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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)fns.doc 8.2 (Berkeley) 6/1/94 .\" .Ds .Fn addbytes "char *str" "int len" .De This function is the low level character output function. .Vn Len characters of the string .Vn str are output to the current \*y position of the window. .Ds .Fn addch "chtype ch" \(dg .De Add the character .Vn ch on the window at the current \*y. If the character is a newline (\'\en\') the line will be cleared to the end, and the current \*y will be changed to the beginning off the next line if newline mapping is on, or to the next line at the same x co-ordinate if it is off. A return (\'\er\') will move to the beginning of the line on the window. Tabs (\'\et\') will be expanded into spaces in the normal tabstop positions of every eight characters. \*(Es .Ds .Fn addchstr "chtype *str" \(dg .De Add the characters and attributes in the string pointed to by .Vn str on the window at the current \*y. \*(Es In this case, it will put on as much as it can. .Ds .Fn addchnstr "chtype *str" "int len" \(dg .De Add no more than .Vn len characters and attributes of the string pointed to by .Vn str on the window at the current \*y. \*(Es In this case, it will put on as much as it can. .Ds .Fn addstr "char *str" \(dg .De Add the string pointed to by .Vn str on the window at the current \*y. \*(Es In this case, it will put on as much as it can. .Ds .Fn addnstr "char *str" "int len" \(dg .De Add no more than .Vn len characters of the string pointed to by .Vn str on the window at the current \*y. \*(Es In this case, it will put on as much as it can. .Ds .Fn assume_default_colors "short fore" "short back" .De Set the curses default foreground and background colors to .Vn fore and .Vn back . .Ds .Fn attr_get "attr_t *attr" "short *pair" "void *opt" \(dg .De Get the attributes and colour pair for the window. Either .Vn attr or .Vn pair may be NULL. The .Vn opt argument is not used. .Ds .Fn attr_off "attr_t attr" "void *opt" \(dg .De Remove character attributes set by .Fn attr_on or .Fn attr_set . .Ds .Fn attr_on "attr_t attr" "void *opt" \(dg .De Add character attributes for any characters added to the window (if it has that capability). The attributes that can be set are \fBA_UNDERLINE\fR, \fBA_REVERSE\fR, \fBA_BLINK\fR, \fBA_DIM\fR, \fBA_BOLD\fR, \fBA_BLANK\fR, \fBA_PROTECT\fB, \fBA_ALTCHARSET\fR and \fBCOLOR_PAIR(n)\fR. .Ds .Fn attr_set "attr_t attr" "short pair" "void *opt" \(dg .De Set character attributes and color pair for any characters added to the window (if it has that capability). .Ds .Fn attroff "int attribute" \(dg .De Remove character attributes set by .Fn attron or .Fn attrset . To clear all character attributes, use .Fn attroff "A_ATTRIBUTES" . .Fn attroff "A_STANDOUT" is equivalent to .Fn standend . .Fn attroff "A_UNDERLINE" is equivalent to .Fn underend . .Ds .Fn attron "int attribute" \(dg .De Add character attributes for any characters added to the window (if it has that capability). .Fn attron "A_STANDOUT" is equivalent to .Fn standout . .Fn attron "A_UNDERLINE" is equivalent to .Fn underscore . .Ds .Fn attrset "int attribute" \(dg .De Set character attributes for any characters added to the window (if it has that capability). .Ds .Fn baudrate "" \(dg .De Returns the output baud rate of the terminal. This is a system dependent constant (defined in .b on BSD systems, which is included by .b ). .Ds .Fn beep "" .De Sound the terminal bell. If the terminal has no bell capability, but has the ability to flash the screen, do that instead. See also .Fn flash .Ds .Fn bkgd "chtype ch" .De Sets the background rendition to .Vn ch . .Ds .Fn bkgdset "chtype ch" .De Sets the background rendition to .Vn ch and applies this rendition to the window. .Ds .Fn border "chtype left" "chtype right" "chtype top" "chtype bottom" "chtype topleft" "chtype topright" "chtype botleft" "chtype botright" .De .Pp Draws a border around the window using the characters: .Vn left for drawing the left side, .Vn right for drawing the left side, .Vn top for drawing the top edge, .Vn bottom for drawing the top edge, .Vn topleft for drawing the top-left corner, .Vn topright for drawing the top-right corner, .Vn botleft for drawing the bottom-left corner, and .Vn botright for drawing the bottom-right corner. If scrolling is not allowed, and the window encompasses the lower right-hand corner of the terminal, the corners are left blank to avoid a scroll. .Ds .Fn box "WINDOW win" "chtype vert" "chtype hor" .De .Pp Draws a box around the window using .Vn vert as the character for drawing the vertical sides, and .Vn hor for drawing the horizontal lines. If scrolling is not allowed, and the window encompasses the lower right-hand corner of the terminal, the corners are left blank to avoid a scroll. .Ds .Fn can_change_color "" .De Check if terminal can change colors. .Ds .Fn cbreak "" .De Set the terminal to cbreak mode. .Ds .Fn clear "" \(dg .De