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<UL><LI> <TT>int border(ls, rs, ts, bs, tl, tr, bl, br)</TT> <A NAME="fun_border"> </A><BR>
<TT>int wborder(win, ls, rs, ts, bs, tl, tr, bl, br)</TT> <A NAME="fun_wborder"> </A><BR>
<TT>int box(win, vert, hor)</TT> <A NAME="fun_box"> </A><BR>
Draw a border around the edges of a window ( or
<TT>win</TT>). In the following table you see the characters
and their default values when zero in a call to <B>box(...)</B>.
In the picture you can see the position from the characters in a box.
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<P><A NAME="48829"> </A><A NAME="tab_borderch"> </A><BR>
<STRONG>Table 8.3:</STRONG> Ncurses - border characters<BR>
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<P><A NAME="48841"> </A><A NAME="fig_boxbic"> </A><BR>
<STRONG>Figure 8.2:</STRONG> Ncurses - box characters<BR>
<P><LI> <TT>int vline(ch, n)</TT> <A NAME="fun_vline"> </A><BR>
<TT>int wvline(win, ch, n)</TT> <A NAME="fun_wvline"> </A><BR>
<TT>int hline(ch, n)</TT> <A NAME="fun_hline"> </A><BR>
<TT>int whline(win, ch, n)</TT> <A NAME="fun_whline"> </A><BR>
These functions draw a vertical or horizontal line starting at the
current cursor position. <TT>ch</TT> is the character to use and
<TT>n</TT> is the number of characters to draw. The cursor position
is not advanced.
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