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curs_addch(3X) curs_addch(3X) NAME addch, waddch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, echochar, wechochar - add a character (with attributes) to a curses window, then advance the cursor SYNOPSIS #include <curses.h> int addch(const chtype ch); int waddch(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch); int mvaddch(int y, int x, const chtype ch); int mvwaddch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, const chtype ch); int echochar(const chtype ch); int wechochar(WINDOW *win, const chtype ch); DESCRIPTION The addch, waddch, mvaddch and mvwaddch routines put the character ch into the given window at its current window position, which is then ad- vanced. They are analogous to putchar in stdio(3). If the advance is at the right margin, the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line. At the bottom of the current scrolling region, if scrollok is enabled, the scrolling region is scrolled up one line. If ch is a tab, newline, or backspace, the cursor is moved appropri- ately within the window. Backspace moves the cursor one character left; at the left edge of a window it does nothing. Newline does a clrtoeol, then moves the cursor to the window left margin on the next line, scrolling the window if on the last line. Tabs are considered to be at every eighth column. The tab interval may be altered by setting the TABSIZE variable. If ch is any control character other than tab, newline, or backspace, it is drawn in ^X notation. Calling winch after adding a control char- acter does not return the character itself, but instead returns the ^-representation of the control character. Video attributes can be combined with a character argument passed to addch or related functions by logical-ORing them into the character. (Thus, text, including attributes, can be copied from one place to an- other using inch and addch.) See the curs_attr(3X) page for values of predefined video attribute constants that can be usefully OR'ed into characters. The echochar and wechochar routines are equivalent to a call to addch followed by a call to refresh, or a call to waddch followed by a call to wrefresh. The knowledge that only a single character is being out- put is used and, for non-control characters, a considerable performance gain may be seen by using these routines instead of their equivalents. Line Graphics The following variables may be used to add line drawing characters to the screen with routines of the addch family. The default character listed below is used if the acsc capability does not define a terminal- specific replacement for it. The names are taken from VT100 nomencla- ture. Name Default Description -------------------------------------------------- ACS_BLOCK # solid square block ACS_BOARD # board of squares ACS_BTEE + bottom tee ACS_BULLET o bullet ACS_CKBOARD : checker board (stipple) ACS_DARROW v arrow pointing down ACS_DEGREE ' degree symbol ACS_DIAMOND + diamond ACS_GEQUAL > greater-than-or-equal-to ACS_HLINE - horizontal line ACS_LANTERN # lantern symbol ACS_LARROW < arrow pointing left ACS_LEQUAL < less-than-or-equal-to ACS_LLCORNER + lower left-hand corner ACS_LRCORNER + lower right-hand corner ACS_LTEE + left tee ACS_NEQUAL ! not-equal ACS_PI * greek pi ACS_PLMINUS # plus/minus ACS_PLUS + plus ACS_RARROW > arrow pointing right ACS_RTEE + right tee ACS_S1 - scan line 1 ACS_S3 - scan line 3 ACS_S7 - scan line 7 ACS_S9 _ scan line 9 ACS_STERLING f pound-sterling symbol ACS_TTEE + top tee ACS_UARROW ^ arrow pointing up ACS_ULCORNER + upper left-hand corner ACS_URCORNER + upper right-hand corner ACS_VLINE | vertical line RETURN VALUE All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success (the SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value other than ERR") upon suc- cessful completion, unless otherwise noted in the preceding routine de- scriptions. NOTES Note that addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, and echochar may be macros. PORTABILITY All these functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale. Some ACS symbols (ACS_S3, ACS_S7, ACS_LEQUAL, ACS_GEQUAL, ACS_PI, ACS_NEQUAL, ACS_STERLING) were not documented in any publicly released System V. However, many publicly available terminfos include acsc strings in which their key characters (pryz{|}) are embedded, and a second-hand list of their character descriptions has come to light. The ACS-prefixed names for them were invented for ncurses(3X). The TABSIZE variable is implemented in some versions of curses, but is not part of X/Open curses. If ch is a carriage return, the cursor is moved to the beginning of the current row of the window. This is true of other implementations, but is not documented. SEE ALSO curses(3X), curs_attr(3X), curs_clear(3X), curs_inch(3X), curs_out- opts(3X), curs_refresh(3X), putc(3). Comparable functions in the wide-character (ncursesw) library are de- scribed in curs_add_wch(3X). curs_addch(3X)
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