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.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" 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 `` ``
 .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
 \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
 \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
 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
 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.
 .PP
 Video attributes can be combined with a character argument passed to
 \fBaddch\fR or related functions by logical-ORing them into the character.