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|
# ncurses 6.5 - patch 20250419 - Thomas E. Dickey
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Ncurses 6.5 is at
# https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/
# https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/
# https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
#
# Patches for ncurses 6.5 can be found at
# https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5
# https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.5
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.5/ncurses-6.5-20250419.patch.gz
# patch by Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
# created Sun Apr 20 00:10:18 UTC 2025
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# NEWS | 6 -
# VERSION | 2
# dist.mk | 4
# doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html | 197 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
# doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html | 192 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
# doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html | 8 -
# doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html | 2
# doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html | 2
# doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html | 4
# man/curs_add_wch.3x | 72 +++++++++----
# man/curs_addch.3x | 72 +++++++++----
# man/curs_printw.3x | 17 ++-
# package/debian-mingw/changelog | 4
# package/debian-mingw64/changelog | 4
# package/debian/changelog | 4
# package/mingw-ncurses.nsi | 4
# package/mingw-ncurses.spec | 2
# package/ncurses.spec | 2
# package/ncursest.spec | 2
# 19 files changed, 359 insertions(+), 241 deletions(-)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: NEWS
Prereq: 1.4273
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/NEWS 2025-04-12 21:08:43.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/NEWS 2025-04-19 23:31:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written --
-- authorization. --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4273 2025/04/12 21:08:43 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4275 2025/04/19 23:31:31 tom Exp $
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20250419
+ + add note on scrolling and lower-right corner to waddch and wadd_wch
+ manual pages.
+
20250412
+ add pangoterm -TD
+ add kf1 to kf5 to sclp (report by Werner Fink)
Index: VERSION
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/VERSION 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/VERSION 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:10 6.5 20250412
+5:0:10 6.5 20250419
Index: dist.mk
Prereq: 1.1664
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/dist.mk 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/dist.mk 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written #
# authorization. #
##############################################################################
-# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1664 2025/04/12 10:27:36 tom Exp $
+# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1665 2025/04/19 10:37:06 tom Exp $
# Makefile for creating ncurses distributions.
#
# This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
# These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses.
NCURSES_MAJOR = 6
NCURSES_MINOR = 5
-NCURSES_PATCH = 20250412
+NCURSES_PATCH = 20250419
# We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases
VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR)
Index: doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html 2025-04-05 22:33:03.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html 2025-04-19 23:33:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.114 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.115 2025/04/19 22:53:52 tom Exp @
-->
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wch 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_add_wch 3x 2025-04-19 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -157,16 +157,6 @@
until another spacing character is written to the window or the cursor
is moved.
- If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region and
- advancement occurs at the right margin, the cursor automatically wraps
- to the beginning of the next line.
-
- If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when advancement
- occurs at the right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled for <EM>win</EM>, the
- scrolling region scrolls up one line and the cursor wraps as above.
- Otherwise, advancement and scrolling do not occur, and <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> returns
- <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
-
If <EM>wch</EM> is a backspace, carriage return, line feed, or tab, the cursor
moves appropriately within the window.
@@ -180,36 +170,69 @@
margin.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Tab advances the cursor to the next tab stop (possibly on the next
- line); these are placed at every eighth column by default. Alter
- the tab interval with the <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> extension; see
+ line); these are placed at every eighth column by default.
+
+ Alter the tab interval with the <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> extension; see
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- If <EM>wch</EM> is any other nonprintable character, it is drawn in printable
- form using the same convention as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">wunctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>. Calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wch.3x.html">win_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> on
- the location of a nonprintable character does not return the character
+ If <EM>wch</EM> is any other nonprintable character, it is drawn in printable
+ form using the same convention as <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">wunctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>. Calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_in_wch.3x.html">win_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> on
+ the location of a nonprintable character does not return the character
itself, but its <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">wunctrl(3x)</A></STRONG> representation.
+ Adding spacing characters with <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG> causes it to wrap at the right
+ margin of the window:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region and
+ advancement occurs at the right margin, the cursor automatically
+ wraps to the beginning of the next line.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when
+ advancement occurs at the right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled
+ for <EM>win</EM>, the scrolling region scrolls up one line and the cursor
+ wraps as above. Otherwise, advancement and scrolling do not occur,
+ and <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
+
+ A window's margins may coincide with the screen boundaries. This may
+ be a problem when <EM>ncurses</EM> updates the screen to match the curses
+ window. When their right and bottom margins coincide, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
+ different strategies to handle the variations of scrolling and wrapping
+ at the lower-right corner by depending on the terminal capabilities:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal does not automatically wrap as characters are added
+ at the right margin (i.e., auto right margins), <EM>ncurses</EM> writes the
+ character directly.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has auto right margins, but also has capabilities
+ for turning auto margins off and on, <EM>ncurses</EM> turns the auto margin
+ feature off temporarily when writing to the lower-right corner.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has an insertion mode which can be turned off and
+ on, <EM>ncurses</EM> writes the character just before the lower-right
+ corner, and then inserts a character to push the update into the
+ corner.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wecho_wchar">wecho_wchar</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>echo_wchar</STRONG> and <STRONG>wecho_wchar</STRONG> are equivalent to calling (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>add_wch</STRONG>
- followed by (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>refresh</STRONG> on <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> or the specified window. <EM>curses</EM>
- interprets these functions as a hint that only a single (complex)
- character is being output; for non-control characters, a considerable
+ <STRONG>echo_wchar</STRONG> and <STRONG>wecho_wchar</STRONG> are equivalent to calling (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>add_wch</STRONG>
+ followed by (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>refresh</STRONG> on <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> or the specified window. <EM>curses</EM>
+ interprets these functions as a hint that only a single (complex)
+ character is being output; for non-control characters, a considerable
performance gain may be enjoyed by employing them.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Forms-Drawing-Characters">Forms-Drawing Characters</a></H3><PRE>
- <EM>curses</EM> defines macros starting with <STRONG>WACS_</STRONG> that can be used with
- <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG> to write line-drawing and other symbols to the screen.
