ADD_WCH(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions ADD_WCH(3XCURSES)
NAME
add_wch, mvadd_wch, mvwadd_wch, wadd_wch - add a complex character
(with rendition) to a window
SYNOPSIS
cc [
flag... ]
file...
-I /usr/xpg4/include
-L /usr/xpg4/lib \
-R /usr/xpg4/lib
-lcurses [
library... ]
c89 [
flag... ]
file...
-lcurses [
library ... ]
#include <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);
DESCRIPTION
The
add_wch() function writes a complex character to the
stdscr window at the current cursor position. The
mvadd_wch() and
mvwadd_wch() functions write the character to the position indicated
by the
x (column) and
y (row) parameters. The
mvadd_wch() function
writes the character to the
stdscr window, while
mvwadd_wch() writes
the character to the window specified by
win. The
wadd_wch() function is identical to
add_wch(), but writes the character to the
window specified by
win. These functions advance the cursor after
writing the character.
If
wch is a spacing complex character, X/Open Curses replaces any
previous character at the specified location with
wch (and its
rendition). If
wch is a non-spacing complex character, X/Open Curses
preserves all existing characters at the specified location and adds
the non-spacing characters of
wch to the spacing complex character.
It ignores the rendition associated with
wch.
Characters that do not fit on the end of the current line are wrapped
to the beginning of the next line unless the current line is the last
line of the window and scrolling is disabled. In that situation,
X/Open Curses discards characters which extend beyond the end of the
line.
When
wch is a backspace, carriage return, newline, or tab, X/Open
Curses moves the cursor appropriately as described in the
curses(3XCURSES) man page. Each tab character moves the cursor to the
next tab stop. By default, tab stops occur every eight columns. When
wch is a control character other than a backspace, carriage return,
newline, or tab, it is written using
^x notation, where
x is a
printable character. When X/Open Curses writes
wch to the last
character position on a line, it automatically generates a newline.
When
wch is written to the last character position of a scrolling
region and
scrollok() is enabled, X/Open Curses scrolls the scrolling
region up one line (see
clearok(3XCURSES)).
PARAMETERS
wch Is the character/attribute pair (rendition) to be written to
the window.
win Is a pointer to the window in which the character is to be
written.
y Is the y (row) coordinate of the character's position in the
window.
x Is the x (column) coordinate of the character's position in
the window.
RETURN VALUES
On success, these functions return
OK. Otherwise, they return
ERR.
ERRORS
None.
ATTRIBUTES
See
attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | Unsafe |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
attr_off(3XCURSES),
bkgrndset(3XCURSES),
curses(3XCURSES),
doupdate(3XCURSES),
in_wch(3XCURSES),
ins_wch(3XCURSES),
libcurses(3XCURSES),
nl(3XCURSES),
printw(3XCURSES),
scrl(3XCURSES),
scrollok(3XCURSES),
setscrreg(3XCURSES),
terminfo(5),
attributes(7),
standards(7) June 5, 2002 ADD_WCH(3XCURSES)