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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-17 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>oldmask</EM> is non-<STRONG>NULL</STRONG>, this function fills the indicated location
with the previous value of the current screen's mouse event mask.
- As a side effect, setting a zero mousemask may turn off the mouse
+ As a side effect, setting a zero mouse mask may turn off the mouse
pointer; setting a nonzero mask may turn it on. Whether this happens
is device-dependent.
or vice versa. The resulting <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>-relative coordinates are not
always identical to screen coordinates due to the mechanism to reserve
lines on top or bottom of the screen for other purposes (see the
- <STRONG>
ripoffline</STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> calls, for example).
+ <STRONG>
<A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">ripoffline(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> calls, for example).
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If the parameter <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, the pointers <EM>pY,</EM> <EM>pX</EM> must
reference the coordinates of a location inside the window <EM>win</EM>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mouseinterval">mouseinterval</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> function sets the maximum time (in thousands of a
second) that can elapse between press and release events for them to be
- resolved as a click.
+ resolved as a <EM>click.</EM> An application might interpret button press and
+ release events separated by more than the mouse interval as a "long
+ press", or, with motion, as a "drag".
- Calling <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG> disables click resolution. When ncurses
+ Calling <STRONG>mouseinterval(0)</STRONG> disables click resolution. When <EM>ncurses</EM>
detects a mouse event, it awaits further input activity up to this
interval, and then checks for a subsequent mouse event which can be
combined with the first event. If the timeout expires without input
-ncurses 6.4 2024-02-
17 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2024-02-
24 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
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