X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_util.3x;h=f0c4c141ff24855922fadab4b3f9613e230889ae;hb=ce4803687b821efbc5fb2c5a5f06d69cd4dc2656;hp=a0c05fe427e2da0895c7c0b3ffedf294c0a04acb;hpb=aefc1659d732acf7e62c0c78a443d6d8352a3c6e;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/man/curs_util.3x b/man/curs_util.3x index a0c05fe4..f0c4c141 100644 --- a/man/curs_util.3x +++ b/man/curs_util.3x @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ '\" t .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.38 2015/03/07 23:33:38 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.47 2017/02/18 16:43:03 tom Exp $ .TH curs_util 3X "" .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq .el .ds `` `` @@ -81,16 +81,18 @@ \fBint flushinp(void);\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION +.SS unctrl +.PP The \fBunctrl\fR routine returns a character string which is a printable representation of the character \fIc\fR, ignoring attributes. Control characters are displayed in the \fB^\fR\fIX\fR notation. Printing characters are displayed as is. The corresponding \fBwunctrl\fR returns a printable representation of a wide character. +.SS keyname/key_name .PP The \fBkeyname\fR routine returns a character string corresponding to the key \fIc\fR: -.RS 3 .bP Printable characters are displayed as themselves, e.g., a one-character string containing the key. @@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ DEL (character 127) is displayed as \fB^?\fP. .bP Values above 128 are either meta characters (if the screen has not been initialized, -or if \fBmeta\fP has been called with a TRUE parameter), +or if \fBmeta\fP(3X) has been called with a \fBTRUE\fP parameter), shown in the \fBM\-\fR\fIX\fR notation, or are displayed as themselves. In the latter case, the values may not be printable; @@ -113,12 +115,12 @@ Otherwise (if there is no corresponding name) the function returns null, to denote an error. X/Open also lists an "UNKNOWN KEY" return value, which some implementations return rather than null. -.RE .LP The corresponding \fBkey_name\fR returns a character string corresponding to the wide-character value \fIw\fR. The two functions do not return the same set of strings; the latter returns null where the former would display a meta character. +.SS filter/nofilter .PP The \fBfilter\fR routine, if used, must be called before \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR are called. @@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ That allows the caller to initialize a screen on a different device, using a different value of \fB$TERM\fP. The limitation arises because the \fBfilter\fP routine modifies the in-memory copy of the terminal information. +.SS use_env .PP The \fBuse_env\fR routine, if used, should be called before \fBinitscr\fR or @@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ should be called before \fBinitscr\fR or It modifies the way \fBncurses\fP treats environment variables when determining the screen size. .bP -Normally ncurses looks first at the terminal database for the screen size. +Normally \fBncurses\fP looks first at the terminal database for the screen size. .IP If \fBuse_env\fP was called with \fBFALSE\fP for parameter, it stops here unless @@ -152,27 +155,28 @@ If successful, it overrides the values from the terminal database. .bP Finally (unless \fBuse_env\fP was called with \fBFALSE\fP parameter), -ncurses examines the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables, +\fBncurses\fP examines the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables, using a value in those to override the results from the operating system or terminal database. .IP -Ncurses also updates the screen size in response to SIGWINCH, +\fBNcurses\fP also updates the screen size in response to SIGWINCH, unless overridden by the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables, +.SS use_tioctl .PP The \fBuse_tioctl\fR routine, if used, should be called before \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR are called (because those compute the screen size). After \fBuse_tioctl\fR is called with \fBTRUE\fR as an argument, -ncurses modifies the last step in its computation of screen size as follows: +\fBncurses\fP modifies the last step in its computation of screen size as follows: .bP checks if the \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables are set to a number greater than zero. .bP -for each, ncurses updates the corresponding environment variable +for each, \fBncurses\fP updates the corresponding environment variable with the value that it has obtained via operating system call or from the terminal database. .bP -ncurses re-fetches the value of the environment variables so that +\fBncurses\fP re-fetches the value of the environment variables so that it is still the environment variables which set the screen size. .PP The \fBuse_env\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines combine as @@ -185,19 +189,20 @@ lw7 lw7 lw40. \fIuse_env\fR/\fIuse_tioctl\fR/\fISummary\fR TRUE/FALSE/T{ This is the default