- <EM>ncurses</EM> terms these <EM>forms-drawing</EM> <EM>characters.</EM> <EM>curses</EM> uses the ACS
- default listed below if the terminal type lacks the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>)
- capability; that capability does not define a replacement for the
- character; or if the terminal type and locale configuration require
- Unicode to access these characters, but the library is unable to use
- Unicode. The "acsc char" column corresponds to how the characters are
+ <EM>curses</EM> defines macros starting with <STRONG>WACS_</STRONG> that can be used with
+ <STRONG>wadd_wch</STRONG> to write line-drawing and other symbols to the screen.
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> terms these <EM>forms-drawing</EM> <EM>characters.</EM> <EM>curses</EM> uses the ACS
+ default listed below if the terminal type lacks the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>)
+ capability; that capability does not define a replacement for the
+ character; or if the terminal type and locale configuration require
+ Unicode to access these characters, but the library is unable to use
+ Unicode. The "acsc char" column corresponds to how the characters are
specified in the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) string capability, and the characters
- in it may appear on the screen if the terminal type's database entry
- incorrectly advertises ACS support. The name "ACS" originates in the
+ in it may appear on the screen if the terminal type's database entry
+ incorrectly advertises ACS support. The name "ACS" originates in the
Alternate Character Set feature of the DEC VT100 terminal.
<STRONG>Unicode</STRONG> <STRONG>ACS</STRONG> <STRONG>acsc</STRONG>
@@ -222,6 +245,7 @@
<STRONG>WACS_CKBOARD</STRONG> U+2592 : a checker board (stipple)
<STRONG>WACS_DARROW</STRONG> U+2193 v . arrow pointing down
<STRONG>WACS_DEGREE</STRONG> U+00b0 ' f degree symbol
+
<STRONG>WACS_DIAMOND</STRONG> U+25c6 + ` diamond
<STRONG>WACS_GEQUAL</STRONG> U+2265 > > greater-than-or-equal-to
<STRONG>WACS_HLINE</STRONG> U+2500 - q horizontal line
@@ -245,11 +269,10 @@
<STRONG>WACS_TTEE</STRONG> U+252c + w top tee
<STRONG>WACS_UARROW</STRONG> U+2191 ^ - arrow pointing up
<STRONG>WACS_ULCORNER</STRONG> U+250c + l upper left-hand corner
-
<STRONG>WACS_URCORNER</STRONG> U+2510 + k upper right-hand corner
<STRONG>WACS_VLINE</STRONG> U+2502 | x vertical line
- The <EM>ncurses</EM> wide API also defines symbols for thick lines (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG> "J"
+ The <EM>ncurses</EM> wide API also defines symbols for thick lines (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG> "J"
through "N", "T" through "X", and "Q"):
<STRONG>Unicode</STRONG> <STRONG>ASCII</STRONG> <STRONG>acsc</STRONG>
@@ -284,9 +307,9 @@
<STRONG>WACS_D_URCORNER</STRONG> U+2557 + B double upper right corner
<STRONG>WACS_D_VLINE</STRONG> U+2551 | Y double vertical line
- Unicode's descriptions for these characters differs slightly from
- <EM>ncurses</EM>, by introducing the term "light" (along with less important
- details). Here are its descriptions for the normal, thick, and double
+ Unicode's descriptions for these characters differs slightly from
+ <EM>ncurses</EM>, by introducing the term "light" (along with less important
+ details). Here are its descriptions for the normal, thick, and double
horizontal lines:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> U+2500 BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
@@ -303,31 +326,31 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
pointer,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> wrapping to a new line is impossible because <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> has not
- been called on <EM>win</EM> (or <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, as applicable) when writing to its
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> wrapping to a new line is impossible because <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> has not
+ been called on <EM>win</EM> (or <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, as applicable) when writing to its
bottom right location is attempted, or
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> it is not possible to add a complete character at the cursor
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> it is not possible to add a complete character at the cursor
position.
- Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
+ Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>add_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvadd_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>echo_wchar</STRONG> may be implemented as
+ <STRONG>add_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvadd_wch</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvwadd_wch</STRONG>, and <STRONG>echo_wchar</STRONG> may be implemented as
macros.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
- The symbols <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S3</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>,
- <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>, and <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM> are not standard. However, many
- publicly available <EM>terminfo</EM> entries include <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>)
- capabilities in which their key characters (<STRONG>pryz{|}</STRONG>) are embedded, and
- a second-hand list of their character descriptions has come to light.
+ The symbols <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S3</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>,
+ <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>, and <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM> are not standard. However, many
+ publicly available <EM>terminfo</EM> entries include <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>)
+ capabilities in which their key characters (<STRONG>pryz{|}</STRONG>) are embedded, and
+ a second-hand list of their character descriptions has come to light.
The <EM>ncurses</EM> developers invented WACS-prefixed names for them.
@@ -335,59 +358,59 @@
Applications employing <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions should condition their use on
the visibility of the <STRONG>NCURSES_VERSION</STRONG> preprocessor macro.
