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.
CHANGE HISTORY
First released in X/Open Curses, Issue 2.
X/Open Curses, Issue 4
The
DESCRIPTION
is changed to describe this function in terms of a call to the
wborder()
function.