Resets the entire window to blanks. If .Vn win is a screen, this sets the clear flag, which will cause a clear-screen sequence to be sent on the next .Fn refresh call. This also moves the current \*y to (0\*,0). .Ds .Fn clearok "WINDOW *scr" "int boolf" \(dg .De Sets the clear flag for the screen .Vn scr . If .Vn boolf is non-zero, this will force a clear-screen to be printed on the next .Fn refresh , or stop it from doing so if .Vn boolf is 0. This only works on screens, and, unlike .Fn clear , does not alter the contents of the screen. If .Vn scr is .Vn curscr , the next .Fn refresh call will cause a clear-screen, even if the window passed to .Fn refresh is not a screen. .Ds .Fn clrtobot "" \(dg .De Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the bottom. This does not force a clear-screen sequence on the next refresh under any circumstances. \*(Nm .Ds .Fn clrtoeol "" \(dg .De Wipes the window clear from the current \*y to the end of the line. \*(Nm .Ds .Fn color_content "short color" "short *red" "short *green" "short *blue" .De Get the red, green and blue values of color .Vn color . .Ds .Fn color_set "short pair" "void *opt" \(dg .De Set color pair for any characters added to the window (if it has that capability). .Ds .Fn copywin "const WINDOW *src" "WINDOW *dst" "int sminrow" "int smincol" "int dminrow" "int dmincol" "int dmaxrow" "int dmaxcol" "int overlay" .De Copies the contents of the window .Vn src starting at ( .Vn sminrow , .Vn smincol ) to the destination window .Vn dst starting at ( .Vn dminrow , .Vn dmincol ) and ending at either the end of the source window or ( .Vn dmaxrow , .Vn dmaxcol ) whichever is the lesser. The parameter .Vn overlay determines the nature of the copy. If .Vn overlay is TRUE then only the non-space characters from .Vn src are copied to .Vn dst . If .Vn overlay is FALSE then all characters are copied from .Vn src to .Vn dst. .Ds .Fn curs_set "int visibility" .De Sets the visibility of the screen cursor. The parameter .Vn visibility can be one of three values, 0 means make the cursor invisible, 1 means set the cursor to normal visibility and 2 sets the cursor to high visibility. In all cases the old mode of the cursor is returned if the call was successful and .b ERR is returned if the terminal cannot support the requested visibility mode. .Ds .Fn crmode "" \(dg .De Identical to .Fn cbreak . The misnamed macro .Fn crmode and .Fn nocrmode is retained for backwards compatibility with ealier versions of the library. .Ds .Fn delay_output "int ms" .De Pause output for .Vn ms milliseconds using the terminal pad character. .Ds .Fn def_prog_mode "" .De Save the current terminal modes as the \'in curses\' state for use with .Fn reset_prog_mode . .Ds .Fn def_shell_mode "" .De Save the current terminal modes as the \'not in curses\' state for use with .Fn reset_shell_mode . .Ds .Fn define_key "char *sequence" "int key_symbol" .De Assigns the character sequence given in .Vn sequence to the key symbol .Vn key_symbol . If .Fn keypad has set been set TRUE and the character sequence is found in the input stream then the key symbol defined will be returned. Normally the sequences are found in the .b termcap database but this function allows extensions to be added by the application. If .Vn sequence is a NULL pointer then all the sequences associated with .Vn key_symbol will be removed, including any definitions inserted by .b termcap . .Ds .Fn delch "" .De Delete the character at the current \*y. Each character after it on the line shifts to the left, and the last character becomes blank. .Ds .Fn deleteln "" .De Delete the current line. Every line below the current one will move up, and the bottom line will become blank. The current \*y will remain unchanged. .Ds .Fn delscreen "SCREEN *screen" .De Delete the screen and frees all associated resources. .Ds .Fn delwin "WINDOW *win" .De Deletes the window from existence. All resources are freed for future use by .b calloc (3). If a window has a .Fn subwin allocated window inside of it, deleting the outer window the subwindow is not affected, even though this does invalidate it. Therefore, subwindows should be deleted before their outer windows are. .Ds .Fn derwin "WINDOW *orig" "int nlines" "int ncols" "int by" "int bx" .De Performs a function very similar to that of .Fn subwin . The difference being that with .Fn derwin the origin of the child window given by ( .Vn by , .Vn bx ) is relative to the origin of the parent window .Vn orig instead of being absolute screen coordinates as they are in .Fn subwin . .Ds .Fn doupdate "" .De Synchronize the terminal screen with the virtual screen that has had window contents added to it by calls to .Fn wnoutrefresh . .Ds .Fn dupwin "WINDOW *win" .De Creates an exact copy of the window .Vn win . .Ds .Fn echo "" \(dg .De Sets the terminal to echo characters. .Ds .Fn echochar "const chtype ch" \(dg .De Add the character .Vn ch on the window at the current \*y and immediately