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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/*
+**	lib_cchar.c
+**
+**	The routines setcchar() and getcchar().
+**
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_cchar.c,v 1.12 2007/05/12 19:03:06 tom Exp $")
+
+/* 
+ * The SuSv2 description leaves some room for interpretation.  We'll assume wch
+ * points to a string which is L'\0' terminated, contains at least one
+ * character with strictly positive width, which must be the first, and
+ * contains no characters of negative width.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+setcchar(cchar_t *wcval,
+	 const wchar_t *wch,
+	 const attr_t attrs,
+	 short color_pair,
+	 const void *opts)
+{
+    int i;
+    int len;
+    int code = OK;
+
+    TR(TRACE_CCALLS, (T_CALLED("setcchar(%p,%s,%lu,%d,%p)"),
+		      wcval, _nc_viswbuf(wch),
+		      (unsigned long) attrs, color_pair, opts));
+
+    len = wcslen(wch);
+    if (opts != NULL
+	|| (len > 1 && wcwidth(wch[0]) < 0)) {
+	code = ERR;
+    } else {
+	if (len > CCHARW_MAX)
+	    len = CCHARW_MAX;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have a following spacing-character, stop at that point.  We
+	 * are only interested in adding non-spacing characters.
+	 */
+	for (i = 1; i < len; ++i) {
+	    if (wcwidth(wch[i]) != 0) {
+		len = i;
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	memset(wcval, 0, sizeof(*wcval));
+
+	if (len != 0) {
+	    SetAttr(*wcval, attrs | COLOR_PAIR(color_pair));
+	    SetPair(CHDEREF(wcval), color_pair);
+	    memcpy(&wcval->chars, wch, len * sizeof(wchar_t));
+	    TR(TRACE_CCALLS, ("copy %d wchars, first is %s", len,
+			      _tracecchar_t(wcval)));
+	}
+    }
+
+    TR(TRACE_CCALLS, (T_RETURN("%d"), code));
+    return (code);
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+getcchar(const cchar_t *wcval,
+	 wchar_t *wch,
+	 attr_t *attrs,
+	 short *color_pair,
+	 void *opts)
+{
+    wchar_t *wp;
+    int len;
+    int code = ERR;
+
+    TR(TRACE_CCALLS, (T_CALLED("getcchar(%p,%p,%p,%p,%p)"),
+		      wcval, wch, attrs, color_pair, opts));
+
+    if (opts == NULL) {
+	len = (wp = wmemchr(wcval->chars, L'\0', CCHARW_MAX))
+	    ? wp - wcval->chars
+	    : CCHARW_MAX;
+
+	if (wch == NULL) {
+	    code = len;
+	} else if (attrs == 0 || color_pair == 0) {
+	    code = ERR;
+	} else if (len >= 0) {
+	    *attrs = AttrOf(*wcval) & A_ATTRIBUTES;
+	    *color_pair = GetPair(*wcval);
+	    wmemcpy(wch, wcval->chars, (unsigned) len);
+	    wch[len] = L'\0';
+	    code = OK;
+	}
+    }
+
+    TR(TRACE_CCALLS, (T_RETURN("%d"), code));
+    return (code);
+}