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cc [flag]... file... -lcurses [library]...
#include <curses.h> int addwch(chtype wch);
int waddwch(WINDOW *win, chtype wch);
int mvaddwch(int y, int x, chtype wch);
int mvwaddwch(WINDOW *win, int y, int x, chtype wch);
int echowchar(chtype wch);
int wechowchar(WINDOW *win, chtype wch);
If wch is a tab, newline, or backspace, the cursor is moved appropriately within the window. A newline also does a clrtoeol(3CURSES) before moving. Tabs are considered to be at every eighth column. If wch is another control character, it is drawn in the ^X notation. Calling winwch(3CURSES) after adding a control character does not return the control character, but instead returns the representation of the control character.
Video attributes can be combined with a wchar_t character by OR-ing them into the parameter. This results in these attributes also being set. (The intent here is that text, including attributes, can be copied from one place to another using inwch() and addwch().) See standout(3CURSES), predefined video attribute constants.
The echowchar() and wechowchar() routines are functionally equivalent to a call to addwch() followed by a call to refresh(3CURSES), or a call to waddwch() followed by a call to wrefresh(3CURSES). 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 these routines instead of their equivalents.
Name Default Glyph Description |
ACS_ULCORNER + upper left-hand corner |
ACS_LLCORNER + lower left-hand corner |
ACS_URCORNER + upper right-hand corner |
ACS_LRCORNER + lower right-hand corner |
ACS_RTEE + right tee |
ACS_LTEE + left tee |
ACS_BTEE + bottom tee |
ACS_TTEE + top tee |
ACS_HLINE - horizontal line |
ACS_VLINE | vertical line |
ACS_PLUS + plus |
ACS_S1 - scan line 1 |
ACS_S9 - scan line 9 |
ACS_DIAMOND + diamond |
ACS_CKBOARD : checker board (stipple) |
ACS_DEGREE ' degree symbol |
ACS_PLMINUS # plus/minus |
ACS_BULLET o bullet |
ACS_LARROW < arrow pointing left |
ACS_RARRROW > arrow pointing right |
ACS_DARROW v arrow pointing down |
ACS_UARROW ^ arrow pointing up |
ACS_BOARD # board of squares |
ACS_LANTERN # lantern symbol |
ACS_BLOCK # solid square block |
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
MT-Level Unsafe |
Note that addwch(), mvaddwch(), mvwaddwch(), and echowchar() may be macros.
None of these routines can use the color attribute in chtype.