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</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mousemask">mousemask</a></H3><PRE>
- To make mouse events visible, use the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function. This will
- set the mouse events to be reported. By default, no mouse events are
- reported. The function will return a mask to indicate which of the
- specified mouse events can be reported; on complete failure it returns
- 0. If oldmask is non-NULL, this function fills the indicated location
- with the previous value of the given window's mouse event mask.
+ To make mouse events visible, use the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function. This sets
+ the mouse events to be reported. By default, no mouse events are re-
+ ported.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The function returns an updated copy of <EM>newmask</EM> to indicate which
+ of the specified mouse events can be reported.
+
+ If the screen has not been initialized, or if the terminal does not
+ support mouse-events, this function returns 0.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>oldmask</EM> is non-NULL, 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
pointer; setting a nonzero mask may turn it on. Whether this happens
BUTTON1_PRESSED mouse button 1 down
BUTTON1_RELEASED mouse button 1 up
BUTTON1_CLICKED mouse button 1 clicked
+
BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 1 double clicked
BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 1 triple clicked
---------------------------------------------------------------------
BUTTON2_PRESSED mouse button 2 down
BUTTON2_RELEASED mouse button 2 up
BUTTON2_CLICKED mouse button 2 clicked
-
BUTTON2_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 2 double clicked
BUTTON2_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 2 triple clicked
---------------------------------------------------------------------
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If no mouse driver was initialized, or if the mask parameter is
zero,
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> It returns an error if a mouse event was detected which did not
+ match the current <EM>mousemask</EM>.
+
<STRONG>o</STRONG> It also returns an error if no more events remain in the queue.
<STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>
<STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> returns the mask of reportable events.
- <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> returns the previous interval value, unless the terminal
- was not initialized. In that case, it returns the maximum interval
+ <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> returns the previous interval value, unless the terminal
+ was not initialized. In that case, it returns the maximum interval
value (166).
<STRONG>wenclose</STRONG> and <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG> are boolean functions returning <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- These calls were designed for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and are not found in SVr4
+ These calls were designed for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and are not found in SVr4
curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
- SVr4 curses had support for the mouse in a variant of <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>. It is
+ SVr4 curses had support for the mouse in a variant of <STRONG>xterm(1)</STRONG>. It is
mentioned in a few places, but with no supporting documentation:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the "libcurses" manual page lists functions for this feature which
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the "libcurses" manual page lists functions for this feature which
are prototyped in <STRONG>curses.h</STRONG>:
extern int mouse_set(long int);
mouse_info minfo Mi Mouse status information
req_mouse_pos reqmp RQ Request mouse position report
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the interface made assumptions (as does ncurses) about the escape
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the interface made assumptions (as does ncurses) about the escape
sequences sent to and received from the terminal.
- For instance the SVr4 curses library used the <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG> capability
- to tell the terminal which mouse button events it should send,
- passing the mouse-button bit-mask to the terminal. Also, it could
- ask the terminal where the mouse was using the <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG> capa-
+ For instance the SVr4 curses library used the <STRONG>get_mouse</STRONG> capability
+ to tell the terminal which mouse button events it should send,
+ passing the mouse-button bit-mask to the terminal. Also, it could
+ ask the terminal where the mouse was using the <STRONG>req_mouse_pos</STRONG> capa-
bility.
- Those features required a terminal which had been modified to work
+ Those features required a terminal which had been modified to work
with curses. They were not part of the X Consortium's xterm.
- When developing the xterm mouse support for ncurses in September 1995,
- Eric Raymond was uninterested in using the same interface due to its
+ When developing the xterm mouse support for ncurses in September 1995,
+ Eric Raymond was uninterested in using the same interface due to its
lack of documentation. Later, in 1998, Mark Hesseling provided support
- in PDCurses 2.3 using the SVr4 interface. PDCurses, however, does not
- use video terminals, making it unnecessary to be concerned about com-
+ in PDCurses 2.3 using the SVr4 interface. PDCurses, however, does not
+ use video terminals, making it unnecessary to be concerned about com-
patibility with the escape sequences.
