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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is not enabled, writing a character at the lower
right margin succeeds. However, an error is returned because it is
- not possible to wrap to a new line
+ not possible to wrap to a new line.
If <EM>ch</EM> is a tab, newline, carriage return or backspace, the cursor is
moved appropriately within the window:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is not enabled, writing a character at the lower
right margin succeeds. However, an error is returned because it is
- not possible to wrap to a new line
+ not possible to wrap to a new line.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If an error is detected when converting a multibyte character to a
sequence of bytes, or if it is not possible to add all of the
The <EM>displayed</EM> values for the <STRONG>ACS_</STRONG> and <STRONG>WACS_</STRONG> constants depend on
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the library configuration, i.e., <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> versus <STRONG>ncursesw</STRONG>, where the
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the library configuration, i.e., <EM>ncurses</EM> versus <EM>ncursesw</EM>, where the
latter is capable of displaying Unicode while the former is not,
and
character information which is packed in a <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> to pass to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>.
In this implementation, <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> holds an eight-bit character. But
- ncurses allows multibyte characters to be passed in a succession of
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> allows multibyte characters to be passed in a succession of
calls to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>. The other implementations do not do this; a call to
<STRONG>waddch</STRONG> passes exactly one character which may be rendered as one or
more cells on the screen depending on whether it is printable.
- Depending on the locale settings, ncurses will inspect the byte passed
+ Depending on the locale settings, <EM>ncurses</EM> will inspect the byte passed
in each call to <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>, and check if the latest call will continue a
- multibyte sequence. When a character is <EM>complete</EM>, ncurses displays the
+ multibyte sequence. When a character is <EM>complete</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> displays the
character and moves to the next position in the screen.
If the calling application interrupts the succession of bytes in a
multibyte character by moving the current location (e.g., using <STRONG>wmove</STRONG>),
- ncurses discards the partially built character, starting over again.
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> discards the partially built character, starting over again.
For portability to other implementations, do not rely upon this
behavior:
-ncurses 6.4 2023-1
1-25 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-1
2-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
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