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[PATCH 015/177] man/curs_add{,_w}ch.3x: Add fundamental information.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 015/177] man/curs_add{,_w}ch.3x: Add fundamental information.
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:15:55 -0600

Describe how to construct a curses (complex) character from scratch.
---
 man/curs_add_wch.3x |  6 ++++++
 man/curs_addch.3x   | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/curs_add_wch.3x b/man/curs_add_wch.3x
index 78f09481b..fe3feecd6 100644
--- a/man/curs_add_wch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_add_wch.3x
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ .SS wadd_wch
 analogously to the standard C library's \fI\%putwchar\fP(3).
 \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
 .PP
+Construct a
+.I curses
+complex character
+from a
+.I wchar_t
+with \fB\%setcchar\fP(3X).
 Much behavior depends on whether the wide characters in
 .I wch
 are spacing or non-spacing;
diff --git a/man/curs_addch.3x b/man/curs_addch.3x
index 7a17d05e8..9c729fd14 100644
--- a/man/curs_addch.3x
+++ b/man/curs_addch.3x
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ .SS waddch
 analogously to the standard C library's \fI\%putchar\fP(3).
 \fB\%ncurses\fP(3X) describes the variants of this function.
 .PP
+Construct a
+.I curses
+character
+from a
+.I char
+by assignment.
+Subsection \*(``Video Attributes\*('' of \fB\%attron\fP(3X) describes
+how to manipulate its attributes and color pair.
+(A color pair selection is not honored unless initialized;
+see \fB\%start_color\fP(3X).)
+.PP
 If advancement occurs at the right margin,
 .bP
 the cursor automatically wraps to the beginning of the next line,
-- 
2.30.2

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