-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>COLORS</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS</STRONG>, <STRONG>COLS</STRONG>, <STRONG>ESCDELAY</STRONG>, <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>, <STRONG>TABSIZE</STRONG>,
<STRONG>curscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>, <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> global variables
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>COLOR_PAIRS;</STRONG>
<STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>stdscr;</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
This page summarizes variables provided by the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> li-
brary. A more complete description is given in the <STRONG>curs-</STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">es(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.
them as read-only to avoid confusing the library.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLOR_PAIRS">COLOR_PAIRS</a></H3><PRE>
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 <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
sented in a <EM>signed</EM> <EM>short</EM> value.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLORS">COLORS</a></H3><PRE>
After initializing curses, this variable contains the num-
ber of colors which the terminal can support.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-COLS">COLS</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COLS">COLS</a></H3><PRE>
After initializing curses, this variable contains the
width of the screen, i.e., the number of columns.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-ESCDELAY">ESCDELAY</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ESCDELAY">ESCDELAY</a></H3><PRE>
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
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-LINES">LINES</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-LINES">LINES</a></H3><PRE>
After initializing curses, this variable contains the
height of the screen, i.e., the number of lines.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-TABSIZE">TABSIZE</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-TABSIZE">TABSIZE</a></H3><PRE>
This variable holds the number of columns used by the
<EM>curses</EM> library when converting a tab character to spaces
as it adds the tab to a window (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_addch.3x.html">curs_addch(3x)</A></STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-The-Current-Screen">The Current Screen</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-Current-Screen">The Current Screen</a></H3><PRE>
This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>
to record its updates to the terminal screen.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-The-New-Screen">The New Screen</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-New-Screen">The New Screen</a></H3><PRE>
This implementation of curses uses a special window <STRONG>newscr</STRONG>
to hold updates to the terminal screen before applying
them to <STRONG>curscr</STRONG>.
-</PRE>
-<H3><a name="h3-The-Standard-Screen">The Standard Screen</a></H3><PRE>
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-Standard-Screen">The Standard Screen</a></H3><PRE>
Upon initializing curses, a default window called <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>,
which is the size of the terminal screen, is created.
Many curses functions use this window.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
The curses library is initialized using either
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
library.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
ESCDELAY and TABSIZE are extensions, not provided in most
other implementations of curses.
ed to override the value, or rely upon its default value.
-</PRE>
-<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_opaque.3x.html">curs_opaque(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.