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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+ *     and: Sven Verdoolaege                        2001                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+**	lib_box.c
+**
+**	The routine wborder().
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_box.c,v 1.22 2005/11/26 15:39:42 tom Exp $")
+
+#if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
+static NCURSES_INLINE chtype
+_my_render(WINDOW *win, chtype ch)
+{
+    NCURSES_CH_T wch;
+    SetChar2(wch, ch);
+    wch = _nc_render(win, wch);
+    return CharOf(wch) | AttrOf(wch);
+}
+#define RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(ch,def) w ## ch = _my_render(win, (ch == 0) ? def : ch)
+#else
+#define RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(ch,def) w ## ch = _nc_render(win, (ch == 0) ? def : ch)
+#endif
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+wborder(WINDOW *win,
+	chtype ls, chtype rs,
+	chtype ts, chtype bs,
+	chtype tl, chtype tr,
+	chtype bl, chtype br)
+{
+    NCURSES_SIZE_T i;
+    NCURSES_SIZE_T endx, endy;
+    chtype wls, wrs, wts, wbs, wtl, wtr, wbl, wbr;
+
+    T((T_CALLED("wborder(%p,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s)"),
+       win,
+       _tracechtype2(1, ls),
+       _tracechtype2(2, rs),
+       _tracechtype2(3, ts),
+       _tracechtype2(4, bs),
+       _tracechtype2(5, tl),
+       _tracechtype2(6, tr),
+       _tracechtype2(7, bl),
+       _tracechtype2(8, br)));
+
+    if (!win)
+	returnCode(ERR);
+
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(ls, ACS_VLINE);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(rs, ACS_VLINE);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(ts, ACS_HLINE);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(bs, ACS_HLINE);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(tl, ACS_ULCORNER);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(tr, ACS_URCORNER);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(bl, ACS_LLCORNER);
+    RENDER_WITH_DEFAULT(br, ACS_LRCORNER);
+
+    T(("using %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s",
+       _tracechtype2(1, wls),
+       _tracechtype2(2, wrs),
+       _tracechtype2(3, wts),
+       _tracechtype2(4, wbs),
+       _tracechtype2(5, wtl),
+       _tracechtype2(6, wtr),
+       _tracechtype2(7, wbl),
+       _tracechtype2(8, wbr)));
+
+    endx = win->_maxx;
+    endy = win->_maxy;
+
+    for (i = 0; i <= endx; i++) {
+	SetChar2(win->_line[0].text[i], wts);
+	SetChar2(win->_line[endy].text[i], wbs);
+    }
+    win->_line[endy].firstchar = win->_line[0].firstchar = 0;
+    win->_line[endy].lastchar = win->_line[0].lastchar = endx;
+
+    for (i = 0; i <= endy; i++) {
+	SetChar2(win->_line[i].text[0], wls);
+	SetChar2(win->_line[i].text[endx], wrs);
+	win->_line[i].firstchar = 0;
+	win->_line[i].lastchar = endx;
+    }
+    SetChar2(win->_line[0].text[0], wtl);
+    SetChar2(win->_line[0].text[endx], wtr);
+    SetChar2(win->_line[endy].text[0], wbl);
+    SetChar2(win->_line[endy].text[endx], wbr);
+
+    _nc_synchook(win);
+    returnCode(OK);
+}