ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070217

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

diff --git a/man/curs_border.3x b/man/curs_border.3x
index c087fad73bcd97cfb64b03b014de2fde81c95a92..3071d2a603ea3af3b50ac3b23a0bc4d53718f44e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_border.3x
+++ b/man/curs_border.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,14 +26,24 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_border.3x,v 1.15 2002/02/16 22:21:47 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_border.3x,v 1.18 2006/02/25 21:49:19 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_border 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
 .SH NAME
-\fBborder\fR, \fBwborder\fR, \fBbox\fR,
-\fBhline\fR, \fBwhline\fR,
-\fBvline\fR, \fBwvline\fR,
-\fBmvhline\fR, \fBmvwhline\fR,
-\fBmvvline\fR, \fBmvwvline\fR - create \fBcurses\fR borders, horizontal and vertical lines
+\fBborder\fR,
+\fBwborder\fR,
+\fBbox\fR,
+\fBhline\fR,
+\fBwhline\fR,
+\fBvline\fR,
+\fBwvline\fR,
+\fBmvhline\fR,
+\fBmvwhline\fR,
+\fBmvvline\fR,
+\fBmvwvline\fR - create \fBcurses\fR borders, horizontal and vertical lines
+.ad
+.hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .br
@@ -66,6 +76,7 @@
 The \fBborder\fR, \fBwborder\fR and \fBbox\fR routines
 draw a box around the edges of a window.
 Other than the window, each argument is a character with attributes:
+.sp
 .RS
 \fIls\fR - left side,
 .br
@@ -83,8 +94,10 @@ Other than the window, each argument is a character with attributes:
 .br
 \fIbr\fR - bottom right-hand corner.
 .RE
+.PP
 If any of these arguments is zero, then the corresponding
 default values (defined in \fBcurses.h\fR) are used instead:
+.sp
 .RS
 \fBACS_VLINE\fR,
 .br
@@ -102,16 +115,16 @@ default values (defined in \fBcurses.h\fR) are used instead:
 .br
 \fBACS_LRCORNER\fR.
 .RE
-
+.PP
 \fBbox(\fR\fIwin\fR\fB, \fR\fIverch\fR\fB, \fR\fIhorch\fR\fB)\fR is a shorthand
 for the following call: \fBwborder(\fR\fIwin\fR\fB,\fR \fIverch\fR\fB,\fR
 \fIverch\fR\fB,\fR \fIhorch\fR\fB,\fR \fIhorch\fR\fB, 0, 0, 0, 0)\fR.
-
+.PP
 The \fBhline\fR and \fBwhline\fR functions draw a horizontal (left to right)
 line using \fIch\fR starting at the current cursor position in the window.  The
 current cursor position is not changed.  The line is at most \fIn\fR characters
 long, or as many as fit into the window.
-
+.PP
 The \fBvline\fR and \fBwvline\fR functions draw a vertical (top to bottom) line
 using \fIch\fR starting at the current cursor position in the window.  The
 current cursor position is not changed.  The line is at most \fIn\fR characters
@@ -119,10 +132,14 @@ long, or as many as fit into the window.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 All routines return the integer \fBOK\fR.  The SVr4.0 manual says "or a
 non-negative integer if \fBimmedok\fR is set", but this appears to be an error.
+.PP
+X/Open does not define any error conditions.
+This implementation returns an error
+if the window pointer is null.
 .SH NOTES
 The borders generated by these functions are \fIinside\fR borders (this
 is also true of SVr4 curses, though the fact is not documented).
-
+.PP
 Note that \fBborder\fR and \fBbox\fR may be macros.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.