ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180407

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

diff --git a/man/curs_printw.3x b/man/curs_printw.3x
index 07885ba9966ccc9bbe3a3691bf8ea1a937592440..594d8ea26beb33649317d74e045cb33868ac3e27 100644 (file)
--- a/man/curs_printw.3x
+++ b/man/curs_printw.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2017 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            *


@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.21 2017/01/07 17:33:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.22 2018/04/07 20:18:55 tom Exp $

 .TH curs_printw 3X ""
 .TH curs_printw 3X ""

+.de bP
+.ie n  .IP \(bu 4
+.el    .IP \(bu 2
+..

 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME
 .na
 .hy 0
 .SH NAME


@@ -49,10 +53,11 @@
 .br
 \fBint mvwprintw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *fmt, ...);\fR
 .br
 .br
 \fBint mvwprintw(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const char *fmt, ...);\fR
 .br

-\fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR
-.br

 \fBint vw_printw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR
 \fBint vw_printw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR

+.sp
+/* obsolete */

 .br
 .br

+\fBint vwprintw(WINDOW *win, const char *fmt, va_list varglist);\fR

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR
 routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)].  In
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The \fBprintw\fR, \fBwprintw\fR, \fBmvprintw\fR and \fBmvwprintw\fR
 routines are analogous to \fBprintf\fR [see \fBprintf\fR(3)].  In


@@ -79,14 +84,28 @@ 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 PORTABILITY
 \fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
 or if the window pointer is null.
 .SH PORTABILITY

-The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions.  The function
+In this implementation, \fBvw_printw\fP and \fBvwprintw\fP are equivalent,
+to support legacy applications.
+However, the latter (\fBvwprintw\fP) is obsolete:
+.bP
+The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions.  The function

 \fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 \fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.
 \fBvwprintw\fR is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function
 \fBvw_printw\fR using the \fB<stdarg.h>\fR interface.

+.bP

 The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that
 \fBvw_printw\fR  is preferred to \fBvwprintw\fR since the latter requires
 including \fB<varargs.h>\fR, which
 cannot be used in the same file as \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.
 The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that
 \fBvw_printw\fR  is preferred to \fBvwprintw\fR since the latter requires
 including \fB<varargs.h>\fR, which
 cannot be used in the same file as \fB<stdarg.h>\fR.

-This implementation uses \fB<stdarg.h>\fR for both, because that header
-is included in \fB<curses.h\fR>.
+This implementation uses \fB<stdarg.h>\fR for both,
+because that header is included in \fB<curses.h\fR>.
+.bP
+X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked \fBvwprintw\fP (along with
+\fBvwscanw\fP and the termcap interface) as withdrawn.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .SH SEE ALSO

-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBprintf\fR(3), \fBvprintf\fR(3).
+.na
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_addstr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_scanw\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_termcap\fP(3X),
+\fBprintf\fR(3),
+\fBvprintf\fR(3).