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-.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.9 2010/09/18 20:18:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.14 2011/01/15 15:27:43 tom Exp $
.TH curs_add_wch 3X ""
.de bP
.IP \(bu 4
that only a single character is being output is taken into consideration and,
for non-control characters, a considerable performance gain might be seen
by using the *\fBecho\fP* functions instead of their equivalents.
+.SS Line Graphics
+Like \fBaddch\fP(3X),
+\fBaddch_wch\fP accepts symbols which make it simple to draw lines and other
+frequently used special characters.
+These symbols correspond to the same VT100 line-drawing set as
+\fBaddch\fP(3X).
+.PP
+.TS
+l l l l
+_ _ _ _
+lw(1.5i) lw7 lw7 lw20.
+\fIName\fR \fIUnicode\fP \fIDefault\fR \fIDescription\fR
+WACS_BLOCK 0x25ae # solid square block
+WACS_BOARD 0x2592 # board of squares
+WACS_BTEE 0x2534 + bottom tee
+WACS_BULLET 0x00b7 o bullet
+WACS_CKBOARD 0x2592 : checker board (stipple)
+WACS_DARROW 0x2193 v arrow pointing down
+WACS_DEGREE 0x00b0 ' degree symbol
+WACS_DIAMOND 0x25c6 + diamond
+WACS_GEQUAL 0x2265 > greater-than-or-equal-to
+WACS_HLINE 0x2500 \- horizontal line
+WACS_LANTERN 0x2603 # lantern symbol
+WACS_LARROW 0x2190 < arrow pointing left
+WACS_LEQUAL 0x2264 < less-than-or-equal-to
+WACS_LLCORNER 0x2514 + lower left-hand corner
+WACS_LRCORNER 0x2518 + lower right-hand corner
+WACS_LTEE 0x2524 + left tee
+WACS_NEQUAL 0x2260 ! not-equal
+WACS_PI 0x03c0 * greek pi
+WACS_PLMINUS 0x00b1 # plus/minus
+WACS_PLUS 0x253c + plus
+WACS_RARROW 0x2192 > arrow pointing right
+WACS_RTEE 0x251c + right tee
+WACS_S1 0x23ba \- scan line 1
+WACS_S3 0x23bb \- scan line 3
+WACS_S7 0x23bc \- scan line 7
+WACS_S9 0x23bd \&_ scan line 9
+WACS_STERLING 0x00a3 f pound-sterling symbol
+WACS_TTEE 0x252c + top tee
+WACS_UARROW 0x2191 ^ arrow pointing up
+WACS_ULCORNER 0x250c + upper left-hand corner
+WACS_URCORNER 0x2510 + upper right-hand corner
+WACS_VLINE 0x2502 | vertical line
+.TE
+.PP
+The wide-character configuration of ncurses also defines symbols
+for thick- and double-lines:
+.PP
+.TS
+l l l l
+_ _ _ _
+lw(1.5i) lw7 lw7 lw20.
+\fIName\fR \fIUnicode\fP \fIDefault\fR \fIDescription\fR
+WACS_T_ULCORNER 0x250f + thick upper left corner
+WACS_T_LLCORNER 0x2517 + thick lower left corner
+WACS_T_URCORNER 0x2513 + thick upper right corner
+WACS_T_LRCORNER 0x251b + thick lower right corner
+WACS_T_LTEE 0x252b + thick tee pointing right
+WACS_T_RTEE 0x2523 + thick tee pointing left
+WACS_T_BTEE 0x253b + thick tee pointing up
+WACS_T_TTEE 0x2533 + thick tee pointing down
+WACS_T_HLINE 0x2501 - thick horizontal line
+WACS_T_VLINE 0x2503 | thick vertical line
+WACS_T_PLUS 0x254b + thick large plus or crossover
+WACS_D_ULCORNER 0x2554 + double upper left corner
+WACS_D_LLCORNER 0x255a + double lower left corner
+WACS_D_URCORNER 0x2557 + double upper right corner
+WACS_D_LRCORNER 0x255d + double lower right corner
+WACS_D_RTEE 0x2563 + double tee pointing left
+WACS_D_LTEE 0x2560 + double tee pointing right
+WACS_D_BTEE 0x2569 + double tee pointing up
+WACS_D_TTEE 0x2566 + double tee pointing down
+WACS_D_HLINE 0x2550 - double horizontal line
+WACS_D_VLINE 0x2551 | double vertical line
+WACS_D_PLUS 0x256c + double large plus or crossover
+.TE
.SH RETURN VALUES
.PP
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR on success.
may be macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
.PP
-All these functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
-The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale.
+All of these functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
+The defaults specified for line-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale.
+.PP
+X/Open Curses makes it clear that the WACS_ symbols should be defined as
+a pointer to \fBcchar_t\fP data, e.g., in the discussion of \fBborder_set\fR.
+A few implementations are problematic:
+.bP
+NetBSD curses defines the symbols as a \fBwchar_t\fP within a \fBcchar_t\fP.
+.bP
+HPUX curses equates some of the \fIACS_\fP symbols
+to the analogous \fIWACS_\fP symbols as if the \fIACS_\fP symbols were
+wide characters.
+The misdefined symbols are the arrows
+and other symbols which are not used for line-drawing.
.PP
-XSI documents constants beginning with \fBWACS_\fP which are used for
-line-drawing.
-Those are not currently implemented in \fBncurses\fP.
+X/Open Curses does not define symbols for thick- or double-lines.
+SVr4 curses implementations defined their line-drawing symbols in
+terms of intermediate symbols.
+This implementation extends those symbols, providing new definitions
+which are not in the SVr4 implementations.
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X),
\fBputwc\fR(3)
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