X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_print.3x.html;h=a954e859e5e47cbfab882f9a3d51fa47b41a2d76;hp=adf7ccc0e8b14af8b9959c3c82b1ec1daf9c9929;hb=2a32bee362db64f5a06b2124976b928ac3faa578;hpb=46722468f47c2b77b3987729b4bcf2321cccfd01 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html index adf7ccc0..a954e859 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. @@ -66,53 +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 don't exist. + 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)-