- These functions are described in X/Open Curses Issue 4. It specifies
+ These functions are described in X/Open Curses Issue 4. It specifies
no error conditions for them.
- The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX
- locale. X/Open Curses makes it clear that the WACS_ symbols should be
- defined as a pointer to <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> data, e.g., in the discussion of
+ The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX
+ locale. X/Open Curses makes it clear that the WACS_ symbols should be
+ defined as a pointer to <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> data, e.g., in the discussion of
<EM>border</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>set</EM>. A few implementations are problematic:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> defines the symbols as a <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> within a <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX <EM>curses</EM> equates some of the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols to the analogous
- <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols as if the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols were wide characters. The
- misdefined symbols are the arrows and other symbols which are not
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX <EM>curses</EM> equates some of the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols to the analogous
+ <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols as if the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> 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 specify symbols for thick- or double-lines.
+ X/Open Curses does not specify symbols for thick- or double-lines.
SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> implementations defined their line-drawing symbols in terms
- of intermediate symbols. <EM>ncurses</EM> extends those symbols, providing new
+ of intermediate symbols. <EM>ncurses</EM> extends those symbols, providing new
definitions not found in SVr4 implementations.
- Not all Unicode-capable terminals provide support for VT100-style
+ Not all Unicode-capable terminals provide support for VT100-style
alternate character sets (i.e., the <EM>acsc</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>chars</EM> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) capability), with
- their corresponding line-drawing characters. X/Open Curses did not
+ their corresponding line-drawing characters. X/Open Curses did not
address the aspect of integrating Unicode with line-drawing characters.
- Existing implementations of System V <EM>curses</EM> (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris) use
- only the <EM>acsc</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>chars</EM> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) character-mapping to provide this feature.
- As a result, those implementations can use only single-byte line-
- drawing characters. <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.3 (2002) provided a table of Unicode
- values to solve these problems. NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> incorporated that table
+ Existing implementations of System V <EM>curses</EM> (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris) use
+ only the <EM>acsc</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>chars</EM> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) character-mapping to provide this feature.
+ As a result, those implementations can use only single-byte line-
+ drawing characters. <EM>ncurses</EM> 5.3 (2002) provided a table of Unicode
+ values to solve these problems. NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> incorporated that table
in 2010.
- <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the Unicode values instead of the terminal type
+ <EM>ncurses</EM> uses the Unicode values instead of the terminal type
description's <EM>acsc</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>chars</EM> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) mapping as discussed in <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> for
- the environment variable <EM>NCURSES</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>UTF8</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>ACS</EM>. In contrast, for the
+ the environment variable <EM>NCURSES</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>UTF8</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>ACS</EM>. In contrast, for the
same cases, the line-drawing characters described in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">addch(3x)</A></STRONG> will use
only the ASCII default values.
- Having Unicode available does not solve all of the problems with line-
+ Having Unicode available does not solve all of the problems with line-
drawing for <EM>curses</EM>:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The closest Unicode equivalents to the VT100 graphics <EM>S1</EM>, <EM>S3</EM>, <EM>S7</EM>,
- and <EM>S9</EM> frequently are not displayed at the regular intervals which
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The closest Unicode equivalents to the VT100 graphics <EM>S1</EM>, <EM>S3</EM>, <EM>S7</EM>,
+ and <EM>S9</EM> frequently are not displayed at the regular intervals which
the terminal used.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <EM>lantern</EM> is a special case. It originated with the AT&T 4410
- terminal in the early 1980s. There is no accessible documentation
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The <EM>lantern</EM> is a special case. It originated with the AT&T 4410
+ terminal in the early 1980s. There is no accessible documentation
depicting the lantern symbol on the AT&T terminal.
Lacking documentation, most readers assume that a <EM>storm</EM> <EM>lantern</EM> was
intended. But there are several possibilities, all with problems.
- Unicode 6.0 (2010) does provide two lantern symbols: U+1F383 and
- U+1F3EE. Those were not available in 2002, and are irrelevant
+ Unicode 6.0 (2010) does provide two lantern symbols: U+1F383 and
+ U+1F3EE. Those were not available in 2002, and are irrelevant
since they lie outside the Basic Multilingual Plane and as a result
are unavailable on many terminals. They are not storm lanterns, in
any case.
@@ -395,20 +418,20 @@
Most <EM>storm</EM> <EM>lanterns</EM> have a tapering glass chimney (to guard against
tipping); some have a wire grid protecting the chimney.
- For the tapering appearance, U+2603 was adequate. In use on a
+ For the tapering appearance, U+2603 was adequate. In use on a
terminal, no one can tell what the image represents. Unicode calls
it a snowman.
Others have suggested these alternatives: <section> U+00A7 (section
- mark), <Theta> U+0398 (theta), <Phi> U+03A6 (phi), <delta> U+03B4
+ mark), <Theta> U+0398 (theta), <Phi> U+03A6 (phi), <delta> U+03B4
(delta), U+2327 (x in a rectangle), U+256C (forms double vertical
and horizontal), and U+2612 (ballot box with x).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Complex-Characters">Complex Characters</a></H3><PRE>
- The complex character type <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> can store more than one wide
- character (<EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>). X/Open Curses does not mention this possibility,
- specifying behavior only where <EM>wch</EM> is a single character, either
+ The complex character type <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> can store more than one wide
+ character (<EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>). X/Open Curses does not mention this possibility,
+ specifying behavior only where <EM>wch</EM> is a single character, either
spacing or non-spacing.
