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+ + +- +curs_print(3x) curs_print(3x) --
- mcprint - ship binary data to printer --
- #include <curses.h> - int mcprint(char *data, int len); +
+ mcprint - ship binary data to printer --
- 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. +
+ #include <curses.h> - 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. + 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. + + 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 typi- + cally 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 associ- + ated with write(2) or one of the following: ENODEV - Capabilities for printer redirection don't exist. + 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 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 - 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) - +
+ curses(3x) + curs_print(3x)-