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+/*
+ * $Id: test_addchstr.c,v 1.18 2012/12/16 00:36:27 tom Exp $
+ *
+ * Demonstrate the waddchstr() and waddch functions.
+ * Thomas Dickey - 2009/9/12
+ */
+
+#include <test.priv.h>
+
+#include <linedata.h>
+
+#undef MvAddStr
+#undef MvWAddStr
+
+#define AddNStr    addchnstr
+#define AddStr     addchstr
+#define MvAddNStr  (void) mvaddchnstr
+#define MvAddStr   (void) mvaddchstr
+#define MvWAddNStr (void) mvwaddchnstr
+#define MvWAddStr  (void) mvwaddchstr
+#define WAddNStr   waddchnstr
+#define WAddStr    waddchstr
+
+#define AddCh      addch
+#define WAddCh     waddch
+
+#define MY_TABSIZE 8
+
+typedef enum {
+    oDefault = 0,
+    oMove = 1,
+    oWindow = 2,
+    oMoveWindow = 3
+} Options;
+
+static bool m_opt = FALSE;
+static bool pass_ctls = FALSE;
+static bool w_opt = FALSE;
+static int n_opt = -1;
+
+static attr_t show_attr;
+static chtype *temp_buffer;
+static size_t temp_length;
+
+#define TempBuffer(source_cast)
+
+static size_t
+ChLen(const char *source)
+{
+    size_t result = strlen(source);
+
+    if (!pass_ctls) {
+	size_t adjust = 0;
+	size_t n;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < result; ++n) {
+	    const char *s = unctrl(UChar(source[n]));
+	    if (s != 0) {
+		adjust += (strlen(s) - 1);
+	    }
+	}
+	result += adjust;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static chtype *
+ChStr(const char *source)
+{
+    if (source != 0) {
+	size_t need = ChLen(source) + 1;
+	int n = 0;
+
+	if (need > temp_length) {
+	    temp_length = need * 2;
+	    temp_buffer = typeRealloc(chtype, temp_length, temp_buffer);
+	    if (!temp_buffer)
+		failed("TempBuffer");
+	}
+	do {
+	    const char *s;
+	    chtype ch = UChar(*source++);
+	    if (!pass_ctls && (s = unctrl(ch)) != 0) {
+		while (*s != '\0') {
+		    temp_buffer[n++] = UChar(*s++);
+		}
+	    } else {
+		temp_buffer[n++] = ch;
+	    }
+	} while (source[0] != 0);
+	temp_buffer[n] = 0;
+    } else if (temp_buffer != 0) {
+	free(temp_buffer);
+	temp_buffer = 0;
+	temp_length = 0;
+    }
+    return temp_buffer;
+}
+
+/* color the strings drawn in the workspace */
+static chtype *
+ChStr2(const char *source)
+{
+    size_t len = ChLen(source);
+    size_t n;
+    chtype *result = ChStr(source);
+    for (n = 0; n < len; ++n) {
+	result[n] |= show_attr;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static void
+legend(WINDOW *win, int level, Options state, char *buffer, int length)
+{
+    const char *showstate;
+
+    switch (state) {
+    default:
+    case oDefault:
+	showstate = "";
+	break;
+    case oMove:
+	showstate = " (mvXXX)";
+	break;
+    case oWindow:
+	showstate = " (winXXX)";
+	break;
+    case oMoveWindow:
+	showstate = " (mvwinXXX)";
+	break;
+    }
+
+    wmove(win, 0, 0);
+    wprintw(win,
+	    "The Strings/Chars displays should match.  Enter any characters, except:\n");
+    wprintw(win,
+	    "down-arrow or ^N to repeat on next line, ^W for inner window, ESC to exit.\n");
+    wclrtoeol(win);
+    wprintw(win, "Level %d,%s added %d characters <%s>", level,
+	    showstate, length, buffer);
+}
+
+static int
+ColOf(char *buffer, int length, int margin)
+{
+    int n;
+    int result;
+
+    for (n = 0, result = margin + 1; n < length; ++n) {
+	int ch = UChar(buffer[n]);
+	switch (ch) {
+	case '\n':
+	    /* actually newline should clear the remainder of the line
+	     * and move to the next line - but that seems a little awkward
+	     * in this example.