<EM>ncurses</EM> assumes that <EM>wch</EM> is constructed using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">setcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>, and in turn
@@ -419,22 +442,22 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> holds one non-spacing character.
- In the latter case, <EM>ncurses</EM> adds the non-spacing character to the
+ In the latter case, <EM>ncurses</EM> adds the non-spacing character to the
active complex character.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
- X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions. The
+ X/Open Curses Issue 4 (1995) initially specified these functions. The
System V Interface Definition (SVID) Version 4 of the same year
- specified functions named <EM>waddwch</EM> (and the usual variants), <EM>echowchar</EM>,
+ specified functions named <EM>waddwch</EM> (and the usual variants), <EM>echowchar</EM>,
and <EM>wechowchar</EM>. These were later additions to SVr4.<EM>x</EM>, not appearing in
- the first SVr4 (1989). They differed from X/Open's later <EM>wadd</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> and
- <EM>wecho</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wchar</EM> in that they each took an argument of type <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> instead
+ the first SVr4 (1989). They differed from X/Open's later <EM>wadd</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM> and
+ <EM>wecho</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wchar</EM> in that they each took an argument of type <EM>wchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM> instead
of <EM>cchar</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>t</EM>. SVID defined no <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols.
- X/Open Curses Issue 4 also defined many of the <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants,
+ X/Open Curses Issue 4 also defined many of the <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants,
excepting <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>, <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S3</EM>,
- <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, and <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM>; and those for drawing thick and double
+ <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, and <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM>; and those for drawing thick and double
lines.
<EM>ncurses</EM> 5.3 (2002) furnished the remaining <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants.
@@ -445,12 +468,12 @@
its non-wide-character configuration.
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addwstr.3x.html">curs_addwstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wchstr.3x.html">curs_add_wchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgrnd.3x.html">curs_bkgrnd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgrnd.3x.html">curs_bkgrnd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getcchar.3x.html">curs_getcchar(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>putwc(3)</STRONG>
-ncurses 6.5 2025-04-05 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5 2025-04-19 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -119,16 +119,6 @@
is a <EM>blank</EM> <EM>character</EM>, and therefore combines with the window's
background character; see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region and
- advancement occurs at the right margin, the cursor automatically wraps
- to the beginning of the next line.
-
- If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when advancement
- occurs at the right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled for <EM>win</EM>, the
- scrolling region scrolls up one line and the cursor wraps as above.
- Otherwise, advancement and scrolling do not occur, and <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> returns
- <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
-
If <EM>ch</EM> is a backspace, carriage return, line feed, or tab, the cursor
moves appropriately within the window.
@@ -142,37 +132,70 @@
margin.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Tab advances the cursor to the next tab stop (possibly on the next
- line); these are placed at every eighth column by default. Alter
- the tab interval with the <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> extension; see
+ line); these are placed at every eighth column by default.
+
+ Alter the tab interval with the <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG> extension; see
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- If <EM>ch</EM> is any other nonprintable character, it is drawn in printable
+ If <EM>ch</EM> is any other nonprintable character, it is drawn in printable
form using the same convention as <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>. Calling <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">winch(3x)</A></STRONG> on the
- location of a nonprintable character does not return the character
+ location of a nonprintable character does not return the character
itself, but its <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG> representation.
+ Adding printable characters with <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> causes it to wrap at the right
+ margin of the window:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region and
+ advancement occurs at the right margin, the cursor automatically
+ wraps to the beginning of the next line.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region when
+ advancement occurs at the right margin, and <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> is enabled
+ for <EM>win</EM>, the scrolling region scrolls up one line and the cursor
+ wraps as above. Otherwise, advancement and scrolling do not occur,
+ and <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> returns <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>.
+
+ A window's margins may coincide with the screen boundaries. This may
+ be a problem when <EM>ncurses</EM> updates the screen to match the curses
+ window. When their right and bottom margins coincide, <EM>ncurses</EM> uses
+ different strategies to handle the variations of scrolling and wrapping
+ at the lower-right corner by depending on the terminal capabilities:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal does not automatically wrap as characters are added
+ at the right margin (i.e., auto right margins), <EM>ncurses</EM> writes the
+ character directly.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has auto right margins, but also has capabilities
+ for turning auto margins off and on, <EM>ncurses</EM> turns the auto margin
+ feature off temporarily when writing to the lower-right corner.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If the terminal has an insertion mode which can be turned off and
+ on, <EM>ncurses</EM> writes the character just before the lower-right
+ corner, and then inserts a character to push the update into the
+ corner.
