X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fterm_variables.3x.html;h=8db839940a523ae20d9c96f5fddc23a744547c6e;hp=414ff165b3755fbe7a89e00108de2c0cf7e417ce;hb=HEAD;hpb=ed646e3f683083e787c6ba773364401dc9fa9d40 diff --git a/doc/html/man/term_variables.3x.html b/doc/html/man/term_variables.3x.html index 414ff165..99b6786b 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/term_variables.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/term_variables.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ - - -term_variables 3x - - + +term_variables 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls + + -

term_variables 3x

term_variables 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls

-term_variables(3x)                                          term_variables(3x)
+term_variables(3x)               Library calls              term_variables(3x)

NAME

-       SP, acs_map, boolcodes, boolfnames, boolnames, cur_term, numcodes,
-       numfnames, numnames, strcodes, strfnames, strnames, ttytype - curses
-       terminfo global variables
+       SP,  acs_map,  boolcodes,  boolfnames,  boolnames,  cur_term, numcodes,
+       numfnames, numnames, strcodes, strfnames, strnames, ttytype -  terminfo
+       global variables

SYNOPSIS

@@ -63,17 +64,17 @@
 
        char ttytype[];
 
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * boolcodes;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * boolfnames;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * boolnames;
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const boolcodes[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const boolfnames[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const boolnames[];
 
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * numcodes;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * numfnames;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * numnames;
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const numcodes[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const numfnames[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const numnames[];
 
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * strcodes;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * strfnames;
-       NCURSES_CONST char * const * strnames;
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const strcodes[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const strfnames[];
+       NCURSES_CONST char * const strnames[];

DESCRIPTION

@@ -82,9 +83,9 @@
        curs_terminfo(3x) manual page.
 
        Depending  on  the  configuration,  these  may  be actual variables, or
-       macros (see curs_threads(3x)) which provide read-only access  to  curs-
-       es's state.  In either case, applications should treat them as read-on-
-       ly to avoid confusing the library.
+       macros  (see  curs_threads(3x))  which  provide  read-only  access   to
+       curses's  state.   In  either  case,  applications should treat them as
+       read-only to avoid confusing the library.

Alternate Character Set Mapping

@@ -96,54 +97,54 @@
        Application  developers  need  only know that it is used for the "ACS_"
        constants in <curses.h>.
 
-       The comparable data for the wide-character library is a  private  vari-
-       able.
+       The comparable  data  for  the  wide-character  library  is  a  private
+       variable.

Current Terminal Data

-       After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the cur_term con-
-       tains data describing the current terminal.  This variable is also  set
-       as a side-effect of set_term(3x) and delscreen(3x).
+       After  initializing  the  curses  or  terminfo interfaces, the cur_term
+       contains data describing the current terminal.  This variable  is  also
+       set as a side-effect of set_term(3x) and delscreen(3x).
 
-       It  is possible to save a value of cur_term for subsequent use as a pa-
-       rameter to set_term, for switching between screens.  Alternatively, one
-       can  save  the  return  value from newterm or setupterm(3x) to reuse in
+       It  is  possible  to  save  a value of cur_term for subsequent use as a
+       parameter to set_term, for switching between  screens.   Alternatively,
+       one can save the return value from newterm or setupterm(3x) to reuse in
        set_term.
 
 
-

Terminfo Names

terminfo Lookup Tables

        The tic(1) and infocmp(1) programs use lookup tables for the  long  and
        short  names  of  terminfo  capabilities,  as well as the corresponding
-       names for termcap capabilities.  These are available to other  applica-
-       tions,  although the hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap func-
-       tions are not available.
+       names  for  termcap  capabilities.   These  are  available   to   other
+       applications, although the hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap
+       functions are not available.
 
-       The long terminfo capability names use a  "l"  (ell)  in  their  names:
+       The long terminfo capability names use a  "f"  (eff)  in  their  names:
        boolfnames, numfnames, and strfnames.
 
-       These  are  the  short names for terminfo capabilities: boolnames, num-
-       names, and strnames.
+       These  are  the  short  names  for  terminfo  capabilities:  boolnames,
+       numnames, and strnames.
 
-       These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions:  bool-
-       codes, numcodes, and strcodes.
+       These are  the  corresponding  names  used  for  termcap  descriptions:
+       boolcodes, numcodes, and strcodes.

Terminal Type

        A terminal description begins with one or more terminal names separated
        by "|" (vertical bars).  On initialization of the  curses  or  terminfo
-       interfaces,  setupterm(3x)  copies the terminal names to the array tty-
-       type.
+       interfaces,  setupterm(3x)  copies  the  terminal  names  to  the array
+       ttytype.
 
 
-

Terminfo Names

terminfo Names

        In addition to the variables, <term.h> also defines a symbol  for  each
        terminfo  capability  long name.  These are in terms of the symbol CUR,
        which is defined
 
        #define CUR ((TERMTYPE *)(cur_term))->
 
-       These symbols provide a faster method of accessing  terminfo  capabili-
-       ties than using tigetstr(3x), etc.
+       These  symbols  provide  a  faster   method   of   accessing   terminfo
+       capabilities than using tigetstr(3x), etc.
 
        The  actual definition of CUR depends upon the implementation, but each
        terminfo library provides these long names defined to  point  into  the
@@ -158,12 +159,12 @@

PORTABILITY

        X/Open Curses does not describe any of these except for cur_term.  (The
-       inclusion of cur_term appears to be an oversight, since other  compara-
-       ble low-level information is omitted by X/Open).
+       inclusion  of  cur_term  appears  to  be  an  oversight,  since   other
+       comparable low-level information is omitted by X/Open).
 
-       Other  implementations may have comparable variables.  Some implementa-
-       tions provide the variables in their libraries, but omit them from  the
-       header files.
+       Other    implementations   may   have   comparable   variables.    Some
+       implementations provide the variables in their libraries, but omit them
+       from the header files.
 
        All  implementations  which provide terminfo interfaces add definitions
        as described in the Terminfo Names section.  Most, but  not  all,  base
@@ -171,11 +172,11 @@