X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_scr_dump.3x.html;h=66806000db902abef26906ae15e2d538a25c74e1;hp=e838995d6bc94bef639622a7227eb280d0c0cdde;hb=HEAD;hpb=2e5d72d6396bb38a8d1d1b3534f62e28aebaa600 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_scr_dump.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_scr_dump.3x.html index e838995d..f1759cb3 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_scr_dump.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_scr_dump.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - - +
-- -curs_scr_dump(3x) curs_scr_dump(3x) +curs_scr_dump(3x) Library calls curs_scr_dump(3x) --
- scr_dump, scr_restore, scr_init, scr_set - read (write) a - curses screen from (to) a file +
+ scr_dump, scr_restore, scr_init, scr_set - read/write a curses screen + from/to a file --
+
#include <curses.h> - int scr_dump(const char *filename); - int scr_restore(const char *filename); - int scr_init(const char *filename); - int scr_set(const char *filename); + int scr_dump(const char *filename); + int scr_restore(const char *filename); + int scr_init(const char *filename); + int scr_set(const char *filename); --
- The scr_dump routine dumps the current contents of the - virtual screen to the file filename. - - The scr_restore routine sets the virtual screen to the - contents of filename, which must have been written using - scr_dump. The next call to doupdate restores the screen - to the way it looked in the dump file. - - The scr_init routine reads in the contents of filename and - uses them to initialize the curses data structures about - what the terminal currently has on its screen. If the da- - ta is determined to be valid, curses bases its next update - of the screen on this information rather than clearing the - screen and starting from scratch. scr_init is used after - initscr or a system call to share the screen with another - process which has done a scr_dump after its endwin call. - The data is declared invalid if the terminfo capabilities - rmcup and nrrmc exist; also if the terminal has been writ- - ten to since the preceding scr_dump call. - - The scr_set routine is a combination of scr_restore and - scr_init. It tells the program that the information in - filename is what is currently on the screen, and also what - the program wants on the screen. This can be thought of - as a screen inheritance function. - - To read (write) a window from (to) a file, use the getwin - and putwin routines [see curs_util(3x)]. +
+ curses provides applications the ability to write the contents of the + screen to a file and read them back. To read/write a window (rather + than the whole screen) from/to a file, use getwin(3x) and putwin(3x), + respectively. --
- All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK - upon success. +
+ scr_dump writes to filename the contents of the virtual screen; see + curscr(3x). - X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa- - tion, each will return an error if the file cannot be - opened. +
+ scr_restore updates the virtual screen to contain the contents of + filename (if it was validly written with scr_dump). No refresh is + performed; after performing any further desired updates, call + doupdate(3x) or similar. --
- Note that scr_init, scr_set, and scr_restore may be - macros. +
+ scr_init reads filename, using it to initialize curses data structures + describing the state of the terminal screen. If these data are valid, + curses bases its next update of the screen on this information rather + than clearing it and starting from scratch. --
- The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, describes these func- - tions (adding the const qualifiers). + The data fail the validity check - The SVr4 docs merely say under scr_init that the dump data - is also considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty - is old" but do not define "old". + o if the terminal employs terminfo capabilities exit_ca_mode (rmcup) + or non_rev_rmcup (nrrmc) are defined, or + o if curses knows that the terminal has been written to since the + preceding scr_dump call. --
- curses(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_refresh(3x), - curs_util(3x), system(3) + scr_init could be used after initscr(3x) or system(3) to share the + screen with another process that has done a scr_dump after endwin(3x). + + +
+ The scr_set routine is a combination of scr_restore and scr_init. It + tells the program that the information in filename is what is currently + on the screen, and also what the program wants on the screen. This can + be thought of as a screen inheritance function. + + +
+ These functions return OK on success and ERR on failure. + + X/Open defines no failure conditions. In this implementation, each + function fails if it cannot open filename. + + +
+ scr_init, scr_set, and scr_restore may be macros. + + +
+ X/Open Curses, Issue 4 describes these functions. + + SVr4 omitted the const qualifiers. + + SVr4 documentation describes scr_init such that the dump data is also + considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty is old" but does not + define "old". + + +
+ curses(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_refresh(3x), curs_util(3x), + system(3), scr_dump(5) - curs_scr_dump(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 curs_scr_dump(3x)-