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diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html index c38fc4e..6028260 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- +<!-- **************************************************************************** * Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * * Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.25 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @ + * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.28 2020/10/24 09:22:45 tom Exp @ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <HTML> @@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE> <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG> - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>printw(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvprintw(int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vw_printw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <STRONG>varglist);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>printw(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>wprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvprintw(int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvwprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vw_printw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <EM>varglist</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG> /* obsolete */ - <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vwprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*fmt,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <STRONG>varglist);</STRONG> + <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vwprintw(WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>fmt</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> <EM>varglist</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG> </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ <STRONG>printf</STRONG> is output instead as though <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> were used on the given win- dow. - The <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>wv_printw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>vprintf</STRONG> [see + The <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> routines are analogous to <STRONG>vprintf</STRONG> [see <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>] and perform a <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> using a variable argument list. The third argument is a <STRONG>va_list</STRONG>, a pointer to a list of arguments, as de- fined in <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. @@ -91,21 +91,48 @@ the window pointer is null. +</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE> + While <STRONG>printw</STRONG> was implemented in 4BSD, it was unused until 4.2BSD (which + used it in games). That early version of curses was before the ANSI C + standard. It did not use <varargs.h>, though that was available. In + 1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available, and after + the C standard was published), other developers updated the library, + using <stdarg.h> internally in 4.4BSD curses. Even with this improve- + ment, BSD curses did not use function prototypes (or even declare func- + tions) in the <curses.h> header until 1992. + + SVr2 documented <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, <STRONG>wprintw</STRONG> tersely as "printf on <EM>stdscr</EM>" and + tersely as "printf on <EM>win</EM>", respectively. + + SVr3 added <STRONG>mvprintw</STRONG>, and <STRONG>mvwprintw</STRONG>, with a three-line summary saying + that they were analogous to <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG>, explaining that the string which + would be output from <STRONG>printf(3)</STRONG> would instead be output using <STRONG>waddstr</STRONG> on + the given window. SVr3 also added <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, saying that the third pa- + rameter is a <STRONG>va_list</STRONG>, defined in <varargs.h>, and referring the reader + to the manual pages for <EM>varargs</EM> and <EM>vprintf</EM> for detailed descriptions. + + SVr4 added no new variations of <STRONG>printw</STRONG>, but provided for using + <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h> to define the <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> type. + + X/Open Curses added <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> to replace <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>, stating that its + <STRONG>va_list</STRONG> definition requires <stdarg.h>. + + </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE> - In this implementation, <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> are equivalent, to sup- + In this implementation, <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> and <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> are equivalent, to sup- port legacy applications. However, the latter (<STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG>) is obsolete: - <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The - function <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions. The + function <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced by a function <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> using the <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> interface. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> is - preferred to <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> since the latter requires including - <STRONG><varargs.h></STRONG>, which cannot be used in the same file as <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. - This implementation uses <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> for both, because that header + <STRONG>o</STRONG> The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that <STRONG>vw_printw</STRONG> is + preferred to <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> since the latter requires including + <STRONG><varargs.h></STRONG>, which cannot be used in the same file as <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG>. + This implementation uses <STRONG><stdarg.h></STRONG> for both, because that header is included in <STRONG><curses.h</STRONG>>. - <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> (along with + <STRONG>o</STRONG> X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked <STRONG>vwprintw</STRONG> (along with <STRONG>vwscanw</STRONG> and the termcap interface) as withdrawn. @@ -123,6 +150,7 @@ <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li> <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li> <li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li> +<li><a href="#h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></li> <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li> <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li> </ul> |