ncurses 6.1 - patch 20181208

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

diff --git a/man/curs_print.3x b/man/curs_print.3x
index 3136d182cc30330bbfd17bb5ec31011011154c49..ba793ec3319a41829bd0ff9ffce88d50d621ec2e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_print.3x
+++ b/man/curs_print.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2017,2018 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            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,36 +26,39 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_print.3x,v 1.7 2005/05/15 15:59:36 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_print.3x,v 1.13 2018/07/28 21:34:56 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_print 3X ""
 .SH NAME
 .TH curs_print 3X ""
 .SH NAME

-\fBmcprint\fR - ship binary data to printer
+\fBmcprint\fR \- ship binary data to printer

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fB#include <curses.h>\fR

-
+.sp

 \fBint mcprint(char *data, int len);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This function uses the \fBmc5p\fR or \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities,
 if they are present, to ship given data to a printer attached to the terminal.
 \fBint mcprint(char *data, int len);\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This function uses the \fBmc5p\fR or \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities,
 if they are present, to ship given data to a printer attached to the terminal.

-
+.PP

 Note that the \fBmcprint\fR code has no way to do flow control with the printer
 Note that the \fBmcprint\fR code has no way to do flow control with the printer

-or to know how much buffering it has.  Your application is responsible for
+or to know how much buffering it has.
+Your application is responsible for

 keeping the rate of writes to the printer below its continuous throughput rate
 keeping the rate of writes to the printer below its continuous throughput rate

-(typically about half of its nominal cps rating).  Dot-matrix printers and
+(typically about half of its nominal cps rating).
+Dot-matrix printers and

 6-page-per-minute lasers can typically handle 80cps, so a good conservative
 rule of thumb is to sleep for a second after shipping each 80-character line.
 6-page-per-minute lasers can typically handle 80cps, so a good conservative
 rule of thumb is to sleep for a second after shipping each 80-character line.

-
+.

 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The \fBmcprint\fR function returns \fBERR\fR if the write operation aborted
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The \fBmcprint\fR function returns \fBERR\fR if the write operation aborted

-for some reason.  In this case, errno will contain either an error associated
-with \fBwrite(2)\fR or one of the following:
+for some reason.
+In this case, errno will contain either an error associated
+with \fBwrite\fP(2) or one of the following:

 .TP 5
 ENODEV
 Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist.
 .TP 5
 ENOMEM
 Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write.
 .TP 5
 ENODEV
 Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist.
 .TP 5
 ENOMEM
 Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write.

-
+.PP

 When \fBmcprint\fR succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually
 sent to the printer.
 .SH PORTABILITY
 When \fBmcprint\fR succeeds, it returns the number of characters actually
 sent to the printer.
 .SH PORTABILITY


@@ -65,10 +68,4 @@ in SVr4 curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
 Padding in the \fBmc5p\fR, \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities will not be
 interpreted.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 Padding in the \fBmc5p\fR, \fBmc4\fR and \fBmc5\fR capabilities will not be
 interpreted.
 .SH SEE ALSO

-\fBcurses\fR(3X)\fR
-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End:
+\fBcurses\fR(3X)