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30 * Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995 *
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34 #include <curses.priv.h>
38 MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_print.c,v 1.16 2006/11/26 00:26:34 tom Exp $")
41 mcprint(char *data, int len)
42 /* ship binary character data to the printer via mc4/mc5/mc5p */
44 char *mybuf, *switchon;
45 size_t onsize, offsize, res;
48 if (!cur_term || (!prtr_non && (!prtr_on || !prtr_off))) {
54 switchon = TPARM_1(prtr_non, len);
55 onsize = strlen(switchon);
59 onsize = strlen(prtr_on);
60 offsize = strlen(prtr_off);
64 || (mybuf = typeMalloc(char, onsize + len + offsize + 1)) == 0) {
69 (void) strcpy(mybuf, switchon);
70 memcpy(mybuf + onsize, data, (unsigned) len);
72 (void) strcpy(mybuf + onsize + len, prtr_off);
75 * We're relying on the atomicity of UNIX writes here. The
76 * danger is that output from a refresh() might get interspersed
77 * with the printer data after the write call returns but before the
78 * data has actually been shipped to the terminal. If the write(2)
79 * operation is truly atomic we're protected from this.
81 res = write(cur_term->Filedes, mybuf, onsize + len + offsize);
84 * By giving up our scheduler slot here we increase the odds that the
85 * kernel will ship the contiguous clist items from the last write