ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190216

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

diff --git a/man/curs_border.3x b/man/curs_border.3x
index 2b18d8b0a0b56a1c04fd0d54a36c230dcbaaa110..70efe1ec587c7144e8d47f0857bfa4165f08a6ed 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_border.3x
+++ b/man/curs_border.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2018 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            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_border.3x,v 1.17 2005/05/15 16:17:31 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_border.3x,v 1.23 2018/07/28 21:34:06 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_border 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 \fBmvhline\fR,
 \fBmvwhline\fR,
 \fBmvvline\fR,
-\fBmvwvline\fR - create \fBcurses\fR borders, horizontal and vertical lines
+\fBmvwvline\fR \- create \fBcurses\fR borders, horizontal and vertical lines
 .ad
 .hy
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 .br
 \fBint wvline(WINDOW *win, chtype ch, int n);\fR
 .br
-\fBmvhline(int y, int x, chtype ch, int n);\fR
+\fBint mvhline(int y, int x, chtype ch, int n);\fR
 .br
-\fBmvwhline(WINDOW *, int y, int x, chtype ch, int n);\fR
+\fBint mvwhline(WINDOW *, int y, int x, chtype ch, int n);\fR
 .br
 \fBint mvvline(int y, int x, chtype ch, int n);\fR
 .br
@@ -76,25 +76,28 @@
 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,
+\fIls\fR \- left side,
 .br
-\fIrs\fR - right side,
+\fIrs\fR \- right side,
 .br
-\fIts\fR - top side,
+\fIts\fR \- top side,
 .br
-\fIbs\fR - bottom side,
+\fIbs\fR \- bottom side,
 .br
-\fItl\fR - top left-hand corner,
+\fItl\fR \- top left-hand corner,
 .br
-\fItr\fR - top right-hand corner,
+\fItr\fR \- top right-hand corner,
 .br
-\fIbl\fR - bottom left-hand corner, and
+\fIbl\fR \- bottom left-hand corner, and
 .br
-\fIbr\fR - bottom right-hand corner.
+\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
@@ -112,31 +115,40 @@ 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
+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
+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.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
-All routines return the integer \fBOK\fR.  The SVr4.0 manual says "or a
+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.
+.PP
+Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using
+\fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
+or 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.
@@ -144,9 +156,3 @@ The standard specifies that they return \fBERR\fR on failure,
 but specifies no error conditions.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_outopts\fR(3X).
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