The feature macro <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> is provided so the preprocessor
- can be used to test whether these features are present. If the inter-
- face is changed, the value of <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> will be increment-
- ed. These values for <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> may be specified when con-
+ can be used to test whether these features are present. If the inter-
+ face is changed, the value of <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> will be increment-
+ ed. These values for <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> may be specified when con-
figuring ncurses:
1 has definitions for reserved events. The mask uses 28 bits.
- 2 adds definitions for button 5, removes the definitions for re-
+ 2 adds definitions for button 5, removes the definitions for re-
served events. The mask uses 29 bits.
The order of the <STRONG>MEVENT</STRONG> structure members is not guaranteed. Addition-
al fields may be added to the structure in the future.
- Under <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, these calls are implemented using either xterm's
+ Under <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, these calls are implemented using either xterm's
built-in mouse-tracking API or platform-specific drivers including
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Alessandro Rubini's gpm server
<STRONG>o</STRONG> OS/2 EMX
If you are using an unsupported configuration, mouse events will not be
- visible to <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> (and the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function will always return
+ visible to <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> (and the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function will always return
<STRONG>0</STRONG>).
- If the terminfo entry contains a <STRONG>XM</STRONG> string, this is used in the xterm
- mouse driver to control the way the terminal is initialized for mouse
- operation. The default, if <STRONG>XM</STRONG> is not found, corresponds to private
+ If the terminfo entry contains a <STRONG>XM</STRONG> string, this is used in the xterm
+ mouse driver to control the way the terminal is initialized for mouse
+ operation. The default, if <STRONG>XM</STRONG> is not found, corresponds to private
mode 1000 of xterm:
\E[?1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
\E[?1006;1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
- The <EM>z</EM> member in the event structure is not presently used. It is in-
- tended for use with touch screens (which may be pressure-sensitive) or
+ The <EM>z</EM> member in the event structure is not presently used. It is in-
+ tended for use with touch screens (which may be pressure-sensitive) or
with 3D-mice/trackballs/power gloves.
- The <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG> class does not include <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.
- They are distinct. For example, in xterm, wheel/scrolling mice send
- position reports as a sequence of presses of buttons 4 or 5 without
+ The <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG> class does not include <STRONG>REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.
+ They are distinct. For example, in xterm, wheel/scrolling mice send
+ position reports as a sequence of presses of buttons 4 or 5 without
matching button-releases.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
- Mouse events under xterm will not in fact be ignored during cooked
+ Mouse events under xterm will not in fact be ignored during cooked
mode, if they have been enabled by <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>. Instead, the xterm mouse
report sequence will appear in the string read.
- Mouse events under xterm will not be detected correctly in a window
- with its keypad bit off, since they are interpreted as a variety of
- function key. Your terminfo description should have <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> set to
- "\E[M" (the beginning of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
- Other values for <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> are permitted, but under the same assumption,
+ Mouse events under xterm will not be detected correctly in a window
+ with its keypad bit off, since they are interpreted as a variety of
+ function key. Your terminfo description should have <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> set to
+ "\E[M" (the beginning of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
+ Other values for <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> are permitted, but under the same assumption,
i.e., it is the beginning of the response.
- Because there are no standard terminal responses that would serve to
- identify terminals which support the xterm mouse protocol, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> as-
- sumes that if <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> is defined in the terminal description, or if the
- terminal description's primary name or aliases contain the string
+ Because there are no standard terminal responses that would serve to
+ identify terminals which support the xterm mouse protocol, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> as-
+ sumes that if <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> is defined in the terminal description, or if the
+ terminal description's primary name or aliases contain the string
"xterm", then the terminal may send mouse events. The <STRONG>kmous</STRONG> capability
- is checked first, allowing the use of newer xterm mouse protocols such
+ is checked first, allowing the use of newer xterm mouse protocols such
as xterm's private mode 1006.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_inopts.3x.html">curs_inopts(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
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