitions are char - constants. For the wide-character implementation (see + X/Open Curses states that the ACS_ definitions are char + constants. For the wide-character implementation (see curs_add_wch), there are analogous WACS_ definitions which are cchar_t constants. - Some ACS symbols (ACS_S3, ACS_S7, ACS_LEQUAL, ACS_GEQUAL, - ACS_PI, ACS_NEQUAL, ACS_STERLING) were not documented in - any publicly released System V. However, many publicly - available terminfos include acsc strings in which their - key characters (pryz{|}) are embedded, and a second-hand - list of their character descriptions has come to light. - The ACS-prefixed names for them were invented for + Some ACS symbols (ACS_S3, ACS_S7, ACS_LEQUAL, ACS_GEQUAL, + ACS_PI, ACS_NEQUAL, ACS_STERLING) were not documented in + any publicly released System V. However, many publicly + available terminfos include acsc strings in which their + key characters (pryz{|}) are embedded, and a second-hand + list of their character descriptions has come to light. + The ACS-prefixed names for them were invented for ncurses(3x). + The displayed values for the ACS_ and WACS_ constants + depend on + + o the library configuration, i.e., ncurses versus ncurs- + esw, where the latter is capable of displaying Unicode + while the former is not, and + + o whether the locale uses UTF-8 encoding. + + In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display line- + drawing characters except by using UTF-8 (see the discus- + sion of NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS in ncurses(3x)). + The TABSIZE variable is implemented in some versions of curses, but is not part of X/Open curses. @@ -215,8 +228,7 @@ of other implementations, but is not documented. --
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curses(3x), curs_attr(3x), curs_clear(3x), curs_inch(3x), curs_outopts(3x), curs_refresh(3x), curs_variables(3x), putc(3). @@ -234,6 +246,8 @@