add_wch
NAMESYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
NOTES
PORTABILITY
SEE ALSO
NAME
add_wch, wadd_wch, mvadd_wch, mvwadd_wch, echo_wchar, wecho_wchar − add a complex character and rendition to a curses window, then advance the cursor
SYNOPSIS
#include <ncurses/curses.h>
int add_wch(
const cchar_t *wch );
int wadd_wch( WINDOW *win, const cchar_t
*wch );
int mvadd_wch( int y, int x,
const cchar_t *wch );
int mvwadd_wch( WINDOW *win, int
y, int x, const cchar_t
*wch );
int echo_wchar( const cchar_t *wch );
int wecho_wchar( WINDOW *win, const cchar_t
*wch );
DESCRIPTION
The add_wch, wadd_wch, mvadd_wch, and mvwadd_wch functions put the complex character wch into the given window at its current position, which is then advanced. These functions perform wrapping and special-character processing as follows:
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If wch refers to a spacing character, then any previous character at that location is removed. A new character specified by wch is placed at that location with rendition specified by wch. The cursor then advances to the next spacing character on the screen. | ||
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If wch refers to a non-spacing character, all previous characters at that location are preserved. The non-spacing characters of wch are added to the spacing complex character, and the rendition specified by wch is ignored. | ||
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If the character part of wch is a tab, newline, backspace or other control character, the window is updated and the cursor moves as if addch were called. |
The echo_wchar function is functionally equivalent to a call to add_wch followed by a call to refresh. Similarly, the wecho_wchar is functionally equivalent to a call to wadd_wch followed by a call to wrefresh. The knowledge that only a single character is being output is taken into consideration and, for non-control characters, a considerable performance gain might be seen by using the *echo* functions instead of their equivalents.
Line
Graphics
Like addch(3X), addch_wch accepts symbols
which make it simple to draw lines and other frequently used
special characters. These symbols correspond to the same
VT100 line-drawing set as addch(3X).
The wide-character configuration of ncurses also defines symbols for thick- and double-lines:
RETURN VALUE
All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on success.
Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor movement using wmove, and return an error if the position is outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.
NOTES
Note that add_wch, mvadd_wch, mvwadd_wch, and echo_wchar may be macros.
PORTABILITY
All of these functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. The defaults specified for line-drawing characters apply in the POSIX locale.
X/Open Curses makes it clear that the WACS_ symbols should be defined as a pointer to cchar_t data, e.g., in the discussion of border_set. A few implementations are problematic:
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NetBSD curses defines the symbols as a wchar_t within a cchar_t. | ||
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HPUX curses equates some of the ACS_ symbols to the analogous WACS_ symbols as if the ACS_ symbols were wide characters. The misdefined symbols are the arrows and other symbols which are not used for line-drawing. |
X/Open Curses does not define symbols for thick- or double-lines. SVr4 curses implementations defined their line-drawing symbols in terms of intermediate symbols. This implementation extends those symbols, providing new definitions which are not in the SVr4 implementations.
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES), addch(3NCURSES), attr(3NCURSES), clear(3NCURSES), outopts(3NCURSES), refresh(3NCURSES), putwc(3)
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