X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_slk.3x;h=7bc27a6de4f03c32dbd64f1ee924965894eee788;hb=2de8c14bb2c6f8e61cfbbfb1f0f30d1ad64c8d68;hp=a99be8f7c1885209252bbe6d39d5dcefb57e1acc;hpb=61790aa3ac9e0dff2b443ac567b174fc4d235b86;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/curs_slk.3x b/man/curs_slk.3x index a99be8f7..7bc27a6d 100644 --- a/man/curs_slk.3x +++ b/man/curs_slk.3x @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey * .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -27,100 +27,96 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.37 2020/12/30 18:37:43 tom Exp $ -.TH curs_slk 3X "" +.\" $Id: curs_slk.3x,v 1.64 2023/10/21 10:31:22 tom Exp $ +.TH curs_slk 3X 2023-10-21 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls" +.ie \n(.g \{\ +.ds `` \(lq +.ds '' \(rq +.\} +.el \{\ +.ie t .ds `` `` +.el .ds `` "" +.ie t .ds '' '' +.el .ds '' "" +.\} +. .de bP .ie n .IP \(bu 4 .el .IP \(bu 2 .. -.na -.hy 0 .SH NAME -\fBslk_init\fR, -\fBslk_set\fR, -\fBslk_wset\fR, -\fBslk_refresh\fR, -\fBslk_noutrefresh\fR, -\fBslk_label\fR, -\fBslk_clear\fR, -\fBslk_restore\fR, -\fBslk_touch\fR, -\fBslk_attron\fR, -\fBslk_attrset\fR, -\fBslk_attroff\fR, -\fBslk_attr_on\fR, -\fBslk_attr_set\fR, -\fBslk_attr_off\fR, -\fBslk_attr\fR, -\fBslk_color\fR, -\fBextended_slk_color\fR \- \fBcurses\fR soft label routines -.ad -.hy +\fB\%slk_init\fP, +\fB\%slk_set\fP, +\fB\%slk_wset\fP, +\fB\%slk_refresh\fP, +\fB\%slk_noutrefresh\fP, +\fB\%slk_label\fP, +\fB\%slk_clear\fP, +\fB\%slk_restore\fP, +\fB\%slk_touch\fP, +\fB\%slk_attron\fP, +\fB\%slk_attrset\fP, +\fB\%slk_attroff\fP, +\fB\%slk_attr_on\fP, +\fB\%slk_attr_set\fP, +\fB\%slk_attr_off\fP, +\fB\%slk_attr\fP, +\fB\%slk_color\fP, +\fB\%extended_slk_color\fP \- +\fIcurses\fR soft label key routines .SH SYNOPSIS -\fB#include \fR -.sp -\fBint slk_init(int \fP\fIfmt\fP\fB);\fR -.sp -\fBint slk_set(int \fP\fIlabnum\fP\fB, const char *\fP\fIlabel\fP\fB, int \fP\fIfmt\fP\fB);\fR -.br -/* extension */ -.br -\fBint slk_wset(int \fP\fIlabnum\fP\fB, const wchar_t *\fP\fIlabel\fP\fB, int \fP\fIfmt\fP\fB);\fR -.sp -\fBchar *slk_label(int \fP\fIlabnum\fP\fB);\fR -.sp -\fBint slk_refresh(void);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_noutrefresh(void);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_clear(void);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_restore(void);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_touch(void);\fR -.sp -\fBint slk_attron(const chtype \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_attroff(const chtype \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_attrset(const chtype \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_attr_on(attr_t \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB, void* \fP\fIopts\fP\fB);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_attr_off(const attr_t \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB, void * \fP\fIopts\fP\fB);\fR -.br -\fBint slk_attr_set(const attr_t \fP\fIattrs\fP\fB, short \fP\fIpair\fP\fB, void* \fP\fIopts\fP\fB);\fR -.sp -\fBattr_t slk_attr(void);\fR -.sp -\fBint slk_color(short \fP\fIpair\fP\fB);\fR -.br -/* extension */ -.br -\fBint extended_slk_color(int \fP\fIpair\fP\fB);\fR +.nf +\fB#include +.PP +\fBint slk_init(int \fIfmt\fP); +.PP +\fBint slk_set(int \fIlabnum\fP, const char *\fIlabel\fP, int \fIfmt\fP); +\fBint slk_wset(int \fIlabnum\fP, const wchar_t *\fIlabel\fP, int \fIfmt\fP); +.PP +\fBchar *slk_label(int \fIlabnum\fP); +.PP +\fBint slk_refresh(void); +\fBint slk_noutrefresh(void); +\fBint slk_clear(void); +\fBint slk_restore(void); +\fBint slk_touch(void); +.PP +\fBint slk_attron(const chtype \fIattrs\fP); +\fBint slk_attroff(const chtype \fIattrs\fP); +\fBint slk_attrset(const chtype \fIattrs\fP); +\fBint slk_attr_on(attr_t \fIattrs\fP, void* \fIopts\fP); +\fBint slk_attr_off(const attr_t \fIattrs\fP, void * \fIopts\fP); +\fBint slk_attr_set(const attr_t \fIattrs\fP, short \fIpair\fP, void* \fIopts\fP); +\fI/* extension */ +\fBattr_t slk_attr(void); +.PP +\fBint slk_color(short \fIpair\fP); +\fI/* extension */ +\fBint extended_slk_color(int \fIpair\fP); +.fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key labels that exist on -many terminals. +The \fBslk\fP* functions manipulate the set +of soft function-key labels that exist on many terminals. For those terminals that do not have soft labels, -\fBcurses\fR takes over the bottom line of \fBstdscr\fR, reducing the size of -\fBstdscr\fR and the variable \fBLINES\fR. -\fBcurses\fR standardizes on eight +\fIcurses\fP takes over the bottom line of \fB\%stdscr\fP, reducing the size of +\fB\%stdscr\fP and the variable \fBLINES\fP. +\fIcurses\fP standardizes on eight labels of up to eight characters each. -In addition to this, the ncurses +In addition to this, the \fIncurses\fP implementation supports a mode where it simulates 12 labels of up to five characters each. This is useful for PC-like enduser devices. -ncurses simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines at +\fIncurses\fP 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. .SS Initialization -.PP -The \fBslk_init\fR routine must be called before \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR +The \fB\%slk_init\fP routine must be called +before \fB\%initscr\fP or \fB\%newterm\fP is called. -If \fBinitscr\fR eventually uses a line from \fBstdscr\fR to +If \fB\%initscr\fP eventually uses a line from \fB\%stdscr\fP to emulate the soft labels, -then \fIfmt\fR determines how the labels are arranged on the screen: +then \fIfmt\fP determines how the labels are arranged on the screen: .RS 3 .TP 3 .B 0 @@ -139,81 +135,74 @@ but in addition an index line is generated, helping the user to identify the key numbers easily. .RE .SS Labels -.PP -The \fBslk_set\fR routine -(and the \fBslk_wset\fR routine for the wide-character library) +The \fB\%slk_set\fP routine +(and the \fB\%slk_wset\fP routine for the wide-character library) has three parameters: .RS 3 .TP 5 .I labnum -is the label number, from \fB1\fR to \fB8\fR -(12 for \fIfmt\fP in \fBslk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP); +is the label number, from \fB1\fP to \fB8\fP +(12 if \fIfmt\fP in \fB\%slk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP); .TP .I label is be the string to put on the label, up to eight -(five for \fIfmt\fP in \fBslk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP) +(five if \fIfmt\fP in \fB\%slk_init\fP is \fB2\fP or \fB3\fP) characters in length. A null string or a null pointer sets up a blank label. .TP .I fmt is either -\fB0\fR, \fB1\fR, or \fB2\fR, indicating whether the label is to be +\fB0\fP, \fB1\fP, or \fB2\fP, indicating whether the label is to be left-justified, centered, or right-justified, respectively, within the label. .RE .PP -The \fBslk_label\fR routine returns the current label for label number -\fIlabnum\fR, with leading and trailing blanks stripped. +The \fB\%slk_label\fP routine returns the current label for label number +\fIlabnum\fP, with leading and trailing blanks stripped. .SS Screen updates +The \fB\%slk_refresh\fP and \fB\%slk_noutrefresh\fP routines correspond to +the \fB\%wrefresh\fP and \fB\%wnoutrefresh\fP routines. .PP -The \fBslk_refresh\fR and \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR routines correspond to -the \fBwrefresh\fR and \fBwnoutrefresh\fR routines. -.PP -The \fBslk_clear\fR routine clears the soft labels from the screen. +The \fB\%slk_clear\fP routine clears the soft labels from the screen. .PP -The \fBslk_restore\fR routine restores the soft labels to the screen -after a \fBslk_clear\fR has been performed. +The \fB\%slk_restore\fP routine restores the soft labels to the screen +after a \fB\%slk_clear\fP has been performed. .PP -The \fBslk_touch\fR routine forces all the soft labels to be output -the next time a \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR is performed. +The \fB\%slk_touch\fP routine forces all the soft labels to be output +the next time a \fB\%slk_noutrefresh\fP is performed. .SS Video attributes -.PP The -\fBslk_attron\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR, \fBslk_attroff\fR and \fBslk_attr\fR +\fB\%slk_attron\fP, \fB\%slk_attrset\fP, \fB\%slk_attroff\fP and \fB\%slk_attr\fP routines correspond to -\fBattron\fR, \fBattrset\fR, \fBattroff\fR and \fBattr_get\fR, respectively. +\fB\%attron\fP, \fB\%attrset\fP, \fB\%attroff\fP and \fB\%attr_get\fP, respectively. 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). +System V \fIcurses\fP, which does not document this fact). .SS Colors -.PP -The \fBslk_color\fR routine corresponds to \fBcolor_set\fR. +The \fB\%slk_color\fP routine corresponds to \fB\%color_set\fP. It has an effect only if soft labels are simulated on the bottom line of the screen. .PP -Because \fBslk_color\fR accepts only \fBshort\fP (signed 16-bit integer) values, -this implementation provides -\fBextended_slk_color\fR which accepts an integer value, e.g., 32-bits. +Because \fB\%slk_color\fP accepts +only \fBshort\fP (signed 16-bit integer) values, +this implementation provides +\fB\%extended_slk_color\fP which accepts an integer value, e.g., 32-bits. . .SH RETURN VALUE -These routines return \fBERR\fR upon failure -and \fBOK\fP (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fR") +These routines return \fBERR\fP upon failure +and \fBOK\fP (SVr4 specifies only "an integer value other than \fBERR\fP") upon successful completion. .PP X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementation .RS 3 .TP 5 -\fBslk_attr\fR +\fBslk_attr\fP returns the attribute used for the soft keys. .TP 5 -.na -.hy 0 \fBslk_attroff\fP, \fBslk_attron\fP, \fBslk_clear\fP, \fBslk_noutrefresh\fP, \fBslk_refresh\fP, \fBslk_touch\fP -.ad -.hy return an error if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized. .TP 5 @@ -224,19 +213,19 @@ if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized. \fBslk_attr_set\fP returns an error if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized, or -the color pair is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1. +the color pair is outside the range 0..\fBCOLOR_PAIRS\fP\-1. .TP 5 \fBslk_color\fP returns an error if the terminal or the softkeys were not initialized, or -the color pair is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS\-1. +the color pair is outside the range 0..\fBCOLOR_PAIRS\fP\-1. .TP 5 -\fBslk_init\fR +\fBslk_init\fP returns an error if the format parameter is outside the range 0..3. .TP 5 -\fBslk_label\fR -returns \fBNULL\fR on error. +\fBslk_label\fP +returns \fBNULL\fP on error. .TP 5 \fBslk_set\fP returns an error @@ -247,74 +236,109 @@ memory for the labels cannot be allocated. .RE .SH HISTORY SVr3 introduced these functions: - slk_clear - slk_init - slk_label - slk_noutrefresh - slk_refresh - slk_restore - slk_set - slk_touch + \fBslk_clear\fP + \fBslk_init\fP + \fBslk_label\fP + \fBslk_noutrefresh\fP + \fBslk_refresh\fP + \fBslk_restore\fP + \fBslk_set\fP + \fBslk_touch\fP .PP SVr4 added these functions: - slk_attroff - slk_attron - slk_attrset - slk_start + \fBslk_attroff\fP + \fBslk_attron\fP + \fBslk_attrset\fP + \fBslk_start\fP .PP -X/Open Curses added these: - slk_attr_off - slk_attr_on - slk_attr_set - slk_color - slk_wset +X/Open \fIcurses\fP added these: + \fBslk_attr_off\fP + \fBslk_attr_on\fP + \fBslk_attr_set\fP + \fBslk_color\fP + \fBslk_wset\fP .SH EXTENSIONS -.PP -X/Open Curses documents the \fIopts\fP argument as reserved for future use, +X/Open \fIcurses\fP documents the \fIopts\fP argument +as reserved for future use, saying that it must be null. -This implementation +This implementation uses that parameter in ABI 6 for the functions which have a color-pair parameter to support extended color pairs. .PP -For functions which modify