HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 3 Library Functions A-M (vol 6)

box(3X) box(3X)

(CURSES)

NAME

box() - draw borders from single-byte characters and renditions

SYNOPSIS

#include <curses.h>

int box(WINDOW *win, chtype verch, chtype horch);

DESCRIPTION

The box() function draws a border around the edges of the speciﬁed window. This function does not

advance the cursor position. This function does not perform special character processing. This function

does not perform wrapping.

The function box(win, verch, horch) has an effect equivalent to:

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

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion,

box() returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.

ERRORS

No errors are deﬁned.

APPLICATION USAGE

These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character sets in which each character ﬁts into a

single byte, whose attributes can be expressed using only constants with the A_ preﬁx.