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+<H1 class="no-header">curs_print 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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-<B><A HREF="curs_print.3X.html">curs_print(3X)</A></B> <B><A HREF="curs_print.3X.html">curs_print(3X)</A></B>
+<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>
- <B>mcprint</B> - 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>
- <B>#include</B> <B><curses.h></B>
+ <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
- <B>int</B> <B>mcprint(char</B> <B>*</B><I>data</I><B>,</B> <B>int</B> <I>len</I><B>);</B>
+ <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>
- This function uses the <B>mc5p</B> or <B>mc4</B> and <B>mc5</B> capabilities, if they are
+ This function uses the <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG> or <STRONG>mc4</STRONG> and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG> capabilities, if they are
present, to ship given data to a printer attached to the terminal.
- Note that the <B>mcprint</B> code has no way to do flow control with the
+ Note that the <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> code has no way to do flow control with the
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
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The <B>mcprint</B> function returns <B>ERR</B> if the write operation aborted for
- some reason. In this case, <B>errno</B> will contain either an error
- associated with <B>write(2)</B> or one of the following:
+ The <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> function returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> if the write operation aborted for
+ 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 <B>mcprint</B> succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually
+ When <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually
sent to the printer.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>mcprint</STRONG> was designed for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and was not found in SVr4 <EM>curses</EM>,
+ 4.4BSD <EM>curses</EM>, or any other previous curses implementation.
+
+
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- The <B>mcprint</B> call was designed for <B><A HREF="ncurses.3X.html">ncurses(3X)</A></B>, and is not found in SVr4
- curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
+ Applications employing this <EM>ncurses</EM> extension should condition its use
+ on the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
- Padding in the <B>mc5p</B>, <B>mc4</B> and <B>mc5</B> capabilities will not be interpreted.
+ Padding in the <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG>, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG> capabilities is not interpreted.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <B><A HREF="curses.3X.html">curses(3X)</A></B>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>
- <B><A HREF="curs_print.3X.html">curs_print(3X)</A></B>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
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