curs_kernel, curs_set, def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode,
napms, reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode, ripoffline,
savetty - Low-level Curses routines
#include <curses.h>
int curs_set(
int visibility ); int def_prog_mode(
void ); int def_shell_mode(
void ); int napms(
int ms ); int reset_prog_mode(
void ); int reset_shell_mode(
void ); int resetty(
void ); int ripoffline(
int line,
int (*init)(WINDOW *, int) ); int savetty(
void );
Curses Library (libcurses)
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to
industry standards as follows:
curs_set, def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, napms,
reset_prog_mode, reset_shell_mode, resetty, ripoffline,
savetty: XCURSES4.2
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information
about industry standards and associated tags.
These routines give low-level access to various Curses
functionality. They are typically used inside library
routines.
The def_prog_mode and def_shell_mode routines save the
current terminal modes as the "program" (in Curses) or
"shell" (not in Curses) state for use by the
reset_prog_mode and reset_shell_mode routines. The
initscr routine saves these states automatically.
The reset_prog_mode and reset_shell_mode routines restore
the terminal to "program" (in Curses) or "shell" (out of
Curses) state. Applications do not usually call these routines
because the endwin and, after an endwin, doupdate
routines automatically restore these states.
The resetty and savetty routines save and restore the
state of the terminal modes. The savetty routine saves the
current state in a buffer. The resetty routine restores
the state to what it was at the last call to savetty.
The ripoffline routine provides access to the same facility
used by slk_init to reduce the size of the screen (see
curs_slk(3)). Applications must call ripoffline before
calling initscr or newterm. If line is positive, ripoffline
removes a line from the top of stdscr; if line is
negative, the routine removes a line from the bottom of
stdscr. When this operation is done inside initscr, the
application calls the program-supplied init routine with
two arguments: a window pointer to the one-line window
that has been allocated and an integer with the number of
columns in the window. Inside this initialization routine,
the integer variables LINES and COLS (defined in
<curses.h>) are not guaranteed to be accurate; therefore,
the application must not call wrefresh or doupdate. However,
the application can call wnoutrefresh during the
initialization routine.
The application can call ripoffline up to five times
before calling initscr or newterm.
The curs_set routine sets the cursor visibility state to
0, 1, or 2, which correspond to invisible, normal, or very
visible, respectively. If the terminal supports the
requested visibility, the routine returns the previous
cursor state; otherwise, the routine returns ERR.
The napms routine causes the program to sleep for ms milliseconds.
The header file <curses.h> automatically includes the
header file <stdio.h>.
The curs_set routine returns the previous cursor state, or
ERR if the terminal does not support the requested visibility.
The napms and ripoffline routines always return OK.
The other routines return OK upon successful completion;
otherwise, they return ERR.
Functions: curses(3), curs_initscr(3), curs_outopts(3),
curs_refresh(3), curs_scr_dump(3), curs_slk(3)
Others: standards(5)
curs_kernel(3)
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