+
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wechochar">wechochar</a></H3><PRE>
- <STRONG>echochar</STRONG> and <STRONG>wechochar</STRONG> are equivalent to calling (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>addch</STRONG> followed by
- (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>refresh</STRONG> on <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> or the specified window. <EM>curses</EM> interprets these
- functions as a hint to its optimizer that only a single character cell
- in the window is being altered between refreshes; for non-control
+ <STRONG>echochar</STRONG> and <STRONG>wechochar</STRONG> are equivalent to calling (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>addch</STRONG> followed by
+ (<STRONG>w</STRONG>)<STRONG>refresh</STRONG> on <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> or the specified window. <EM>curses</EM> interprets these
+ functions as a hint to its optimizer that only a single character cell
+ in the window is being altered between refreshes; for non-control
characters, a considerable performance gain may be enjoyed by employing
them.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Forms-Drawing-Characters">Forms-Drawing Characters</a></H3><PRE>
- <EM>curses</EM> defines macros starting with <STRONG>ACS_</STRONG> that can be used with <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>
- to write line-drawing and other symbols to the screen. <EM>ncurses</EM> terms
- these <EM>forms-drawing</EM> <EM>characters.</EM> <EM>curses</EM> uses the ACS default listed
- below if the terminal type lacks the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) capability; that
- capability does not define a replacement for the character; or if the
- terminal type and locale configuration require Unicode to access these
- characters, but the library is unable to use Unicode. The "acsc char"
+ <EM>curses</EM> defines macros starting with <STRONG>ACS_</STRONG> that can be used with <STRONG>waddch</STRONG>
+ to write line-drawing and other symbols to the screen. <EM>ncurses</EM> terms
+ these <EM>forms-drawing</EM> <EM>characters.</EM> <EM>curses</EM> uses the ACS default listed
+ below if the terminal type lacks the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) capability; that
+ capability does not define a replacement for the character; or if the
+ terminal type and locale configuration require Unicode to access these
+ characters, but the library is unable to use Unicode. The "acsc char"
column corresponds to how the characters are specified in the <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG>
- (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) string capability, and the characters in it may appear on the
+ (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) string capability, and the characters in it may appear on the
screen if the terminal type's database entry incorrectly advertises ACS
- support. The name "ACS" originates in the Alternate Character Set
+ support. The name "ACS" originates in the Alternate Character Set
feature of the DEC VT100 terminal.
<STRONG>ACS</STRONG> <STRONG>acsc</STRONG>
@@ -180,7 +203,6 @@
------------------------------------------------------------------------
<STRONG>ACS_BLOCK</STRONG> # 0 solid square block
<STRONG>ACS_BOARD</STRONG> # h board of squares
-
<STRONG>ACS_BTEE</STRONG> + v bottom tee
<STRONG>ACS_BULLET</STRONG> o ~ bullet
<STRONG>ACS_CKBOARD</STRONG> : a checker board (stipple)
@@ -220,27 +242,27 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>curses</EM> screen has not been initialized,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> (for functions taking a <EM>WINDOW</EM> pointer argument) <EM>win</EM> is a null
pointer,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> wrapping to a new line is impossible because <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> has not
- been called on <EM>win</EM> (or <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, as applicable) when a write to its
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> wrapping to a new line is impossible because <STRONG><A HREF="scrollok.3x.html">scrollok(3x)</A></STRONG> has not
+ been called on <EM>win</EM> (or <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, as applicable) when a write to its
bottom right location is attempted, or
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> it is not possible to add a complete character at the cursor
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> it is not possible to add a complete character at the cursor
position.
The last may be due to different causes:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> conversion of a wide character to a multibyte character sequence
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> conversion of a wide character to a multibyte character sequence
can fail, or
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> at least one of the bytes resulting from wide character conversion
- to a multibyte character sequence cannot be added to the window.
- See section "PORTABILITY" below regarding the use of <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> with
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> at least one of the bytes resulting from wide character conversion
+ to a multibyte character sequence cannot be added to the window.
+ See section "PORTABILITY" below regarding the use of <STRONG>waddch</STRONG> with
wide characters.
- Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
+ Functions prefixed with "mv" first perform cursor movement and fail if
the position (<EM>y</EM>, <EM>x</EM>) is outside the window boundaries.
@@ -250,11 +272,11 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H2><PRE>
The symbols <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S3</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>,
- and <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM> were not documented in any publicly released System V
- and are not standard. However, many publicly available <EM>terminfo</EM>
- entries include <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) capabilities in which their key
- characters (<STRONG>pryz{|}</STRONG>) are embedded, and a second-hand list of their
- character descriptions has come to light. The <EM>ncurses</EM> developers
+ and <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM> were not documented in any publicly released System V
+ and are not standard. However, many publicly available <EM>terminfo</EM>
+ entries include <STRONG>acs_chars</STRONG> (<STRONG>acsc</STRONG>) capabilities in which their key
+ characters (<STRONG>pryz{|}</STRONG>) are embedded, and a second-hand list of their
+ character descriptions has come to light. The <EM>ncurses</EM> developers
invented ACS-prefixed names for them.
@@ -265,79 +287,79 @@
X/Open Curses Issue 4 describes these functions. It specifies no error
conditions for them.
- SVr4 describes a successful return value only as "an integer value
+ SVr4 describes a successful return value only as "an integer value
other than <EM>ERR</EM>".
- The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX
+ The defaults specified for forms-drawing characters apply in the POSIX
locale.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ACS-Symbols">ACS Symbols</a></H3><PRE>
- X/Open Curses states that the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> definitions are <EM>char</EM> constants.
+ X/Open Curses states that the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> definitions are <EM>char</EM> constants.
Some implementations are problematic.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Solaris <EM>curses</EM>, for example, defines the ACS symbols as constants;
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Solaris <EM>curses</EM>, for example, defines the ACS symbols as constants;
others define them as elements of an array.
