X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_print.3x.html;h=2fba9f3faf87212855287f23fc1793fdfe2c96d2;hp=4261dbe378aa68b5e86a7c955170544069ae0912;hb=f344f8539c1543f8cd65a5bb142dbaf23b9421d2;hpb=55ccd2b959766810cf7db8d1c4462f338ce0afc8 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html index 4261dbe3..2fba9f3f 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- curs_print(3x) curs_print(3x) --
+
mcprint - ship binary data to printer --
+
#include <curses.h> int mcprint(char *data, int len); --
+
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. @@ -70,53 +67,54 @@ (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. - + sleep for a second after shipping each 80-character line. --
- The mcprint function returns ERR if the write operation +
+ 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 + either an error associated with write(2) or one of the following: ENODEV Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist. ENOMEM - Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the + Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write. - When mcprint succeeds, it returns the number of char- - acters actually sent to the printer. + When mcprint succeeds, it returns the number of characters + actually sent to the printer. --
- The mcprint call was designed for ncurses(3x), and is not +
+ 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. --
- Padding in the mc5p, mc4 and mc5 capabilities will not be +
+ Padding in the mc5p, mc4 and mc5 capabilities will not be interpreted. --
+
curses(3x) curs_print(3x)-