ncurses 6.2 - patch 20201017

[ncurses.git] / man / curs_addch.3x

diff --git a/man/curs_addch.3x b/man/curs_addch.3x
index ccf8da212e8e24c54d79b79fac84f4f1ac71b534..68667d9f630e037a866c2ea095361c53232de562 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_addch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addch.3x
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.52 2020/03/21 23:47:23 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.54 2020/10/17 23:02:40 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_addch 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 \fBint mvaddch(int y, int x, const chtype ch);\fR
 .br
 \fBint mvwaddch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype ch);\fR
-.br
+.sp
 \fBint echochar(const chtype ch);\fR
 .br
 \fBint wechochar(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch);\fR
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ scrolling the window if on the last line.
 Tabs are considered to be at every eighth column.
 The tab interval may be altered by setting the \fBTABSIZE\fR variable.
 .PP
-If \fIch\fR is any other control character, it
-is drawn in \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation.
+If \fIch\fR is any other nonprintable character,
+it is drawn in printable form,
+i.e., the \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation used by \fBunctrl\fR(3X).
 Calling \fBwinch\fR after adding a
-control character does not return the character itself, but instead returns
-the ^-representation of the control character.
+nonprintable character does not return the character itself,
+but instead returns the printable representation of the character.
 .PP
 Video attributes can be combined with a character argument passed to
 \fBaddch\fR or related functions by logical-ORing them into the character.