refresh the window. .Ds .Fn endwin "" .De Finish up window routines before exit. This restores the terminal to the state it was before .Fn initscr (or .Fn gettmode and .Fn setterm ) was called. It should always be called before exiting and before the final calls to .Fn delwin . It does not exit. This is especially useful for resetting tty stats when trapping rubouts via .b signal (2). .Ds .Fn erase "" \(dg .De Erases the window to blanks without setting the clear flag. This is analagous to .Fn clear , except that it never causes a clear-screen sequence to be generated on a .Fn refresh . \*(Nm .Ds .Fn erasechar "" \(dg .De Returns the erase character for the terminal, .i i.e. , the character used by the user to erase a single character from the input. .Ds .Fn flash "" .De Flash the terminal screen. If the terminal has no flash capability, but has the ability to sound the bell, do that instead. See also .Fn bell .Ds .Fn flushinp "" .De Throw away any input that has been typed by the user but has not yet been read by the program. .Ds .Fn flushok "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" .De Normally, .Fn refresh .Fn fflush 's .Vn stdout when it is finished. .Fn flushok allows you to control this. if .Vn boolf is non-zero (\c .i i.e. , non-zero) it will do the .Fn fflush , otherwise it will not. .Ds .Fn getattrs "WINDOW *win" .De Gets the attributes for .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getbkgd "WINDOW *win" .De Gets the background rendition for .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getcap "char *name" .De Get the terminal capability .Vn name . .Ds .Fn getch "" \(dg .De Gets a character from the terminal and (if necessary) echos it on the window. \*(Es Otherwise, the character gotten is returned. If .i noecho has been set, then the window is left unaltered. In order to retain control of the terminal, it is necessary to have one of .i noecho , .i cbreak , or .i rawmode set. If you do not set one, whatever routine you call to read characters will set .i cbreak for you, and then reset to the original mode when finished. .Ds .Fn getcury "WINDOW *win" .De Get current y position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getcurx "WINDOW *win" .De Get current x position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getbegy "WINDOW *win" .De Get start y position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getbegx "WINDOW *win" .De Get start x position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getmaxy "WINDOW *win" .De Get maximum y position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getmaxx "WINDOW *win" .De Get maximum x position on .Vn win . .Ds .Fn getnstr "char *str" \(dg .De Get a string through the window and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn str . A maximum of .Vn n characters is returned (including the trailing null). It sets tty modes if necessary, and then calls .Fn getch (or .Fn wgetch ) to get the characters needed to fill in the string until a newline or EOF is encountered. The newline stripped off the string. \*(Es .Ds .Fn getstr "char *str" \(dg .De Get a string through the window and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn str , which is assumed to be large enough to handle it. It sets tty modes if necessary, and then calls .Fn getch (or .Fn wgetch ) to get the characters needed to fill in the string until a newline or EOF is encountered. The newline stripped off the string. \*(Es .Ds .Fn getparx "WINDOW *win" .De Returns the x location of the given subwindow relative to the parent window. If the window is not a subwindow then -1 is returned. .Ds .Fn getpary "WINDOW *win" .De Returns the y location of the given subwindow relative to the parent window. If the window is not a subwindow then -1 is returned. .Ds .Fn getpary "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" .De Is a macro that sets the .Vn y and .Vn x parameters to the respective coordinates of the top left hand corner of the subwindow relative to the parent window. If the given window .Vn win is not a subwindow then both .Vn y and .Vn x will be set to -1. .Ds .Fn gettmode "" .De Get the tty stats. This is normally called by .Fn initscr . .Ds .Fn getwin "FILE *fp" .De Creates a window from a file written by .Fn putwin . .Ds .Fn getyx "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" .De Puts the current \*y of .Vn win in the variables .Vn y and .Vn x . Since it is a macro, not a function, you do not pass the address of .Vn y and .Vn x . .Ds .Fn halfdelay "int timeout" .De Sets the terminal into a mode similar to that done by .Fn cbreak with the exception that the input routines will wait for .Vn timeout number of tenths of a second, if at this time there is no input then ERR will be returned. .Ds .Fn has_colors "" .De Check if terminal has colors. .Ds .Fn hline "chtype ch" "int count" .De Draw a horizontal line of the character ch starting at the current cursor position and moving