ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191005

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_addch.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_addch.3x b/man/curs_addch.3x
index 664b8da5e42e4a3bff32fb7db9990b0cd135cf99..729382d49fcce828c3014db21c49bcd9587cc6fd 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_addch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addch.3x
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 '\" t
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2018,2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.45 2018/05/19 21:03:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.47 2019/02/16 23:50:17 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_addch 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ Tabs are considered to be at every eighth column.
 The tab interval may be altered by setting the \fBTABSIZE\fR variable.
 .PP
 If \fIch\fR is any other control character, it
-is drawn in \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation.  Calling \fBwinch\fR after adding a
+is drawn in \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation.
+Calling \fBwinch\fR after adding a
 control character does not return the character itself, but instead returns
 the ^-representation of the control character.
 .PP
@@ -108,13 +109,15 @@ into characters.
 .PP
 The \fBechochar\fR and \fBwechochar\fR routines are equivalent to a call to
 \fBaddch\fR followed by a call to \fBrefresh\fR(3X), or a call to \fBwaddch\fR
-followed by a call to \fBwrefresh\fR.  The knowledge that only a single
+followed by a call to \fBwrefresh\fR.
+The knowledge that only a single
 character is being output is used and, for non-control characters, a
 considerable performance gain may be seen by using these routines instead of
 their equivalents.
 .SS Line Graphics
 The following variables may be used to add line drawing characters to the
-screen with routines of the \fBaddch\fR family.  The default character listed
+screen with routines of the \fBaddch\fR family.
+The default character listed
 below is used if the \fBacsc\fR capability does not define a terminal-specific
 replacement for it,
 or if the terminal and locale configuration requires Unicode but the
@@ -192,10 +195,12 @@ ACS_PI,
 ACS_NEQUAL,
 ACS_STERLING)
 were not documented in
-any publicly released System V.  However, many publicly available terminfos
+any publicly released System V.
+However, many publicly available terminfos
 include \fBacsc\fR 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 \fBncurses\fR(3X).
+to light.
+The ACS-prefixed names for them were invented for \fBncurses\fR(3X).
 .LP
 The \fIdisplayed\fP values for the \fIACS_\fP and \fIWACS_\fP constants
 depend on 
@@ -247,8 +252,9 @@ before attempting call \fBwaddch\fP, and
 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.
+The \fBTABSIZE\fR variable is implemented in SVr4 and other versions of curses,
+but is not part of X/Open curses
+(see \fBcurs_variables\fR(3X) for more details).
 .LP
 If \fIch\fR is a carriage return,
 the cursor is moved to the beginning of the current row of the window.