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- <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> - ship binary data to printer
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+<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+ <B>mcprint</B> - ship binary data to printer
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
+ <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mcprint(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*data,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>len);</STRONG>
+ <B>int</B> <B>mcprint(char</B> <B>*data,</B> <B>int</B> <B>len);</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
- This function uses the <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> or <STRONG>mc4</STRONG> and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG> capabilities,
+ This function uses the <B>mc5p</B> or <B>mc4</B> and <B>mc5</B> capabilities,
if they are present, to ship given data to a printer
attached to the terminal.
- Note that the <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> code has no way to do flow control
+ Note that the <B>mcprint</B> code has no way to do flow control
with the printer or to know how much buffering it has.
Your application is responsible for keeping the rate of
writes to the printer below its continuous throughput rate
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> function returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the write operation
+ The <B>mcprint</B> function returns <B>ERR</B> if the write operation
aborted for some reason. In this case, errno will contain
- either an error associated with <STRONG>write(2)</STRONG> or one of the
+ either an error associated with <B>write(2)</B> or one of the
following:
ENODEV
Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the
printer write.
- When <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> succeeds, it returns the number of char-
+ When <B>mcprint</B> succeeds, it returns the number of char-
acters actually sent to the printer.
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<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> call was designed for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3X)</A></STRONG>, and is not
+ The <B>mcprint</B> call was designed for <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></B>, and is not
found in SVr4 curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous
version of curses.
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<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
- Padding in the <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG>, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG> and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG> capabilities will not be
+ Padding in the <B>mc5p</B>, <B>mc4</B> and <B>mc5</B> capabilities will not be
interpreted.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3X)</A></STRONG>
+ <B><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></B>
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