towards the rightmost column. At most .Vn count characters will be written, less if the edge of the screen is reached before .Vn count is reached. .Ds .Fn idcok "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" .De Reserved for future use. This will eventually signal to .Fn refresh that it is all right to use the insert and delete char sequences when updating the window. .Ds .Fn idlok "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" .De Reserved for future use. This will eventually signal to .Fn refresh that it is all right to use the insert and delete line sequences when updating the window. .ne 1i .Ds .Fn inch "" \(dg .De Returns the character at the current position on the given window. This does not make any changes to the window. .Ds .Fn inchnstr "chtype *chstr" "int n" .De Get an array of at most .Vn n characters and renditions starting at the current cursor position and ending at the end of the line and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn chstr . .Ds .Fn inchstr "chtype *chstr" .De Get an array of characters and renditions starting at the current cursor position and ending at the end of the line and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn chstr , which is assumed to be large enough to handle it. .Ds .Fn innstr "char *str" "int n" .De Get a string of at most .Vn n characters starting at the current cursor position and ending at the end of the line and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn str . .Ds .Fn init_color "short color" "short red" "short green" "short blue" .De Set the red, green and blue values of color .Vn color . .Ds .Fn init_pair "short pair" "short fore" "short back" .De Set the foreground and background colors of pair .Vn pair . .Ds .Fn initscr "" .De Initialize the screen routines. This must be called before any of the screen routines are used. It initializes the terminal-type data and such, and without it none of the routines can operate. If standard input is not a tty, it sets the specifications to the terminal whose name is pointed to by .Vn Def\*_term (initially "dumb"). If the boolean .Vn My\*_term is non-zero, .Vn Def\*_term is always used. If the system supports the .b TIOCGWINSZ .i ioctl(2) call, it is used to get the number of lines and columns for the terminal, otherwise it is taken from the .b termcap description. .Ds .Fn insch "char c" .De Insert .Vn c at the current \*y Each character after it shifts to the right, and the last character disappears. \*(Es .Ds .Fn insdelln "int n" .De If .Vn n is positive insert .Vn n lines above the current one. Every line below the current line will be shifted down, and the last .Vn n lines will disappear. If .Vn n is negative, delete .Vn n lines starting from the current one. The last .Vn n lines are cleared. The current \*y will remain unchanged. .Ds .Fn insertln "" .De Insert a line above the current one. Every line below the current line will be shifted down, and the bottom line will disappear. The current line will become blank, and the current \*y will remain unchanged. .Ds .Fn instr "char *str" .De Get an string starting at the current cursor position and ending at the end of the line and put it in the location pointed to by .Vn str , which is assumed to be large enough to handle it. .Ds .Fn is_linetouched "WINDOW *win" "int line" .De Returns TRUE if .Vn line in the window .Vn win has been modified since the last call to .Fn wrefresh . .Ds .Fn is_wintouched "WINDOW *win" "int line" .De Returns TRUE if the window .Vn win has been modified since the last call to .Fn wrefresh . .Ds .Fn isendwin "" .De Returns TRUE if .Fn endwin has been called without a subsequent call to .Fn wrefresh , and FALSE otherwise. .Ds .Fn intrflush "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" .De Sets the terminal flush on interrupt mode. If .Vn boolf is non-zero, flushing of the output buffer will occur when an interrupt key is pressed. The default is inherited from the terminal settings. .Ds .Fn keyok "int key_symbol" "bool flag" .De Controls the recognition of the key symbol .Vn key_symbol . By setting .Vn flag to FALSE the recognition of any sequence of characters that have been associated with the key symbol will be disabled. By default, this flag is TRUE so sequences will be recognised. .Ds .Fn keyname "int key" .De Returns a description of the key .Vn key . .Ds .Fn keypad "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" .De Sets the boolean flag for interpretation of escape sequences. If .Vn boolf is non-zero, escape sequences from terminal keypad and function keys will be interpreted by the library. Escape sequences are not interpreted by default. The include file .b contains the list of recognised keypad and function keys. See also .Fn notimeout . .Ds .Fn killchar "" \(dg .De Returns the line kill character for the terminal, .i i.e. , the character used by the user to erase an entire line from the input. .Ds .Fn leaveok "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" \(dg .De Sets the boolean flag for leaving the cursor after the last change. If .Vn boolf is non-zero, the cursor will be left after the last update on the terminal, and the current \*y for .Vn win will be changed accordingly. If .Vn boolf is 0 the cursor will be moved to the current \*y. This flag (initially 0) retains its value until changed by the user. .Ds .Fn longname "" \(dg .De Returns a string containing the verbose description of the terminal. .Ds .Fn meta "WINDOW *win" "bool bf" .De Manipulates the meta mode on terminals that support this capability. Note that .Vn win is always ignored. .Ds .Fn move "int y" "int x" .De Change the current \*y of the window to .Vn y\*,x ). ( \*(Es .Ds .Fn mvaddch "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then adds a character in the same manner as .Fn addch . .Ds .Fn mvaddchstr "int y" "int x" "chtype *str" \(dg .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then adds characters and attributes in the same manner as .Fn addchstr . .Ds .Fn mvaddchnstr "int y" "int x" "chtype *str" \(dg .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then adds characters and attributes in the same manner as .Fn addchnstr . .Ds .Fn mvaddstr "int y" "int x" "char *str" \(dg .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then adds a string in the same manner as .Fn addstr . .Ds .Fn mvaddnstr "int y" "int x" "char *str" \(dg .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then adds a string in the same manner as .Fn addnstr . .Ds .Fn mvcur "int lasty" "int lastx" "int newy" "int newx" .De Moves the terminal's cursor from .Vn lasty\*,lastx ) ( to .Vn newy\*,newx ) ( in an approximation of optimal fashion. This routine uses the functions borrowed from .i ex version 2.6. It is possible to use this optimization without the benefit of the screen routines. With the screen routines, this should not be called by the user. .Fn move and .Fn refresh should be used to move the cursor position, so that the routines know what's going on. .Ds .Fn mvderwin "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" .De Moves the subwindow .Vn win to the location .Vn y\*,x ) ( where the location is relative to the top left hand corner of the parent window. This call will return ERR if .Vn win is not a subwindow or if the relocated window would lie outside the parent window. .Ds .Fn mvhline "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then draws a horizontal line in the same manner as .Fn hline . .Ds .Fn mvprintw "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..." .De Equivalent to: .(l move(y, x); printw(fmt, ...); .)l .Ds .Fn mvscanw "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..." .De Equivalent to: .(l move(y, x); scanw(fmt, ...); .)l .Ds .Fn mvvline "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) and then draws a vertical line in the same manner as .Fn vline . .Ds .Fn mvwhline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) on window .Vn win and then draws a horizontal line in the same manner as .Fn whline . .Ds .Fn mvwvline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .De Moves the cursor to the position .Vn (y , .Vn x ) on window .Vn win and then draws a horizontal line in the same manner as .Fn wvline . .Ds .Fn mvwin "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" .De Move the home position of the window .Vn win from its current starting coordinates to .Vn y\*,x ). ( If that would put part or all of the window off the edge of the terminal screen, .Fn mvwin returns ERR and does not change anything. For subwindows, .Fn mvwin also returns ERR if you attempt to move it off its main window. If you move a main window, all subwindows are moved along with it. .Ds .Fn mvwprintw "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..." .De Equivalent to: .(l wmove(win, y, x); printw(fmt, ...); .)l .Ds .Fn mvwscanw "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "const char *fmt" "..." .De Equivalent to: .(l wmove(win, y, x); scanw(fmt, ...); .)l .Ds .Fn napms "int ms" .De Sleep for .Vn ms milliseconds. .Ds .Ft "WINDOW *" .Fn newpad "int lines" "int cols" .De Create a new pad with .Vn lines lines and .Vn cols columns. .Ds .Ft "SCREEN *" .Fn newterm "char *type" "FILE *outfd" "FILE *infd" .De Iinitialise the curses subsystem to use the terminal of type .Vn type connected via the input and output streams .Vn infd,outfd. The .Fn newterm is used in multi-terminal applications and returns a pointer to a .Ft "SCREEN" structure that holds the state for that particular terminal. The application may swap between the terminals by calling the .Fn set_term function. If the .Vn type parameter is NULL then the $TERM variable is used as the terminal type. .Ds .Ft "WINDOW *" .Fn newwin "int lines" "int cols" "int begin_y" "int begin_x" .De Create a new window with .Vn lines lines and .Vn cols columns starting at position .Vn begin\*_y\*,begin\*_x ). ( If either .Vn lines or .Vn