- SVr4 used an array, <EM>acs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>map</EM>, as does <EM>ncurses</EM>. NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> also
- uses an array, actually named <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>acs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>char</EM>, with a "#define" for
+ SVr4 used an array, <EM>acs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>map</EM>, as does <EM>ncurses</EM>. NetBSD <EM>curses</EM> also
+ uses an array, actually named <STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>acs</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>char</EM>, with a "#define" for
compatibility.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX <EM>curses</EM> equates some of the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols to the analogous
- <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols as if the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols were wide characters (see
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>). The misdefined symbols are the arrows and
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> HP-UX <EM>curses</EM> equates some of the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols to the analogous
+ <EM>WACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols as if the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> symbols were wide characters (see
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG>). The misdefined symbols are the arrows and
others that are not used for line drawing.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses (Issues 2 through 7) has a typographical error for
- the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LANTERN</EM> symbol, equating its "VT100+ Character" to "I"
- (capital I), while the header files for SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> and other
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses (Issues 2 through 7) has a typographical error for
+ the <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LANTERN</EM> symbol, equating its "VT100+ Character" to "I"
+ (capital I), while the header files for SVr4 <EM>curses</EM> and other
implementations use "i" (small i).
- None of the terminal descriptions on Unix platforms use uppercase
- I, except for Solaris (in its <EM>terminfo</EM> entry for <STRONG>screen(1)</STRONG>,
- apparently based on the X/Open documentation around 1995). On the
- other hand, its <STRONG>gs6300</STRONG> (AT&T PC6300 with EMOTS Terminal Emulator)
+ None of the terminal descriptions on Unix platforms use uppercase
+ I, except for Solaris (in its <EM>terminfo</EM> entry for <STRONG>screen(1)</STRONG>,
+ apparently based on the X/Open documentation around 1995). On the
+ other hand, its <STRONG>gs6300</STRONG> (AT&T PC6300 with EMOTS Terminal Emulator)
description uses lowercase i.
The <EM>displayed</EM> values of <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants depend on
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>ncurses</EM> ABI -- for example, wide-character versus non-wide-
- character configurations (the former is capable of displaying
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the <EM>ncurses</EM> ABI -- for example, wide-character versus non-wide-
+ character configurations (the former is capable of displaying
Unicode while the latter is not), and
<STRONG>o</STRONG> whether the locale uses UTF-8 encoding.
- In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display forms-drawing
- characters <EM>except</EM> by using UTF-8; see the discussion of the
+ In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display forms-drawing
+ characters <EM>except</EM> by using UTF-8; see the discussion of the
<EM>NCURSES</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NO</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>UTF8</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>ACS</EM> environment variable in <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Character-Set">Character Set</a></H3><PRE>
- X/Open Curses assumes that the parameter passed to <EM>waddch</EM> contains a
- single character. That character may have been more than eight bits
- wide in an SVr3 or SVr4 implementation, but X/Open Curses leaves the
- width of a non-wide character code unspecified. The standard further
- does not specify the internal structure of a <EM>chtype</EM>, though the use of
- bit operations to combine the character code with attributes and a
+ X/Open Curses assumes that the parameter passed to <EM>waddch</EM> contains a
+ single character. That character may have been more than eight bits
+ wide in an SVr3 or SVr4 implementation, but X/Open Curses leaves the
+ width of a non-wide character code unspecified. The standard further
+ does not specify the internal structure of a <EM>chtype</EM>, though the use of
+ bit operations to combine the character code with attributes and a
color pair identifier into a <EM>chtype</EM> for passage to <EM>waddch</EM> is common. A
portable application uses only the macros discussed in <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG> to
manipulate a <EM>chtype</EM>.
In <EM>ncurses</EM>, <EM>chtype</EM> holds an eight-bit character, but the library allows
- a multibyte character sequence to be passed via a succession of calls
- to <EM>waddch</EM>. Other implementations do not; a <EM>waddch</EM> call transmits
- exactly one character, which may be rendered in one or more screen
- locations depending on whether it is printable (see <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>).
- Depending on the locale, <EM>ncurses</EM> inspects the byte passed in each
- <EM>waddch</EM> call and checks whether the latest call continues a multibyte
- character. When a character is <EM>complete</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> displays the
- character and advances the cursor. If the calling application
+ a multibyte character sequence to be passed via a succession of calls
+ to <EM>waddch</EM>. Other implementations do not; a <EM>waddch</EM> call transmits
+ exactly one character, which may be rendered in one or more screen
+ locations depending on whether it is printable (see <STRONG><A HREF="unctrl.3x.html">unctrl(3x)</A></STRONG>).
+ Depending on the locale, <EM>ncurses</EM> inspects the byte passed in each
+ <EM>waddch</EM> call and checks whether the latest call continues a multibyte
+ character. When a character is <EM>complete</EM>, <EM>ncurses</EM> displays the
+ character and advances the cursor. If the calling application
interrupts the succession of bytes in a multibyte character sequence by
changing the current location -- for example, with <STRONG><A HREF="curs_move.3x.html">wmove(3x)</A></STRONG> -- <EM>ncurses</EM>
discards the incomplete character.
For portability to other implementations, do not rely upon the
- foregoing behavior. Check whether a character can be represented as a
+ foregoing behavior. Check whether a character can be represented as a
single byte in the current locale.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If it can, call either <EM>waddch</EM> or <EM>wadd</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>wch</EM>.
@@ -348,24 +370,24 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
4BSD (1980) introduced <EM>waddch</EM> and its variants.
- SVr3 (1987) added the <EM>echochar</EM> and <EM>wechochar</EM> functions and most of the
- <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants, except for <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>,
+ SVr3 (1987) added the <EM>echochar</EM> and <EM>wechochar</EM> functions and most of the
+ <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants, except for <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>GEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>LEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>NEQUAL</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>PI</EM>,
<EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S3</EM>, <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>S7</EM>, and <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>STERLING</EM>.
