X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_slk.3x.html;h=bb6758c1eed7166d07a0b1801da6d1cca892aa2a;hp=d2f0d98c9fa717916c1c247fd5fb65d2dbe27687;hb=ce4803687b821efbc5fb2c5a5f06d69cd4dc2656;hpb=55ccd2b959766810cf7db8d1c4462f338ce0afc8 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html index d2f0d98c..bb6758c1 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ - +
+ +- curs_slk(3x) curs_slk(3x) --
- slk_init, slk_set, slk_refresh, slk_noutrefresh, +
+ 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 --
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#include <curses.h> int slk_init(int fmt); @@ -71,150 +69,166 @@ 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_number, 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_number); + int slk_color(short color_pair); + int slk_wset(int labnum, const wchar_t *label, int fmt); --
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The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key - labels that exist on many terminals. For those terminals + 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 most common - for todays PC like enduser devices. Please note that - ncurses simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines - at the bottom of the screen, it doesn't try to use any - hardware support for this mode. - - The slk_init routine must be called before initscr or + 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. Setting fmt to 0 - indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels, 1 indicates a - 4-4 arrangement and 2 indicates the PC like 4-4-4 mode. If - fmt is set to 3, it 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 requires labnum to be a label number, - from 1 to 8 (resp. 12); label must be the string to be put - on the label, up to eight (resp. five) 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-justi- - fied, respectively, within the label. + 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. + number labnum, with leading and trailing blanks stripped. - The slk_clear routine clears the soft labels from the + The slk_clear routine clears the soft labels from the screen. - The slk_restore routine restores the soft labels to the + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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. - --
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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- + X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa- tion slk_attr - returns the attribute used for the soft keys. + 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- + return an error if the terminal or the soft- keys were not initialized. slk_attrset - returns an error if the terminal or the soft- + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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 + 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. --
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Most applications would use slk_noutrefresh because a wre- fresh is likely to follow soon. --
- 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. +
+ 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 specif- + ic to ncurses. --
- curses(3x), curs_attr(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_re- - fresh(3x) +
+ curses(3x), curs_attr(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_re- + fresh(3x), curs_variables(3x). curs_slk(3x)-