cursaddch(3X)                                                  cursaddch(3X)



NAME
       addch, waddch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, echochar, wechochar - add a character
       (with attributes) to a curses window, then advance the cursor

SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>

       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
       advanced.  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
       another  using  inch and addch.)  See the cursattr(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 doesn't define a  terminal-
       specific  replacement  for  it  (but see the EXTENSIONS section below).
       The names are taken from VT100 nomenclature.


       Name           Default   Description
       --------------------------------------------------
       ACSBLOCK      #         solid square block
       ACSBOARD      #         board of squares
       ACSBTE       ]         bottom tee

       ACSBULET     o         bullet
       ACSCKBOARD    :         checker board (stipple)
       ACSDAROW     v         arrow pointing down
       ACSDEGRE     '         degree symbol
       ACSDIAMOND    ]         diamond
       ACSGEQUAL     >         greater-than-or-equal-to
       ACSHLINE      -         horizontal line
       ACSLANTERN    #         lantern symbol
       ACSLAROW     <         arrow pointing left
       ACSLEQUAL     <         less-than-or-equal-to
       ACSLCORNER   ]         lower left-hand corner
       ACSLRCORNER   ]         lower right-hand corner
       ACSLTE       ]         left tee
       ACSNEQUAL     !         not-equal
       ACSPI         *         greek pi
       ACSPLMINUS    #         plus/minus
       ACSPLUS       ]         plus
       ACSRAROW     >         arrow pointing right
       ACSRTE       ]         right tee
       ACS1         -         scan line 1
       ACS3         -         scan line 3
       ACS7         -         scan line 7
       ACS9                  scan line 9
       ACSTERLING   f         pound-sterling symbol
       ACSTE       ]         top tee
       ACSUAROW     ^         arrow pointing up
       ACSULCORNER   ]         upper left-hand corner
       ACSURCORNER   ]         upper right-hand corner
       ACSVLINE               vertical line

RETURN VALUE
       All routines return the integer ER upon failure and OK on success (the
       SVr4  manuals specify only "an integer value other than ER") upon suc-
       cessful completion, unless otherwise noted  in  the  preceding  routine
       descriptions.

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  (ACS3,  ACS7,  ACSLEQUAL,  ACSGEQUAL, ACSPI,
       ACSNEQUAL, ACSTERLING) 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),  cursattr(3X),  cursclear(3X),  cursinch(3X),  cursout-
       opts(3X), cursrefresh(3X), putc(3S).



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