<EM>ncurses</EM> 1.9.6 (1995) furnished the remaining <EM>ACS</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG> constants.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_add_wch.3x.html">curs_add_wch(3x)</A></STRONG> describes comparable functions of the <EM>ncurses</EM> library
in its wide-character configuration (<EM>ncursesw</EM>).
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addchstr.3x.html">curs_addchstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addstr.3x.html">curs_addstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_bkgd.3x.html">curs_bkgd(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_clear.3x.html">curs_clear(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inch.3x.html">curs_inch(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>putchar(3)</STRONG>
-ncurses 6.5 2025-04-05 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5 2025-04-19 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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Index: doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html 2025-04-05 22:33:04.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html 2025-04-19 23:33:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@
* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
* authorization. *
****************************************************************************
- * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.60 2025/04/05 22:20:25 tom Exp @
+ * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.61 2025/04/19 23:28:38 tom Exp @
-->
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+<TITLE>curs_printw 3x 2025-04-19 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</TITLE>
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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_printw 3x 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">curs_printw 3x 2025-04-19 ncurses 6.5 Library calls</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
-ncurses 6.5 2025-04-05 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5 2025-04-19 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_printw.3x.html">curs_printw(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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Index: doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2025-04-05 22:57:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html 2025-04-19 23:33:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
displays with output optimized to minimize screen updates. <EM>ncurses</EM>
replaces the <EM>curses</EM> libraries from System V Release 4 Unix ("SVr4") and
4.4BSD Unix, the development of which ceased in the 1990s. This
- document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250405).
+ document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250419).
<EM>ncurses</EM> permits control of the terminal screen's contents; abstraction
and subdivision thereof with <EM>windows</EM> and <EM>pads</EM>; acquisition of keyboard
Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2025-04-05 22:33:07.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html 2025-04-19 23:33:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
padding requirements and initialization sequences.
- This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250405).
+ This document describes <EM>ncurses</EM> version 6.5 (patch 20250419).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-terminfo-Entry-Syntax"><EM>terminfo</EM> Entry Syntax</a></H3><PRE>
Index: doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html 2025-04-06 00:21:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html 2025-04-19 23:33:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
</HEAD>
<BODY>
-<H1 class="no-header">user_caps 5 2025-03-22 ncurses 6.5 File formats</H1>
+<H1 class="no-header">user_caps 5 2025-04-05 ncurses 6.5 File formats</H1>
<PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG> File formats <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
-ncurses 6.5 2025-03-22 <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.5 2025-04-05 <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>
</PRE>
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Index: man/curs_add_wch.3x
Prereq: 1.114
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/man/curs_add_wch.3x 2025-04-05 21:58:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/man/curs_add_wch.3x 2025-04-19 22:53:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.114 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_add_wch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_add_wch.3x,v 1.115 2025/04/19 22:53:52 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_add_wch 3X 2025-04-19 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
@@ -191,26 +191,6 @@
complex character until another spacing character is written to the
window or the cursor is moved.
.PP
-If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region
-and advancement occurs at the right margin,
-the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line.
-.PP
-If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region
-when advancement occurs at the right margin,
-and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
-.IR win ,
-the scrolling region scrolls up one line
-and the cursor wraps as above.
-Otherwise,
-advancement and scrolling do not occur,
-and
-.B \%waddch
-returns
-.BR ERR "."
-.\" Does writing to the bottom-right character cell of the screen work
-.\" when `scrollok()` is disabled and the terminal lacks `ich` and
-.\" `ich1` capabilities?
-.PP
If
.I wch
is a
@@ -234,6 +214,7 @@
Tab advances the cursor to the next tab stop
(possibly on the next line);
these are placed at every eighth column by default.
+.IP
Alter the tab interval with the
.B \%TABSIZE
extension;
@@ -247,6 +228,53 @@
Calling \fB\%win_wch\fP(3X) on the location of a nonprintable character
does not return the character itself,
but its \fB\%wunctrl\fP(3X) representation.
+.PP
+Adding spacing characters with \fB\%wadd_wch\fP
+causes it to wrap at the right margin of the window:
+.bP
+If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region
+and advancement occurs at the right margin,
+the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line.
+.bP
+If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region
+when advancement occurs at the right margin,
+and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
+.IR win ,
+the scrolling region scrolls up one line
+and the cursor wraps as above.
+Otherwise,
+advancement and scrolling do not occur,
+and
+.B \%wadd_wch
+returns
+.BR ERR "."
+.PP
+A window's margins may coincide with the screen boundaries.
+This may be a problem when
+.I \%ncurses
+updates the screen to match the curses window.
+When their right and bottom margins coincide,
+.I \%ncurses
+uses different strategies to handle the variations of scrolling and wrapping
+at the lower-right corner
+by depending on the terminal capabilities:
+.bP
+If the terminal does not automatically wrap as characters
+are added at the right margin
+(i.e., auto right margins),
+.I \%ncurses
+writes the character directly.
+.bP
+If the terminal has auto right margins,
+but also has capabilities for turning auto margins off and on,
+.I \%ncurses
+turns the auto margin feature off temporarily
+when writing to the lower-right corner.
+.bP
+If the terminal has an insertion mode which can be turned off and on,
+.I \%ncurses
+writes the character just before the lower-right corner,
+and then inserts a character to push the update into the corner.
.SS wecho_wchar
.B \%echo_wchar
and
Index: man/curs_addch.3x
Prereq: 1.135
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/man/curs_addch.3x 2025-04-05 21:58:37.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/man/curs_addch.3x 2025-04-19 22:53:46.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.135 2025/04/05 21:58:37 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_addch 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.136 2025/04/19 22:53:46 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_addch 3X 2025-04-19 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
@@ -149,26 +149,6 @@
and therefore combines with the window's background character;
see \fB\%curs_bkgd\fP(3X).