cols is 0 (zero), that dimension will be set to .Vn "LINES \- begin\*_y" ) ( or .Vn "COLS \- begin\*_x" ) ( respectively. Thus, to get a new window of dimensions .Vn LINES \(mu .Vn COLS , use .Fn newwin 0 0 0 0 . .Ds .Fn nl "" .De Set the terminal to nl mode, .i i.e. , start/stop the system from mapping .b to .b . If the mapping is not done, .Fn refresh can do more optimization, so it is recommended, but not required, to turn it off. .Ds .Fn no_color_video "" .De Return attributes that cannot be combined with color. .Ds .Fn nocbreak "" .De Unset the terminal from cbreak mode. .Ds .Fn nocrmode "" \(dg .De Identical to .Fn nocbreak . The misnamed macro .Fn nocrmode is retained for backwards compatibility with ealier versions of the library. .Ds .Fn nodelay "WINDOW *win1" "int boolf" .De Sets the boolean flag for non-blocking .Fn getch . If .Vn boolf is non-zero, .Fn getch will return ERR is no input is waiting. The default is to for .Fn getch to block indefinitely. See also .Fn timeout . .Ds .Fn noecho "" \(dg .De Turn echoing of characters off. .Ds .Fn nonl "" .De Unset the terminal to from nl mode. See .Fn nl . .ne 1i .Ds .Fn noqiflush \(dg .De Unset the terminal flush on interrupt mode. This is equivalent to .Fn intrflush stdscr FALSE . .Ds .Fn noraw "" .De Unset the terminal from raw mode. See .Fn raw . .Ds .Fn notimeout "WINDOW *win1" "int boolf" .De Sets the boolean flag for inter-key timeouts for escape sequences interpreted when .Fn keypad is set. By default, .Fn keypad sets a timer while waiting for the next character of an escape sequence. If .Vn boolf is non-zero, .Fn getch will wait indefinitely between escape sequence characters, or until a delay set by .Fn timeout expires. .Ds .Fn overlay "WINDOW *win1" "WINDOW *win2" .De Overlay .Vn win1 on .Vn win2 . The contents of .Vn win1 , insofar as they fit, are placed on .Vn win2 at their starting \*y. This is done non-destructively, i.e., blanks on .Vn win1 leave the contents of the space on .Vn win2 untouched. Note that all non-blank characters are overwritten destructively in the overlay. .Ds .Fn overwrite "WINDOW *win1" "WINDOW *win2" .De Overwrite .Vn win1 on .Vn win2 . The contents of .Vn win1 , insofar as they fit, are placed on .Vn win2 at their starting \*y. This is done destructively, .i i.e. , blanks on .Vn win1 become blank on .Vn win2 . .Ds .Fn pair_content "short pair" "short *fore" "short *back" .De Get the foreground and background colors of pair .Vn pair . .Ds .Fn pechochar "const chtype ch" \(dg .De Add the character .Vn ch on the pad at the current \*y and immediately refresh the pad. .Ds .Fn pnoutrefresh "WINDOW *pad" "int pbeg_y" "int pbeg_x" "int sbeg_y" "int sbeg_x" "int smax_y" "int smax_x" .De Add the pad contents to a virtual screen. Several pads can be added before a call to .Fn doupdate , thus allowing the screen to updated in an efficient manner. .Ds .Fn prefresh "WINDOW *pad" "int pbeg_y" "int pbeg_x" "int sbeg_y" "int sbeg_x" "int smax_y" "int smax_x" .De Synchronize the terminal screen with the desired pad. .Ds .Fn printw "char *fmt" "..." .De Performs a .Fn printf on the window starting at the current \*y. It uses .Fn addstr to add the string on the window. It is often advisable to use the field width options of .Fn printf to avoid leaving things on the window from earlier calls. \*(Es .Ds .Fn putwin "WINDOW *win" "FILE *fp" .De Writes the window data to a file. .Ds .Fn qiflush \(dg .De Set the terminal flush on interrupt mode. This is equivalent to .Fn intrflush stdscr TRUE . .Ds .Fn raw "" .De Set the terminal to raw mode. On version 7 .Un \** .(f \** .Un is a trademark of Unix System Laboratories. .)f this also turns off newline mapping (see .Fn nl ). .Ds .Fn redrawwin "WINDOW *win" \(dg .De Mark the entire window as having been corrupted. This is equivalent to the .Fn touchwin function. .Ds .Fn refresh "" \(dg .De Synchronize the terminal screen with the desired window. If the window is not a screen, only that part covered by it is updated. \*(Es In this case, it will update whatever it can without causing the scroll. .sp As a special case, if .Fn wrefresh is called with the window .Vn curscr the screen is cleared and repainted as it is currently. This is very useful for allowing the redrawing of the screen when the user has garbage dumped on his terminal. .Ds .Fn reset_prog_mode "" .De Restore the terminal to the \'in curses\' state. .Ds .Fn reset_shell_mode "" .De Restore the terminal to the \'not in curses\' state. .Ds .Fn resetty "" \(dg .De .Fn resetty restores them to what .Fn savetty stored. These functions are performed automatically by .Fn initscr and .Fn endwin . This function should not be used by the user. .Ds .Fn resizeterm "int lines" "int columns" \(dg .De Resizes the curses terminal to the given size. All internal curses structures are resized to the new dimensions and all curses windows that would have boundaries outside the new terminal size will be resized to fit within the