X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_print.3x.html;h=24c62d2e59cb75c553c939f56d033236214ecf75;hp=4c33df3239bbe046cbc1799b0a69da55fb1f44eb;hb=HEAD;hpb=9f479192e3ca3413d235c66bf058f8cc63764898 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html index 4c33df32..92fb48d4 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -curs_print 3X +curs_print 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls - + -

curs_print 3X

+

curs_print 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls

-curs_print(3X)                                                  curs_print(3X)
+curs_print(3x)                   Library calls                  curs_print(3x)

NAME

-       mcprint - ship binary data to printer
+       mcprint - write binary data to printer using terminfo capabilities

SYNOPSIS

-       #include <curses.h>
+       #include <curses.h>
 
-       int mcprint(char *data, int len);
+       int mcprint(char *data, int len);

DESCRIPTION

-       This  function  uses  the mc5p or mc4 and mc5 capabilities, if they are
+       This  function  uses  the mc5p or mc4 and mc5 capabilities, if they are
        present, to ship given data to a printer attached to the terminal.
 
-       Note that the mcprint code has no way  to  do  flow  control  with  the
+       Note that the mcprint code has no way  to  do  flow  control  with  the
        printer  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  (typically  about half of its nominal cps
@@ -70,35 +70,40 @@

RETURN VALUE

-       The mcprint function returns ERR if the  write  operation  aborted  for
-       some  reason.   In  this  case,  errno  will  contain  either  an error
-       associated with write(2) or one of the following:
+       The mcprint function returns ERR if the  write  operation  aborted  for
+       some  reason.   In  this  case,  errno  will  contain  either  an error
+       associated with write(2) or one of the following:
 
-       ENODEV
+       ENODEV
             Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist.
 
-       ENOMEM
+       ENOMEM
             Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write.
 
-       When mcprint succeeds, it returns the  number  of  characters  actually
+       When mcprint succeeds, it returns the  number  of  characters  actually
        sent to the printer.
 
 
+

EXTENSIONS

+       mcprint was designed for ncurses(3x), and was not found in SVr4 curses,
+       4.4BSD curses, or any other previous curses implementation.
+
+

PORTABILITY

-       The mcprint call was designed for ncurses(3X), and is not found in SVr4
-       curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
+       Applications employing this ncurses extension should condition its  use
+       on the visibility of the NCURSES_VERSION preprocessor macro.

BUGS

-       Padding in the mc5p, mc4 and mc5 capabilities will not be interpreted.
+       Padding in the mc5p, mc4, and mc5 capabilities is not interpreted.

SEE ALSO

-       curses(3X)
+       curses(3x)
 
 
 
-                                                                curs_print(3X)
+ncurses 6.5                       2024-03-16                    curs_print(3x)