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curs_border(3X)

create curses borders, horizontal and vertical lines

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

curs_border: border, wborder, box, whline, wvline - create curses borders, horizontal and vertical lines

SYNOPSIS

#include <curses.h>

int border(chtype ls, chtype rs, chtype ts, chtype bs,
  chtype tl, chtype tr, chtype bl, chtype br);
int wborder(WINDOW *win, chtype ls, chtype rs,
  chtype ts, chtype bs, chtype tl, chtype tr,
  chtype bl, chtype br);
int box(WINDOW *win, chtype verch, chtype horch);
int hline(chtype ch, int n);
int whline(WINDOW *win, chtype ch, int n);
int vline(chtype ch, int n);
int wvline(WINDOW *win, chtype ch, int n);

DESCRIPTION

With the border, wborder and box routines, a border is drawn around the edges of the window. The argument ls is a character and attributes used for the left side of the border, rs - right side, ts - top side, bs - bottom side, tl - top left-hand corner, tr - top right-hand corner, bl - bottom left-hand corner, and br - bottom right-hand corner. If any of these arguments is zero, then the following default values (defined in <curses.h>) are used instead: ACS_VLINE, ACS_VLINE, ACS_HLINE, ACS_HLINE, ACS_ULCORNER, ACS_URCORNER, ACS_BLCORNER, ACS_BRCORNER. box(win, verch, horch) is a shorthand for the following call: wborder(win, verch, verch, horch, horch, 0, 0, 0, 0). hline and whline draw a horizontal (left to right) line using ch starting at the current cursor position in the window. The current cursor position is not changed. The line is at most n characters long, or as many as fit into the window. vline and wvline draw a vertical (top to bottom) line using ch starting at the current cursor position in the window. The current cursor position is not changed. The line is at most n characters long, or as many as fit into the window.

RETURN VALUE

All routines return the integer OK, or a non-negative integer if immedok is set.

NOTES

The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the header files <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.