+	     */
+	case '\r':
+	    result = 0;
+	    break;
+	case '\b':
+	    if (result > 0)
+		--result;
+	    break;
+	case '\t':
+	    result += (MY_TABSIZE - (result % MY_TABSIZE));
+	    break;
+	case '\177':
+	    result += 2;
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    ++result;
+	    if (ch < 32)
+		++result;
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+#define LEN(n) ((length - (n) > n_opt) ? n_opt : (length - (n)))
+static void
+test_adds(int level)
+{
+    static bool first = TRUE;
+
+    int ch;
+    int limit;
+    int row = 1;
+    int col;
+    int row2, col2;
+    int length;
+    char buffer[BUFSIZ];
+    WINDOW *look = 0;
+    WINDOW *work = 0;
+    WINDOW *show = 0;
+    int margin = (2 * MY_TABSIZE) - 1;
+    Options option = (Options) ((unsigned) (m_opt
+					    ? oMove
+					    : oDefault)
+				| (unsigned) ((w_opt || (level > 0))
+					      ? oWindow
+					      : oDefault));
+
+    if (first) {
+	static char cmd[80];
+	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+	putenv(strcpy(cmd, "TABSIZE=8"));
+
+	initscr();
+	(void) cbreak();	/* take input chars one at a time, no wait for \n */
+	(void) noecho();	/* don't echo input */
+	keypad(stdscr, TRUE);
+
+	/*
+	 * Show the characters added in color, to distinguish from those that
+	 * are shifted.
+	 */
+	if (has_colors()) {
+	    start_color();
+	    init_pair(1, COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLUE);
+	}
+    }
+
+    limit = LINES - 5;
+    if (level > 0) {
+	look = newwin(limit, COLS - (2 * (level - 1)), 0, level - 1);
+	work = newwin(limit - 2, COLS - (2 * level), 1, level);
+	show = newwin(4, COLS, limit + 1, 0);
+	box(look, 0, 0);
+	wnoutrefresh(look);
+	limit -= 2;
+    } else {
+	work = stdscr;
+	show = derwin(stdscr, 4, COLS, limit + 1, 0);
+    }
+    keypad(work, TRUE);
+
+    for (col = margin + 1; col < COLS; col += MY_TABSIZE)
+	MvWVLine(work, row, col, '.', limit - 2);
+
+    MvWVLine(work, row, margin, ACS_VLINE, limit - 2);
+    MvWVLine(work, row, margin + 1, ACS_VLINE, limit - 2);
+    limit /= 2;
+
+    MvWAddChStr(work, 1, 2, ChStr("String"));
+    MvWAddChStr(work, limit + 1, 2, ChStr("Chars"));
+    wnoutrefresh(work);
+
+    buffer[length = 0] = '\0';
+    legend(show, level, option, buffer, length);
+    wnoutrefresh(show);
+
+    doupdate();
+
+    if (has_colors()) {
+	show_attr = (attr_t) COLOR_PAIR(1);
+	wbkgdset(work, show_attr | ' ');
+    } else {
+	show_attr = A_STANDOUT;
+    }
+
+    while ((ch = read_linedata(work)) != ERR && !isQUIT(ch)) {
+	wmove(work, row, margin + 1);
+	switch (ch) {
+	case key_RECUR:
+	    test_adds(level + 1);
+
+	    if (look)
+		touchwin(look);
+	    touchwin(work);
+	    touchwin(show);
+
+	    if (look)
+		wnoutrefresh(look);
+	    wnoutrefresh(work);
+	    wnoutrefresh(show);
+
+	    doupdate();
+	    break;
+	case key_NEWLINE:
+	    if (row < limit) {
+		++row;
+		/* put the whole string in, all at once */
+		col2 = margin + 1;
+		switch (option) {
+		case oDefault:
+		    if (n_opt > 1) {
+			for (col = 0; col < length; col += n_opt) {
+			    col2 = ColOf(buffer, col, margin);
+			    if (move(row, col2) != ERR) {
+				AddNStr(ChStr2(buffer + col), LEN(col));
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else {
+			if (move(row, col2) != ERR) {
+			    AddStr(ChStr2(buffer));
+			}
+		    }
+		    break;
+		case oMove:
+		    if (n_opt > 1) {
+			for (col = 0; col < length; col += n_opt) {
+			    col2 = ColOf(buffer, col, margin);
+			    MvAddNStr(row, col2, ChStr2(buffer + col), LEN(col));
+			}
+		    } else {
+			MvAddStr(row, col2, ChStr2(buffer));
+		    }
+		    break;
+		case oWindow:
+		    if (n_opt > 1) {
+			for (col = 0; col < length; col += n_opt) {
+			    col2 = ColOf(buffer, col, margin);
+			    if (wmove(work, row, col2) != ERR) {
+				WAddNStr(work, ChStr2(buffer + col), LEN(col));
+			    }
+			}
