wborder(3XCURSES)

Name

border, box, wborder - add a single-byte border to a window

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ]
 
#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);

Description

The border() and wborder() functions draw a border around the specified window. All parameters must be single-byte characters whose rendition can be expressed using only constants beginning with ACS_. A parameter with the value of 0 is replaced by the default value.

Constant Values for Borders Parameter Default Constant Default Character verch ACS_VLINE | horch ACS_HLINE - ls ACS_VLINE | rs ACS_VLINE | ts ACS_HLINE - bs ACS_HLINE - bl ACS_BLCORNER + br ACS_BRCORNER + tl ACS_ULCORNER + tr ACS_URCORNER +

The call

box(win,
verch, horch)

is a short form for

wborder(win,
verch, verch,
horch, horch, 0, 0, 0,
0)

When the window is boxed, the bottom and top rows and right and left columns overwrite existing text.

Parameters

ls

Is the character and rendition used for the left side of the border.

rs

Is the character and rendition used for the right side of the border.

ts

Is the character and rendition used for the top of the border.

bs

Is the character and rendition used for the bottom of the border.

tl

Is the character and rendition used for the top-left corner of the border.

tr

Is the character and rendition used for the top-right corner of the border.

bl

Is the character and rendition used for the bottom-left corner of the border.

br

Is the character and rendition used for the bottom-right corner of the border.

win

Is the pointer to the window in which the border or box is to be drawn.

verch

Is the character and rendition used for the left and right columns of the box.

horch

Is the character and rendition used for the top and bottom rows of the box.

Return Values

On success, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.

Errors

None.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE Interface Stability Committed MT-Level Unsafe Standard See standards(5).

See also

add_wch(3XCURSES), addch(3XCURSES), attr_get(3XCURSES), attroff(3XCURSES), border_set(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)