X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_print.3x.html;h=52f149135bcad7cb9666f7dad9de8e415bc71de1;hp=15f76f9e0e2f7135f1494020928ad9ccebb6849e;hb=81304798ee736c467839c779c9ca5dca48db7bea;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html index 15f76f9e..52f14913 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - - +
+ +- -curs_print(3x) curs_print(3x) +curs_print(3x) curs_print(3x) --
+
mcprint - ship binary data to printer --
+
#include <curses.h> - int mcprint(char *data, int len); + 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. +
+ 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 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 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. + 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 + 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. --
- 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 Capabilities for printer redirection do not exist. ENOMEM - Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the - printer write. + Couldn't allocate sufficient memory to buffer the printer write. - When mcprint succeeds, it returns the number of characters - 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 - found in SVr4 curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous - version of curses. +
+ 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 - interpreted. +
+ Padding in the mc5p, mc4 and mc5 capabilities will not be interpreted. --
+
curses(3x) - curs_print(3x) + curs_print(3x)-