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COLORS, COLOR_PAIRS, COLS, ESCDELAY, LINES, TABSIZE, curscr, newscr, stdscr - curses global variables --
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#include <curses.h> int COLOR_PAIRS; @@ -66,8 +64,7 @@ WINDOW * stdscr; --
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This page summarizes variables provided by the curses li- brary. A more complete description is given in the curs- es(3x) manual page. @@ -79,8 +76,7 @@ them as read-only to avoid confusing the library. --
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After initializing curses, this variable contains the num- ber of color pairs which the terminal can support. Usual- ly the number of color pairs will be the product COL- @@ -94,20 +90,17 @@ sented in a signed short value. --
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After initializing curses, this variable contains the num- ber of colors which the terminal can support. --
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After initializing curses, this variable contains the width of the screen, i.e., the number of columns. --
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This variable holds the number of milliseconds to wait af- ter reading an escape character, to distinguish between an individual escape character entered on the keyboard from @@ -115,41 +108,35 @@ curses(3x). --
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After initializing curses, this variable contains the height of the screen, i.e., the number of lines. --
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This variable holds the number of columns used by the curses library when converting a tab character to spaces as it adds the tab to a window (see curs_addch(3x). --
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This implementation of curses uses a special window curscr to record its updates to the terminal screen. --
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This implementation of curses uses a special window newscr to hold updates to the terminal screen before applying them to curscr. --
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Upon initializing curses, a default window called stdscr, which is the size of the terminal screen, is created. Many curses functions use this window. --
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The curses library is initialized using either curs_initscr(3x), or curs_initscr(3x). @@ -158,15 +145,28 @@ library. --
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ESCDELAY and TABSIZE are extensions, not provided in most other implementations of curses. + ESCDELAY is an extension in AIX curses: --
- curses(3x), curs_opaque(3x), curs_terminfo(3x), + o In AIX, the units for ESCDELAY are fifths of a mil- + lisecond. + + o The default value for AIX's ESCDELAY is 0.1 seconds. + + o AIX also enforces a limit of 10,000 seconds for ESCDE- + LAY; this implementation currently has no upper limit. + + This implementation has long used ESCDELAY with units of + milliseconds, making it impossible to be completely com- + patible with AIX. Likewise, most users have either decid- + ed to override the value, or rely upon its default value. + + +
+ curses(3x), curs_opaque(3x), curs_terminfo(3x), curs_threads(3x), term_variables(3x), terminfo(5).