.PP
-If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region
-and advancement occurs at the right margin,
-the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line.
-.PP
-If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region
-when advancement occurs at the right margin,
-and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
-.IR win ,
-the scrolling region scrolls up one line
-and the cursor wraps as above.
-Otherwise,
-advancement and scrolling do not occur,
-and
-.B \%waddch
-returns
-.BR ERR "."
-.\" Does writing to the bottom-right character cell of the screen work
-.\" when `scrollok()` is disabled and the terminal lacks `ich` and
-.\" `ich1` capabilities?
-.PP
If
.I ch
is a
@@ -192,6 +172,7 @@
Tab advances the cursor to the next tab stop
(possibly on the next line);
these are placed at every eighth column by default.
+.IP
Alter the tab interval with the
.B \%TABSIZE
extension;
@@ -205,6 +186,53 @@
Calling \fB\%winch\fP(3X) on the location of a nonprintable character
does not return the character itself,
but its \fB\%unctrl\fP(3X) representation.
+.PP
+Adding printable characters with \fB\%waddch\fP
+causes it to wrap at the right margin of the window:
+.bP
+If the cursor is not at the bottom of the scrolling region
+and advancement occurs at the right margin,
+the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line.
+.bP
+If the cursor is at the bottom of the scrolling region
+when advancement occurs at the right margin,
+and \fB\%scrollok\fP(3X) is enabled for
+.IR win ,
+the scrolling region scrolls up one line
+and the cursor wraps as above.
+Otherwise,
+advancement and scrolling do not occur,
+and
+.B \%waddch
+returns
+.BR ERR "."
+.PP
+A window's margins may coincide with the screen boundaries.
+This may be a problem when
+.I \%ncurses
+updates the screen to match the curses window.
+When their right and bottom margins coincide,
+.I \%ncurses
+uses different strategies to handle the variations of scrolling and wrapping
+at the lower-right corner
+by depending on the terminal capabilities:
+.bP
+If the terminal does not automatically wrap as characters
+are added at the right margin
+(i.e., auto right margins),
+.I \%ncurses
+writes the character directly.
+.bP
+If the terminal has auto right margins,
+but also has capabilities for turning auto margins off and on,
+.I \%ncurses
+turns the auto margin feature off temporarily
+when writing to the lower-right corner.
+.bP
+If the terminal has an insertion mode which can be turned off and on,
+.I \%ncurses
+writes the character just before the lower-right corner,
+and then inserts a character to push the update into the corner.
.SS wechochar
.B \%echochar
and
Index: man/curs_printw.3x
Prereq: 1.60
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/man/curs_printw.3x 2025-04-05 22:20:25.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/man/curs_printw.3x 2025-04-19 23:28:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.60 2025/04/05 22:20:25 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_printw 3X 2025-04-05 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.61 2025/04/19 23:28:38 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_printw 3X 2025-04-19 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "Library calls"
.ie \n(.g \{\
.ds `` \(lq
.ds '' \(rq
@@ -209,6 +209,19 @@
.\" GBR can't find a source to cite for this paraphrase,
.\" even after checking
.\" <https://github.com/ryanwoodsmall/oldsysv/tree/master>.
+.\"
+.\" The indicated paraphrase is from page 432:
+.\" Unix System V Programmer's Reference Manual
+.\" Prentice-Hall
+.\" ISBN 0-13-940479-1
+.\" (bitsavers has 3rd printing from 1987)
+.\"
+.\" This lists mvprintw without detail, and printw as "printf on stdscr":
+.\" Unix Programmer's Manual
+.\" System Calls and Library Routines
+.\" CBS College Publishing's UNIX System Library
+.\" Holt, Rinehard and Winston, 1986
+.\" ISBN 0-03-009314-7
.PP
SVr3 added
.IR \%vwprintw ","
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/debian-mingw/changelog 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250412) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250419) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:27:36 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 19 Apr 2025 06:37:06 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/debian-mingw64/changelog 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250412) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250419) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:27:36 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 19 Apr 2025 06:37:06 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/debian/changelog 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/debian/changelog 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6td (6.5+20250412) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6td (6.5+20250419) unstable; urgency=low
* latest weekly patch
- -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 12 Apr 2025 06:27:36 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> Sat, 19 Apr 2025 06:37:06 -0400
ncurses6 (5.9+20120608) unstable; urgency=low
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq: 1.698
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.698 2025/04/12 10:27:36 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.699 2025/04/19 10:37:06 tom Exp $
; TODO add examples
; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
!define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
!define VERSION_MINOR "5"
!define VERSION_YYYY "2025"
-!define VERSION_MMDD "0412"
+!define VERSION_MMDD "0419"
!define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
!define MY_ABI "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/mingw-ncurses.spec 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: mingw32-ncurses6
Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250412
+Release: 20250419
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/ncurses.spec 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/ncurses.spec 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
Name: ncurses6
Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250412
+Release: 20250419
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
Index: package/ncursest.spec
--- ncurses-6.5-20250412+/package/ncursest.spec 2025-04-12 10:27:36.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.5-20250419/package/ncursest.spec 2025-04-19 10:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
Name: ncursest6
Version: 6.5
-Release: 20250412
+Release: 20250419
License: X11
Group: Development/Libraries
Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
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