curs_slk 3x

curs_slk(3x)                                               curs_slk(3x)




NAME

       slk_init, slk_set, slk_wset, slk_refresh, slk_noutrefresh,
       slk_label, slk_clear, slk_restore, slk_touch, slk_attron,
       slk_attrset, slk_attroff, slk_attr_on, slk_attr_set,
       slk_attr_off, slk_attr, slk_color - curses soft label
       routines


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int slk_init(int fmt);
       int slk_set(int labnum, const char *label, int fmt);
       int slk_refresh(void);
       int slk_noutrefresh(void);
       char *slk_label(int labnum);
       int slk_clear(void);
       int slk_restore(void);
       int slk_touch(void);
       int slk_attron(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attroff(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attrset(const chtype attrs);
       int slk_attr_on(attr_t attrs, void* opts);
       int slk_attr_off(const attr_t attrs, void * opts);
       int  slk_attr_set(const  attr_t  attrs,  short color_pair,
       void* opts);
       attr_t slk_attr(void);
       int slk_color(short color_pair);
       int slk_wset(int labnum, const wchar_t *label, int fmt);


DESCRIPTION

       The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key
       labels  that exist on many terminals.  For those terminals
       that do not have soft labels, curses takes over the bottom
       line  of stdscr, reducing the size of stdscr and the vari-
       able LINES.  curses standardizes on eight labels of up  to
       eight  characters  each.  In addition to this, the ncurses
       implementation supports a mode where it simulates  12  la-
       bels  of  up  to five characters each.  This is useful for
       today's PC-like enduser devices.  ncurses  simulates  this
       mode  by  taking over up to two lines at the bottom of the
       screen; it does not try to use any  hardware  support  for
       this mode.

       The  slk_init  routine  must  be  called before initscr or
       newterm is called.  If initscr eventually uses a line from
       stdscr to emulate the soft labels, then fmt determines how
       the labels are arranged on the screen:

              0  indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels.

              1  indicates a 4-4 arrangement

              2  indicates the PC-like 4-4-4 mode.

              3  is again the PC-like 4-4-4 mode, but in addition
                 an  index line is generated, helping the user to
                 identify the key numbers easily.

       The slk_set routine (and  the  slk_wset  routine  for  the
       wide-character library) has three parameters:

              labnum
                   is  the  label number, from 1 to 8 (12 for fmt
                   in slk_init is 2 or 3);

              label
                   is be the string to put on the  label,  up  to
                   eight  (five  for  fmt  in slk_init is 2 or 3)
                   characters in length.  A null string or a null
                   pointer sets up a blank label.

              fmt  is  either  0, 1, or 2, indicating whether the
                   label is to be  left-justified,  centered,  or
                   right-justified,  respectively, within the la-
                   bel.

       The slk_refresh and slk_noutrefresh routines correspond to
       the wrefresh and wnoutrefresh routines.

       The  slk_label routine returns the current label for label
       number labnum, with leading and trailing blanks stripped.

       The slk_clear routine clears  the  soft  labels  from  the
       screen.

       The  slk_restore  routine  restores the soft labels to the
       screen after a slk_clear has been performed.

       The slk_touch routine forces all the  soft  labels  to  be
       output the next time a slk_noutrefresh is performed.

       The slk_attron, slk_attrset, slk_attroff and slk_attr rou-
       tines correspond to attron, attrset, attroff and attr_get.
       They  have  an effect only if soft labels are simulated on
       the bottom line of the screen.  The default highlight  for
       soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in System V curses, which does
       not document this fact).

       The slk_color routine corresponds to color_set.  It has an
       effect  only  if  soft  labels are simulated on the bottom
       line of the screen.


RETURN VALUE

       These routines return ERR upon failure and OK (SVr4 speci-
       fies only "an integer value other than ERR") upon success-
       ful completion.

       X/Open defines no error conditions.  In  this  implementa-
       tion

              slk_attr
                   returns the attribute used for the soft keys.

              slk_attroff, slk_attron, slk_clear,
              slk_noutrefresh, slk_refresh, slk_touch
                   return an error if the terminal or  the  soft-
                   keys were not initialized.

              slk_attrset
                   returns  an error if the terminal or the soft-
                   keys were not initialized.

              slk_attr_set
                   returns an error if the terminal or the  soft-
                   keys  were  not initialized, or the color pair
                   is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1, or opts
                   is not null.

              slk_color
                   returns  an error if the terminal or the soft-
                   keys were not initialized, or the  color  pair
                   is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.

              slk_init
                   returns  an  error  if the format parameter is
                   outside the range 0..3.

              slk_label
                   returns NULL on error.

              slk_set
                   returns an error if the terminal or the  soft-
                   keys  were  not initialized, or the labnum pa-
                   rameter is outside the range of label  counts,
                   or  if  the  format  parameter  is outside the
                   range 0..2, or if memory for the labels cannot
                   be allocated.


NOTES

       Most applications would use slk_noutrefresh because a wre-
       fresh is likely to follow soon.


PORTABILITY

       The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4,  describes  these  func-
       tions.   It changes the argument type of the attribute-ma-
       nipulation functions slk_attron, slk_attroff,  slk_attrset
       to be attr_t, and adds const qualifiers.  The format codes
       2 and 3 for slk_init() and the function slk_attr are  spe-
       cific to ncurses.


SEE ALSO

       curses(3x),   curs_attr(3x),   curs_initscr(3x),  curs_re-
       fresh(3x), curs_variables(3x).



                                                           curs_slk(3x)