X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_addch.3x.html;fp=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_addch.3x.html;h=49fc983aa99b4b9ca43f8f8ed0c2d1223855bdad;hp=92f2c757f4c91d808c1b3826279b6ebaddf9cfa2;hb=87c2c84cbd2332d6d94b12a1dcaf12ad1a51a938;hpb=6315e1a380ecdb706d4f6518d2e8c7eb0db8fbe2 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html index 92f2c757..49fc983a 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ o The cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line. - o At the bottom of the current scrolling region, and if scrollok is - enabled, the scrolling region is scrolled up one line. + o At the bottom of the current scrolling region, and if scrollok(3x) + is enabled, the scrolling region is scrolled up one line. - o If scrollok 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 + o If scrollok(3x) 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 If ch is a tab, newline, carriage return or backspace, the cursor is moved appropriately within the window: @@ -97,9 +97,19 @@ may be altered by setting the TABSIZE variable. If ch is any other nonprintable character, it is drawn in printable - form, i.e., the ^X notation used by unctrl(3x). Calling winch after - adding a nonprintable character does not return the character itself, - but instead returns the printable representation of the character. + form, using the same convention as unctrl(3x): + + o Control characters are displayed in the ^X notation. + + o Values above 128 are either meta characters (if the screen has not + been initialized, or if meta(3x) has been called with a TRUE E + parameter), shown in the M-X notation, or are displayed as + themselves. In the latter case, the values may not be printable; + this follows the X/Open specification. + + Calling winch after adding a nonprintable character does not return the + character itself, but instead returns the printable representation of + the character. Video attributes can be combined with a character argument passed to addch or related functions by logical-ORing them into the character. @@ -178,9 +188,9 @@ If it is not possible to add a complete character, an error is returned: - o If scrollok 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 + o If scrollok(3x) 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 o 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