new boundaries. All windows will be cleared and it is expected that the application will redraw the window contents. .Ds .Fn savetty "" \(dg .De .Fn savetty saves the current tty characteristic flags. See .Fn resetty . This function should not be used by the user. .Ds .Fn scanw "char *fmt" "..." .De Perform a .Fn scanf through the window using .Vn fmt . It does this using consecutive calls to .Fn getch (or .Fn wgetch ). \*(Es .ne 1i .Ds .Fn scrl "int n" .De Scroll the window by .Vn n lines. If .Vn n is positive, scroll upward, otherwise scroll downward. .Ds .Fn scroll "WINDOW *win" .De Scroll the window upward one line. This is normally not used by the user. .Ds .Fn scrollok "WINDOW *win" "int boolf" \(dg .De Set the scroll flag for the given window. If .Vn boolf is 0, scrolling is not allowed. This is its default setting. .Ds .Ft "SCREEN *" .Fn set_term "SCREEN *new" .De Sets the current screen for input and output to be the one given. The .Vn new structure must be one that has been previously created by the .Fn newterm function. The .Fn set_term function returns the previous screen on successful completion. .Ds .Fn standend "" \(dg .De End standout mode initiated by .Fn standout . This function is provided for compatibility with older curses implementations. .Ds .Fn standout "" \(dg .De Causes any characters added to the window to be put in standout mode on the terminal (if it has that capability). This function is provided for compatibility with older curses implementations. A larger range of character attributes supported by modern terminals can be accessed using .Fn attron and .Fn attrset . .Ds .Fn start_color "" .De Initialize the color routines. This must be called before any of the color routines are used. The terminal is setup to use the curses default colors of white foreground on black background, unless .Fn assume_default_colors or .Fn use_default_colors are called. .Ds .Ft "WINDOW *" .Fn subpad "WINDOW *win" "int lines" "int cols" "int begin_y" "int begin_x" .De Create a new pad with .Vn lines lines and .Vn cols columns starting at position .Vn begin\*_y\*,begin\*_x ) ( inside the pad .i win . This means that any change made to either pad in the area covered by the subpad will be made on both pads. .Vn begin\*_y\*,begin\*_x are specified relative to the relative (0\*,0) of .Vn win . .Ds .Ft "WINDOW *" .Fn subwin "WINDOW *win" "int lines" "int cols" "int begin_y" "int begin_x" .De Create a new window with .Vn lines lines and .Vn cols columns starting at position .Vn begin\*_y\*,begin\*_x ) ( inside the window .i win . This means that any change made to either window in the area covered by the subwindow will be made on both windows. .Vn begin\*_y\*,begin\*_x are specified relative to the overall screen, not the relative (0\*,0) of .Vn win . If either .Vn lines or .Vn cols is 0 (zero), that dimension will be set to .Vn "LINES \- begin\*_y" ) ( or .Vn "COLS \- begin\*_x" ) ( respectively. .Ds .Fn termattrs "" .De Returns the attributes that can be applied to the screen. .Ds .Fn term_attrs "" .De Returns the wide attributes that can be applied to the screen. .Ds .Fn timeout "int delay" \(dg .De Sets blocking or non-blocking .Fn getch . If .Vn delay is positive, .Fn getch will block for .Vn delay milliseconds before returning. If .Vn delay is zero, .Fn getch will return ERR is no input is waiting. If .Vn delay is negative, .Fn getch will block indefinitely. See also .Fn keypad , .Fn nodelay and .Fn notimeout . .Ds .Fn touchline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int startx" "int endx" .De This function performs a function similar to .Fn touchwin on a single line. It marks the first change for the given line to be .Vn startx , if it is before the current first change mark, and the last change mark is set to be .Vn endx if it is currently less than .Vn endx . .Ds .Fn touchoverlap "WINDOW *win1" "WINDOW *win2" .De Touch the window .Vn win2 in the area which overlaps with .Vn win1 . If they do not overlap, no changes are made. .Ds .Fn touchwin "WINDOW *win" .De Make it appear that the every location on the window has been changed. This is usually only needed for refreshes with overlapping windows. .Ds .Fn tstp .De This function will save the current tty state and then put the process to sleep. When the process gets restarted, it restores the saved tty state and then calls .Fn wrefresh "curscr" to redraw the screen. .Fn Initscr sets the signal SIGTSTP to trap to this routine. .Ds .Fn unctrl "char *ch" \(dg .De Returns a string which is an ASCII representation of .Vn ch . Characters are 8 bits long. .Ds .Fn unctrllen "char *ch" \(dg .De Returns the length of the ASCII representation of .Vn ch . .ne 1i .Ds .Fn underend "" \(dg .De End underscore mode initiated by .Fn underscore . This is equivalent to .Fn attroff "A_UNDERLINE" . .Ds .Fn underscore "" \(dg .De Causes any characters added to the window to be put in underscore mode on the terminal (if it has that