On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 23:45:46 +0000, David Laight wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2013 at 11:17:00AM +0000, Brett Lymn wrote: > > Module Name: src > > Committed By: blymn > > Date: Sat Nov 9 11:16:59 UTC 2013 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/lib/libcurses: add_wch.c addbytes.c addch.c addchnstr.c > > curses_private.h > > > > Log Message: > > Rename the old __waddbytes function to _cursesi_waddbytes and add a > > parameter that controls whether or not certain characters in the > > string are interpreted or not (things like tab being expanded). > ... > > Fix the addchstr family functions so that they call _cursesi_waddbytes > > with character interpretation off as per SUSV2. > > Does not expanding tabs actually make sense? > At a guess it would lead to tab characters being send to the terminal > and the display getting f**cked up. > > I also suspect it will break applications that expect curses to > expand tabs.
This is what addchstr() &c are defined to to. Position is not changed, special characters are not processed, wrapping is not done. -uwe