the color, e.g., \fBslk_attr_set\fP, +For functions which modify the color, e.g., \fB\%slk_attr_set\fP, if \fIopts\fP is set it is treated as a pointer to \fBint\fP, and used to set the color pair instead of the \fBshort\fP pair parameter. .SH NOTES -Most applications would use \fBslk_noutrefresh\fR because a -\fBwrefresh\fR is likely to follow soon. +Most applications would use \fB\%slk_noutrefresh\fP because a +\fB\%wrefresh\fP is likely to follow soon. .SH PORTABILITY -The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, described the soft-key functions, -with some differences from SVr4 curses: +The XSI \fIcurses\fP standard, Issue 4, described the soft-key functions, +with some differences from SVr4 \fIcurses\fP: .bP It added functions like the SVr4 -attribute-manipulation functions \fBslk_attron\fR, -\fBslk_attroff\fR, \fBslk_attrset\fR, -but which use \fBattr_t\fR parameters (rather than \fBchtype\fP), +attribute-manipulation functions \fB\%slk_attron\fP, +\fB\%slk_attroff\fP, \fB\%slk_attrset\fP, +but which use \fBattr_t\fP parameters (rather than \fB\%chtype\fP), along with a reserved \fIopts\fP parameter. .IP Two of these new functions (unlike the SVr4 functions) have no provision -for color: \fBslk_attr_on\fP and \fBslk_attr_off\fP. +for color: \fB\%slk_attr_on\fP and \fB\%slk_attr_off\fP. .IP -The third function (\fBslk_attr_set\fP) has a color-pair parameter. +The third function \%(\fBslk_attr_set\fP) has a color-pair parameter. .bP -It added \fBconst\fR qualifiers to parameters (unnecessarily), and +It added \fBconst\fP qualifiers to parameters (unnecessarily), and +.bP +It added \fB\%slk_color\fP. +.PP +Although \fB\%slk_start\fP is declared in the \fIcurses\fP header file, +it was not documented by SVr4 other than its presence in a list +of libtermlib.so.1 symbols. +Reading the source code (i.e., Illumos): +.bP +\fB\%slk_start\fP has two parameters: +.RS +.bP +\fIng\fP (number of groups) and +.bP +\fIgp\fP (group pointer). +.RE +.bP +Soft-key groups are an array of \fIng\fP integers. +.bP +In SVr4, \fB\%slk_init\fP calls \fB\%slk_start\fP passing a null for \fIgp\fP. +For this case, \fB\%slk_start\fP uses the number of groups \fIng\fP +(3 for the 3-2-3 layout, 2 for the 4-4 layout) which \fB\%slk_init\fP provided. +.IP +If \fIng\fP is neither 2 or 3, +\fB\%slk_start\fP checks the terminfo \fBfln\fP (label_format) capability, +interpreting that as a comma-separated list of numbers, +e.g., \*(``3,2,3\*('' for the 3-2-3 layout. +.IP +Finally, if there is no \fBfln\fP capability, +\fB\%slk_start\fP returns \fBERR\fP. +.bP +If \fB\%slk_start\fP is given a non-null \fIgp\fP, +it copies the \fIng\fP elements of the group of soft-keys, up to 16. +.IP +If there are more than 16 elements, \fB\%slk_start\fP returns an error. .bP -It added \fBslk_color\fP. +The format codes \fB2\fP and \fB3\fP for \fB\%slk_init\fP +were added by \fIncurses\fP in 1996. +PDCurses 2.4 added this feature in 2001. .PP -The format codes \fB2\fR and \fB3\fR for \fBslk_init\fR and the -function \fBslk_attr\fR are specific to ncurses. +The function \fB\%slk_attr\fP was added by \fIncurses\fP in 1996. .PP -X/Open Curses does not specify a limit for the number of colors and +X/Open \fIcurses\fP does not specify a limit for the number of colors and color pairs which a terminal can support. However, in its use of \fBshort\fP for the parameters, it carries over SVr4's implementation detail for the compiled terminfo database, which uses signed 16-bit numbers. This implementation provides extended versions of those functions -which use \fBshort\fP parameters, +which use \fBint\fP parameters, allowing applications to use larger color- and pair-numbers. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_attr\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X). +\fB\%curses\fP(3X), +\fB\%curs_attr\fP(3X), +\fB\%curs_initscr\fP(3X), +\fB\%curs_refresh\fP(3X), +\fB\%curs_variables\fP(3X)