.\" authorization. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.38 2017/01/07 19:25:15 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.43 2017/11/19 01:54:00 tom Exp $
.TH curs_addch 3X ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el .ds '' ''
.de bP
-.IP \(bu 4
+.ie n .IP \(bu 4
+.el .IP \(bu 2
..
.SH NAME
\fBaddch\fR,
.SS Adding characters
The \fBaddch\fR, \fBwaddch\fR, \fBmvaddch\fR and \fBmvwaddch\fR routines put
the character \fIch\fR into the given window at its current window position,
-which is then advanced. They are analogous to \fBputchar\fR in \fBstdio\fR(3).
+which is then advanced. They are analogous to \fBputchar\fR(3) in \fBstdio\fR(3).
If the advance is at the right margin:
.bP
The cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line.
The names are taken from VT100 nomenclature.
.PP
.TS
-l l l
-_ _ _
-l l l.
-\fIName\fR \fIDefault\fR \fIDescription\fR
-ACS_BLOCK # solid square block
-ACS_BOARD # board of squares
-ACS_BTEE + bottom tee
-ACS_BULLET o bullet
-ACS_CKBOARD : checker board (stipple)
-ACS_DARROW v arrow pointing down
-ACS_DEGREE ' degree symbol
-ACS_DIAMOND + diamond
-ACS_GEQUAL > greater-than-or-equal-to
-ACS_HLINE \- horizontal line
-ACS_LANTERN # lantern symbol
-ACS_LARROW < arrow pointing left
-ACS_LEQUAL < less-than-or-equal-to
-ACS_LLCORNER + lower left-hand corner
-ACS_LRCORNER + lower right-hand corner
-ACS_LTEE + left tee
-ACS_NEQUAL ! not-equal
-ACS_PI * greek pi
-ACS_PLMINUS # plus/minus
-ACS_PLUS + plus
-ACS_RARROW > arrow pointing right
-ACS_RTEE + right tee
-ACS_S1 \- scan line 1
-ACS_S3 \- scan line 3
-ACS_S7 \- scan line 7
-ACS_S9 \&_ scan line 9
-ACS_STERLING f pound-sterling symbol
-ACS_TTEE + top tee
-ACS_UARROW ^ arrow pointing up
-ACS_ULCORNER + upper left-hand corner
-ACS_URCORNER + upper right-hand corner
-ACS_VLINE | vertical line
+l l l l
+l l l l
+_ _ _ _
+l l l l.
+\fBACS\fR \fBACS\fR \fBacsc\fP \fBGlyph\fR
+\fBName\fR \fBDefault\fR \fBchar\fP \fBName\fR
+ACS_BLOCK # 0 solid square block
+ACS_BOARD # h board of squares
+ACS_BTEE + v bottom tee
+ACS_BULLET o ~ bullet
+ACS_CKBOARD : a checker board (stipple)
+ACS_DARROW v . arrow pointing down
+ACS_DEGREE ' f degree symbol
+ACS_DIAMOND + ` diamond
+ACS_GEQUAL > > greater-than-or-equal-to
+ACS_HLINE \- q horizontal line
+ACS_LANTERN # i lantern symbol
+ACS_LARROW < , arrow pointing left
+ACS_LEQUAL < y less-than-or-equal-to
+ACS_LLCORNER + m lower left-hand corner
+ACS_LRCORNER + j lower right-hand corner
+ACS_LTEE + t left tee
+ACS_NEQUAL ! | not-equal
+ACS_PI * { greek pi
+ACS_PLMINUS # g plus/minus
+ACS_PLUS + n plus
+ACS_RARROW > + arrow pointing right
+ACS_RTEE + u right tee
+ACS_S1 \- o scan line 1
+ACS_S3 \- p scan line 3
+ACS_S7 \- r scan line 7
+ACS_S9 \&_ s scan line 9
+ACS_STERLING f } pound-sterling symbol
+ACS_TTEE + w top tee
+ACS_UARROW ^ \- arrow pointing up
+ACS_ULCORNER + l upper left-hand corner
+ACS_URCORNER + k upper right-hand corner
+ACS_VLINE | x vertical line
.TE
.SH RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success
-(the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") upon
-successful completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine
-descriptions.
+(the SVr4 manuals specify only
+\*(``an integer value other than \fBERR\fR\*('') upon successful completion,
+unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine descriptions.
.PP
-Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using
\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
or if the window pointer is null.
.SH NOTES
.SH PORTABILITY
All these functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale.
+.SS ACS Symbols
.LP
X/Open Curses states that the \fIACS_\fP definitions are \fBchar\fP constants.
For the wide-character implementation (see \fBcurs_add_wch\fP),
In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display line-drawing characters
except by using UTF-8 (see the discussion of \fBNCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS\fP in
ncurses(3X)).
+.SS Character Set
+X/Open Curses assumes that the parameter passed to \fBwaddch\fP contains
+a single character.
+As discussed in \fBcurs_attr(3X)\fP, that character may have been
+more than eight bits in an SVr3 or SVr4 implementation,
+but in the X/Open Curses model, the details are not given.
+The important distinction between SVr4 curses and X/Open Curses is
+that the non-character information (attributes and color) was
+separated from the character information which is packed in a \fBchtype\fP
+to pass to \fBwaddch\fP.
+.PP
+In this implementation, \fBchtype\fP holds eight bits.
+But ncurses allows multibyte characters to be passed in a succession
+of calls to \fBwaddch\fP.
+The other implementations do not do this;
+a call to \fBwaddch\fP passes exactly one character
+which may be rendered as one or more cells on the screen
+depending on whether it is printable.
+.PP
+Depending on the locale settings,
+ncurses will inspect the byte passed in each call to \fBwaddch\fP,
+and check if the latest call will continue a multibyte sequence.
+When a character is \fIcomplete\fP,
+ncurses displays the character and moves to the next position in the screen.
+.PP
+If the calling application interrupts the succession of bytes in
+a multibyte character by moving the current location (e.g., using \fBwmove\fP),
+ncurses discards the partially built character,
+starting over again.
+.PP
+For portability to other implementations,
+do not rely upon this behavior:
+.bP
+check if a character can be represented as a single byte in the current locale
+before attempting call \fBwaddch\fP, and
+.bP
+call \fBwadd_wch\fP for characters which cannot be handled by \fBwaddch\fP.
+.SS TABSIZE
.LP
The \fBTABSIZE\fR variable is implemented in some versions of curses,
but is not part of X/Open curses.
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