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+<H1 class="no-header">curs_print 3x 2023-10-07 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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-<STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> - ship binary data to printer
+ <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> - write binary data to printer using <EM>terminfo</EM> capabilities
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mcprint(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*data,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>len);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mcprint(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>data</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>len</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
printer or to know how much buffering it has. Your application is
responsible for keeping the rate of writes to the printer below its
continuous throughput rate (typically about half of its nominal cps
- rating). Dot-matrix printers and 6-page-per-minute lasers can typi-
- cally handle 80cps, so a good conservative rule of thumb is to sleep
- for a second after shipping each 80-character line.
+ rating). Dot-matrix printers and 6-page-per-minute lasers can
+ typically handle 80cps, so a good conservative rule of thumb is to
+ sleep for a second after shipping each 80-character line.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> function returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the write operation aborted for
- some reason. In this case, errno will contain either an error associ-
- ated with <STRONG>write(2)</STRONG> or one of the following:
+ some reason. In this case, <STRONG>errno</STRONG> will contain either an error
+ associated with <STRONG>write(2)</STRONG> or one of the following:
- ENODEV
+ <STRONG>ENODEV</STRONG>
Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist.
- ENOMEM
+ <STRONG>ENOMEM</STRONG>
Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write.
When <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> call was designed for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and is not found in SVr4
- curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
+ The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> call was designed for <EM>ncurses</EM>, and is not found in SVr4
+ <EM>curses</EM>, 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>, or any other previous version of <EM>curses</EM>. It is
+ recommended that any code depending on <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions be
+ conditioned using <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG>.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
-
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2023-10-07 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
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