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+<H1 class="no-header">curs_print 3x 2024-03-16 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>
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
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 <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.
+ 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 <STRONG>mc5p</STRONG>, <STRONG>mc4</STRONG> and <STRONG>mc5</STRONG> 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>
-
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_print.3x.html">curs_print(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<li><a href="#h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></li>
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