+		    } else {
+			if (wmove(work, row, col2) != ERR) {
+			    WAddStr(work, ChStr2(buffer));
+			}
+		    }
+		    break;
+		case oMoveWindow:
+		    if (n_opt > 1) {
+			for (col = 0; col < length; col += n_opt) {
+			    col2 = ColOf(buffer, col, margin);
+			    MvWAddNStr(work, row, col2, ChStr2(buffer + col),
+				       LEN(col));
+			}
+		    } else {
+			MvWAddStr(work, row, col2, ChStr2(buffer));
+		    }
+		    break;
+		}
+
+		/* do the corresponding single-character add */
+		row2 = limit + row;
+		for (col = 0; col < length; ++col) {
+		    col2 = ColOf(buffer, col, margin);
+		    switch (option) {
+		    case oDefault:
+			if (move(row2, col2) != ERR) {
+			    AddCh(UChar(buffer[col]));
+			}
+			break;
+		    case oMove:
+			MvAddCh(row2, col2, UChar(buffer[col]));
+			break;
+		    case oWindow:
+			if (wmove(work, row2, col2) != ERR) {
+			    WAddCh(work, UChar(buffer[col]));
+			}
+			break;
+		    case oMoveWindow:
+			MvWAddCh(work, row2, col2, UChar(buffer[col]));
+			break;
+		    }
+		}
+	    } else {
+		beep();
+	    }
+	    break;
+	case KEY_BACKSPACE:
+	    ch = '\b';
+	    /* FALLTHRU */
+	default:
+	    if (ch <= 0 || ch > 255) {
+		beep();
+		break;
+	    }
+	    buffer[length++] = (char) ch;
+	    buffer[length] = '\0';
+
+	    /* put the string in, one character at a time */
+	    col = ColOf(buffer, length - 1, margin);
+	    switch (option) {
+	    case oDefault:
+		if (move(row, col) != ERR) {
+		    AddStr(ChStr2(buffer + length - 1));
+		}
+		break;
+	    case oMove:
+		MvAddStr(row, col, ChStr2(buffer + length - 1));
+		break;
+	    case oWindow:
+		if (wmove(work, row, col) != ERR) {
+		    WAddStr(work, ChStr2(buffer + length - 1));
+		}
+		break;
+	    case oMoveWindow:
+		MvWAddStr(work, row, col, ChStr2(buffer + length - 1));
+		break;
+	    }
+
+	    /* do the corresponding single-character add */
+	    switch (option) {
+	    case oDefault:
+		if (move(limit + row, col) != ERR) {
+		    AddCh(UChar(ch));
+		}
+		break;
+	    case oMove:
+		MvAddCh(limit + row, col, UChar(ch));
+		break;
+	    case oWindow:
+		if (wmove(work, limit + row, col) != ERR) {
+		    WAddCh(work, UChar(ch));
+		}
+		break;
+	    case oMoveWindow:
+		MvWAddCh(work, limit + row, col, UChar(ch));
+		break;
+	    }
+
+	    wnoutrefresh(work);
+
+	    legend(show, level, option, buffer, length);
+	    wnoutrefresh(show);
+
+	    doupdate();
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    if (level > 0) {
+	delwin(work);
+	delwin(look);
+    }
+    delwin(show);
+}
+
+static void
+usage(void)
+{
+    static const char *tbl[] =
+    {
+	"Usage: test_addchstr [options]"
+	,""
+	,"Options:"
+	,"  -f FILE read data from given file"
+	,"  -n NUM  limit string-adds to NUM bytes on ^N replay"
+	,"  -m      perform wmove/move separately from add-functions"
+	,"  -p      pass-thru control characters without using unctrl()"
+	,"  -w      use window-parameter even when stdscr would be implied"
+    };
+    unsigned n;
+    for (n = 0; n < SIZEOF(tbl); ++n)
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", tbl[n]);
+    ExitProgram(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc GCC_UNUSED, char *argv[]GCC_UNUSED)
+{
+    int ch;
+
+    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+
+    while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "f:mn:pw")) != -1) {
+	switch (ch) {
+	case 'f':
+	    init_linedata(optarg);
+	    break;
+	case 'm':
+	    m_opt = TRUE;
+	    break;
+	case 'n':
+	    n_opt = atoi(optarg);
+	    if (n_opt == 0)
+		n_opt = -1;
+	    break;
+	case 'p':
+	    pass_ctls = TRUE;
+	    break;
+	case 'w':
+	    w_opt = TRUE;
+	    break;
+	default:
+	    usage();
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    if (optind < argc)
+	usage();
+
+    test_adds(0);
+    endwin();
+    ExitProgram(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}