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@@ -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