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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996-on                 *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *	lib_tracechr.c - Tracing/Debugging routines
+ */
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_tracechr.c,v 1.19 2008/08/03 15:39:29 tom Exp $")
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char *)
+_nc_tracechar(SCREEN *sp, int ch)
+{
+    NCURSES_CONST char *name;
+    char *MyBuffer = ((sp != 0)
+		      ? sp->tracechr_buf
+		      : _nc_globals.tracechr_buf);
+
+    if (ch > KEY_MIN || ch < 0) {
+	name = _nc_keyname(sp, ch);
+	if (name == 0 || *name == '\0')
+	    name = "NULL";
+	(void) sprintf(MyBuffer, "'%.30s' = %#03o", name, ch);
+    } else if (!is8bits(ch) || !isprint(UChar(ch))) {
+	/*
+	 * workaround for glibc bug:
+	 * sprintf changes the result from unctrl() to an empty string if it
+	 * does not correspond to a valid multibyte sequence.
+	 */
+	(void) sprintf(MyBuffer, "%#03o", ch);
+    } else {
+	name = _nc_unctrl(sp, (chtype) ch);
+	if (name == 0 || *name == 0)
+	    name = "null";	/* shouldn't happen */
+	(void) sprintf(MyBuffer, "'%.30s' = %#03o", name, ch);
+    }
+    return (MyBuffer);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(char *)
+_tracechar(int ch)
+{
+    return _nc_tracechar(SP, ch);
+}
+#else
+EMPTY_MODULE(_nc_lib_tracechr)
+#endif