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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2002,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas Dickey 2002                                              *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+#include <term.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_wacs.c,v 1.7 2006/12/17 15:16:17 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(cchar_t) * _nc_wacs = 0;
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_init_wacs(void)
+{
+    /* *INDENT-OFF* */
+    static const struct {
+	int	map;
+	int	value[2];
+    } table[] = {
+	/* VT100 symbols */
+	{ 'l',	{ '+',	0x250c }},	/* upper left corner */
+	{ 'm',	{ '+',	0x2514 }},	/* lower left corner */
+	{ 'k',	{ '+',	0x2510 }},	/* upper right corner */
+	{ 'j',	{ '+',	0x2518 }},	/* lower right corner */
+	{ 't',	{ '+',	0x251c }},	/* tee pointing left */
+	{ 'u',	{ '+',	0x2524 }},	/* tee pointing right */
+	{ 'v',	{ '+',	0x2534 }},	/* tee pointing up */
+	{ 'w',	{ '+',	0x252c }},	/* tee pointing down */
+	{ 'q',	{ '-',	0x2500 }},	/* horizontal line */
+	{ 'x',	{ '|',	0x2502 }},	/* vertical line */
+	{ 'n',	{ '+',	0x253c }},	/* large plus or crossover */
+	{ 'o',	{ '~',	0x23ba }},	/* scan line 1 */
+	{ 's',	{ '_',	0x23bd }},	/* scan line 9 */
+	{ '`',	{ '+',	0x25c6 }},	/* diamond */
+	{ 'a',	{ ':',	0x2592 }},	/* checker board (stipple) */
+	{ 'f',	{ '\'',	0x00b0 }},	/* degree symbol */
+	{ 'g',	{ '#',	0x00b1 }},	/* plus/minus */
+	{ '~',	{ 'o',	0x00b7 }},	/* bullet */
+	/* Teletype 5410v1 symbols */
+	{ ',',	{ '<',	0x2190 }},	/* arrow pointing left */
+	{ '+',	{ '>',	0x2192 }},	/* arrow pointing right */
+	{ '.',	{ 'v',	0x2193 }},	/* arrow pointing down */
+	{ '-',	{ '^',	0x2191 }},	/* arrow pointing up */
+	{ 'h',	{ '#',	0x2592 }},	/* board of squares */
+	{ 'i',	{ '#',	0x2603 }},	/* lantern symbol */
+	{ '0',	{ '#',	0x25ae }},	/* solid square block */
+	/* these defaults were invented for ncurses */
+	{ 'p',	{ '-',	0x23bb }},	/* scan line 3 */
+	{ 'r',	{ '-',	0x23bc }},	/* scan line 7 */
+	{ 'y',	{ '<',	0x2264 }},	/* less-than-or-equal-to */
+	{ 'z',	{ '>',	0x2265 }},	/* greater-than-or-equal-to */
+	{ '{',	{ '*',	0x03c0 }},	/* greek pi */
+	{ '|',	{ '!',	0x2260 }},	/* not-equal */
+	{ '}',	{ 'f',	0x00a3 }},	/* pound-sterling symbol */
+    };
+    /* *INDENT-ON* */
+
+    unsigned n, m;
+    int active = _nc_unicode_locale();
+
+    /*
+     * If we're running in a UTF-8 locale, will use the Unicode equivalents
+     * rather than the terminfo information.  Actually the terminfo should
+     * be the rule, but there are people who are offended by the notion that
+     * a Unicode-capable terminal would have something resembling a mode.
+     * So the smacs/rmacs may be disabled -- sometime.
+     */
+    T(("initializing WIDE-ACS map (Unicode is%s active)",
+       active ? "" : " not"));
+
+    _nc_wacs = typeCalloc(cchar_t, ACS_LEN);
+    for (n = 0; n < SIZEOF(table); ++n) {
+	int wide = wcwidth(table[n].value[active]);
+
+	m = table[n].map;
+	if (active && (wide == 1)) {
+	    SetChar(_nc_wacs[m], table[n].value[active], A_NORMAL);
+	} else if (acs_map[m] & A_ALTCHARSET) {
+	    SetChar(_nc_wacs[m], m, A_ALTCHARSET);
+	} else {
+	    SetChar(_nc_wacs[m], table[n].value[0], A_NORMAL);
+	}
+
+	T(("#%d, SetChar(%c, %#04x) = %s",
+	   n, m,
+	   table[n].value[active],
+	   _tracecchar_t(&_nc_wacs[m])));
+    }
+}