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  41 <H1 class="no-header">curs_slk 3x</H1>
  42 <PRE>
  43 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>                                               <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  48 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  49        <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_wset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>,
  50        <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>,
  51        <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr_on</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>,
  52        <STRONG>slk_attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> soft label
  53        routines
  54
  55
  56 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  57        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
  58
  59        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_init(int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG>
  60
  61        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_set(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*label,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG>
  62        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_wset(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>wchar_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*label,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG>
  63
  64        <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*slk_label(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum);</STRONG>
  65
  66        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_refresh(void);</STRONG>
  67        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh(void);</STRONG>
  68        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_clear(void);</STRONG>
  69        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_restore(void);</STRONG>
  70        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_touch(void);</STRONG>
  71
  72        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attron(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  73        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attroff(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  74        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attrset(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  75        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  76        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_off(const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  77        <STRONG>int</STRONG>  <STRONG>slk_attr_set(const</STRONG>  <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>  <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG>  <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG>
  78        <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  79
  80        <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr(void);</STRONG>
  81
  82        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_color(short</STRONG> <STRONG>pair);</STRONG>
  83
  84
  85 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  86        The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key
  87        labels  that exist on many terminals.  For those terminals
  88        that do not have soft labels, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> takes over the bottom
  89        line  of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, reducing the size of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> and the vari-
  90        able <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>.  <STRONG>curses</STRONG> standardizes on eight labels of up  to
  91        eight  characters  each.  In addition to this, the ncurses
  92        implementation supports a mode where it simulates  12  la-
  93        bels  of  up  to five characters each.  This is useful for
  94        PC-like enduser devices.  ncurses simulates this  mode  by
  95        taking  over  up to two lines at the bottom of the screen;
  96        it does not try to use any hardware support for this mode.
  97
  98
  99 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Initialization">Initialization</a></H3><PRE>
 100        The <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> routine must  be  called  before  <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>  or
 101        <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> is called.  If <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> eventually uses a line from
 102        <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> to emulate the soft labels, then <EM>fmt</EM> determines how
 103        the labels are arranged on the screen:
 104
 105           <STRONG>0</STRONG>  indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels.
 106
 107           <STRONG>1</STRONG>  indicates a 4-4 arrangement
 108
 109           <STRONG>2</STRONG>  indicates the PC-like 4-4-4 mode.
 110
 111           <STRONG>3</STRONG>  is  again the PC-like 4-4-4 mode, but in addition an
 112              index line is generated, helping the user to identi-
 113              fy the key numbers easily.
 114
 115
 116 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Labels">Labels</a></H3><PRE>
 117        The  <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>  routine  (and  the  <STRONG>slk_wset</STRONG> routine for the
 118        wide-character library) has three parameters:
 119
 120           <EM>labnum</EM>
 121                is the label number, from <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>8</STRONG> (12  for  <EM>fmt</EM>  in
 122                <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> is <STRONG>2</STRONG> or <STRONG>3</STRONG>);
 123
 124           <EM>label</EM>
 125                is  be the string to put on the label, up to eight
 126                (five for <EM>fmt</EM> in <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> is <STRONG>2</STRONG> or <STRONG>3</STRONG>) characters in
 127                length.  A null string or a null pointer sets up a
 128                blank label.
 129
 130           <EM>fmt</EM>  is either <STRONG>0</STRONG>, <STRONG>1</STRONG>, or <STRONG>2</STRONG>, indicating whether the label
 131                is to be left-justified, centered, or right-justi-
 132                fied, respectively, within the label.
 133
 134        The <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG> routine returns the current label for  label
 135        number <EM>labnum</EM>, with leading and trailing blanks stripped.
 136
 137
 138 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Screen-updates">Screen updates</a></H3><PRE>
 139        The <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> routines correspond to
 140        the <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> routines.
 141
 142        The <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG> routine clears  the  soft  labels  from  the
 143        screen.
 144
 145        The  <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG>  routine  restores the soft labels to the
 146        screen after a <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG> has been performed.
 147
 148        The <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG> routine forces all the  soft  labels  to  be
 149        output the next time a <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> is performed.
 150
 151
 152 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Video-attributes">Video attributes</a></H3><PRE>
 153        The <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> rou-
 154        tines correspond to <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>.
 155        They  have  an effect only if soft labels are simulated on
 156        the bottom line of the screen.  The default highlight  for
 157        soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in System V curses, which does
 158        not document this fact).
 159
 160
 161 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Colors">Colors</a></H3><PRE>
 162        The <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> routine corresponds to <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>.  It has an
 163        effect  only  if  soft  labels are simulated on the bottom
 164        line of the screen.
 165
 166
 167 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
 168        These routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and OK (SVr4 speci-
 169        fies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon success-
 170        ful completion.
 171
 172        X/Open defines no error conditions.  In  this  implementa-
 173        tion
 174
 175           <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>
 176                returns the attribute used for the soft keys.
 177
 178           <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>,
 179           <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>
 180                return an error if the terminal  or  the  softkeys
 181                were not initialized.
 182
 183           <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>
 184                returns  an  error if the terminal or the softkeys
 185                were not initialized.
 186
 187           <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>
 188                returns an error if the terminal or  the  softkeys
 189                were not initialized, or the color pair is outside
 190                the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1, or opts is not null.
 191
 192           <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG>
 193                returns an error if the terminal or  the  softkeys
 194                were not initialized, or the color pair is outside
 195                the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.
 196
 197           <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>
 198                returns an error if the format parameter  is  out-
 199                side the range 0..3.
 200
 201           <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG>
 202                returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
 203
 204           <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>
 205                returns  an  error if the terminal or the softkeys
 206                were not initialized, or the <EM>labnum</EM>  parameter  is
 207                outside  the range of label counts, or if the for-
 208                mat parameter is outside the  range  0..2,  or  if
 209                memory for the labels cannot be allocated.
 210
 211
 212 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 213        Most applications would use <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> because a <STRONG>wre-</STRONG>
 214        <STRONG>fresh</STRONG> is likely to follow soon.
 215
 216
 217 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 218        The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, described  the  soft-key
 219        functions, with some differences from SVr4 curses:
 220
 221        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It added functions like the SVr4 the attribute-manipu-
 222            lation functions <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>,  <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>
 223            which  use  <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>  parameters,  along with a reserved
 224            <EM>opts</EM> parameter.
 225
 226            One of these new functions (<STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>) also  has  a
 227            color-pair parameter.
 228
 229        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It  added <STRONG>const</STRONG> qualifiers to parameters (unnecessari-
 230            ly), and
 231
 232        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It added <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG>.
 233
 234        The format codes <STRONG>2</STRONG> and <STRONG>3</STRONG> for  <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>  and  the  function
 235        <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are specific to ncurses.
 236
 237
 238 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
 239        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG>curs_re-</STRONG>
 240        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">fresh(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 241
 242
 243
 244                                                            <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
 245 </PRE>
 246 <div class="nav">
 247 <ul>
 248 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
 249 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
 250 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
 251 <ul>
 252 <li><a href="#h3-Initialization">Initialization</a></li>
 253 <li><a href="#h3-Labels">Labels</a></li>
 254 <li><a href="#h3-Screen-updates">Screen updates</a></li>
 255 <li><a href="#h3-Video-attributes">Video attributes</a></li>
 256 <li><a href="#h3-Colors">Colors</a></li>
 257 </ul>
 258 </li>
 259 <li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
 260 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 261 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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