capability). This is equivalent to .Fn attron "A_UNDERLINE" . .Ds .Fn ungetch "int c" .De Places the contents of .Vn c converted to a character back into the input queue. Only one character of push back before a subsequent call to .Fn getch or .Fn wgetch is guaranteed to function correctly. The results of attempting more than one character of push back is undefined. .Ds .Fn untouchwin "WINDOW *win" .De Make the window appear to have not been updated even if it has been. .Ds .Fn use_default_colors "" .De Use the terminal foreground and background colors as the curses default foreground and background colors. .Ds .Fn vline "chtype ch" "int count" .De Draws a vertical line of character .Vn ch starting at the current cursor location and moving towards the bottom of the screen. At most .Vn count characters are drawn, less if the bottom of the screen is reached before .Vn count expires. .Ds .Fn vwprintw "WINDOW *win" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap" .De Identical to .Fn printw except that it takes both a window specification and a pointer to a variable length argument list. .Ds .Fn vwscanw "WINDOW *win" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap" .De Identical to .Fn scanw except that it takes both a window specification and a pointer to a variable length argument list. .Ds .Fn wnoutrefresh "WINDOW *win" .De Add the window contents to a virtual screen. Several windows can be added before a call to .Fn doupdate , thus allowing the screen to updated in an efficient manner. .Ds .Fn wredrawln "WINDOW *win" "int line" "int n" \(dg .De Mark .Vn n lines starting at .Vn line in the window as corrupted. This is equivalent to .Fn wtouchln "win" "line" "n" "1" . .Ds .Fn wresize "WINDOW *win" "int lines" "int columns" .De Resize the specified window to the given dimensions. The window will be cleared and the application is expected to redraw the window contents. .Ds .Fn wtouchln "WINDOW *win" "int line" "int n" "int changed" .De If .Vn changed is 1 then .Vn n lines starting at .Vn line in the window are touched. If .Vn changed is 0 then .Vn n lines starting at .Vn line in the window are untouched. .sp 2 .pp \fIThe following functions differ from the standard functions only in their specification of a window, rather than the use of the default .Vn stdscr.\fP .Ds .Fn waddbytes "WINDOW *win" "char* str" "int len" .Fn waddch "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" .Fn waddchnstr "WINDOW *win" "chtype *str" "int len" .Fn waddchstr "WINDOW *win" "chtype *str" "int len" .Fn waddnstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" "int len" .Fn waddstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" .Fn wattroff "WINDOW *win" "int attr" .Fn wattron "WINDOW *win" "int attr" .Fn wattrset "WINDOW *win" "int attr" .Fn wbkgd "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" .Fn wbkgdset "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" .Fn wborder "WINDOW *win" "chtype left" "chtype right" "chtype top" "chtype bottom" "chtype topleft" "chtype topright" "chtype botleft" "chtype botright" .Fn wclear "WINDOW *win" .Fn wclrtobot "WINDOW *win" .Fn wclrtoeol "WINDOW *win" .Fn wdelch "WINDOW *win" .Fn wdeleteln "WINDOW *win" .Fn wechochar "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" .Fn werase "WINDOW *win" .Fn wgetch "WINDOW *win" .Fn wgetnstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" "int len" .Fn wgetstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" .Fn whline "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" "int count" .Fn winch "WINDOW *win" \(dg .Fn winchnstr "WINDOW *win" "chtype *chstr" "int n" .Fn winchstr "WINDOW *win" "chtype *chstr" .Fn winnstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" "int n" .Fn winsch "WINDOW *win" "char c" .Fn winsdelln "WINDOW *win" "int n" .Fn winsertln "WINDOW *win" .Fn winstr "WINDOW *win" "char *str" .Fn wmove "WINDOW *win" "int y" int x" .Fn wprintw "WINDOW *win" "char *fmt" "..." .Fn wrefresh "WINDOW *win" .Fn wscanw "WINDOW *win" "char *fmt" "..." .Fn wscrl "WINDOW *win" "int n" .Fn wstandend "WINDOW *win" .Fn wstandout "WINDOW *win" .Fn wtimeout "WINDOW *win" "int delay" .Fn wunderend "WINDOW *win" .Fn wunderscore "WINDOW *win" .Fn wvline "WINDOW *win" "chtype ch" "int count" .Fn mvwaddch "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" .Fn mvwaddchstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype *str" \(dg .Fn mvwaddchnstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype *str" \(dg .Fn mvwaddnstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "char *str" "int len" .Fn mvwaddstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "char *str" .Fn mvwgetnstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "char *str" "int len" .Fn mvwgetstr "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "char *str" .Fn mvwhline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .Fn mvwvline "WINDOW *win" "int y" "int x" "chtype ch" "int count" .Dg