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-curs_variables 3x
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+
curs_variables(3x) curs_variables(3x)
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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;
@@ -67,8 +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.
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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-
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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
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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).
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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:
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-
- 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).