behavior. -ncurses uses operating system calls +\fBncurses\fP uses operating system calls unless overridden by $LINES or $COLUMNS environment variables. T} TRUE/TRUE/T{ -ncurses updates $LINES and $COLUMNS based on operating system calls. +\fBncurses\fP updates $LINES and $COLUMNS based on operating system calls. T} FALSE/TRUE/T{ -ncurses ignores $LINES and $COLUMNS, uses operating system calls to obtain size. +\fBncurses\fP ignores $LINES and $COLUMNS, uses operating system calls to obtain size. T} FALSE/FALSE/T{ -ncurses relies on the terminal database to determine size. +\fBncurses\fP relies on the terminal database to determine size. T} .TE +.SS putwin/getwin .PP The \fBputwin\fR routine writes all data associated with window (or pad) \fIwin\fR into @@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ the data written is a copy of the \fBWINDOW\fP structure, and its associated character cells. The format differs between the wide-character (ncursesw) and non-wide (ncurses) libraries. +You can transfer data between the two, however. .bP the retrieved window is always created as a top-level window (or pad), rather than a subwindow. @@ -225,6 +231,7 @@ but not the actual color \fInumbers\fP. If cells in the retrieved window use color pairs which have not been created in the application using \fBinit_pair\fP, they will not be colored when the window is refreshed. +.SS delay_output .PP The \fBdelay_output\fR routine inserts an \fIms\fR millisecond pause in output. @@ -232,6 +239,7 @@ This routine should not be used extensively because padding characters are used rather than a CPU pause. If no padding character is specified, this uses \fBnapms\fR to perform the delay. +.SS flushinp .PP The \fBflushinp\fR routine throws away any typeahead that has been typed by the user and has not yet been read by the program. @@ -249,18 +257,69 @@ In this implementation \fBflushinp\fR returns an error if the terminal was not initialized. .TP 5 -\fBmeta\fR -returns an error if the terminal was not initialized. -.TP 5 \fBputwin\fP returns an error if the associated \fBfwrite\fP calls return an error. .RE .SH PORTABILITY +.SS filter +.PP +The SVr4 documentation describes the action of \fBfilter\fR only in the vaguest +terms. +The description here is adapted from the XSI Curses standard (which +erroneously fails to describe the disabling of \fBcuu\fR). +.SS keyname +.PP +The \fBkeyname\fP function may return the names of user-defined +string capabilities which are defined in the terminfo entry via the \fB\-x\fP +option of \fB@TIC@\fP. +This implementation automatically assigns at run-time keycodes to +user-defined strings which begin with "k". +The keycodes start at KEY_MAX, but are not guaranteed to be +the same value for different runs because user-defined codes are +merged from all terminal descriptions which have been loaded. +The \fBuse_extended_names\fP function controls whether this data is +loaded when the terminal description is read by the library. +.SS nofilter/use_tioctl +.PP +The \fBnofilter\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines are specific to \fBncurses\fP. +They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. +It is recommended that any code depending on \fBncurses\fP extensions +be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. +.SS putwin/getwin +.PP +The \fBputwin\fP and \fBgetwin\fP functions have several issues with +portability: +.bP +The files written and read by these functions +use an implementation-specific format. +Although the format is an obvious target for standardization, +it has been overlooked. +.IP +Interestingly enough, according to the copyright dates in Solaris source, +the functions (along with \fBscr_init\fP, etc.) originated with +the University of California, Berkeley (in 1982) +and were later (in 1988) incorporated into SVr4. +Oddly, there are no such functions in the 4.3BSD curses sources. +.bP +Most implementations simply dump the binary \fBWINDOW\fP structure to the file. +These include SVr4 curses, NetBSD and PDCurses, as well as older \fBncurses\fP versions. +This implementation (as well as the X/Open variant of Solaris curses, dated 1995) +uses textual dumps. +.IP +The implementations which use binary dumps use block-I/O +(the \fBfwrite\fP and \fBfread\fP functions). +Those that use textual dumps use buffered-I/O. +A few applications may happen to write extra data in the file using +these functions. +Doing that can run into problems mixing block- and buffered-I/O. +This implementation reduces the problem on writes by flushing the output. +However, reading from a file written using mixed schemes may not be successful. +.SS unctrl/wunctrl +.PP The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 describes these functions. It states that \fBunctrl\fR and \fBwunctrl\fR will return a null pointer if unsuccessful, but does not define any error conditions. This implementation checks for three cases: -.RS 3 .bP the parameter is a 7-bit US\-ASCII code. This is the case that X/Open Curses documented. @@ -279,18 +338,12 @@ and returns the \*(``~@\*('', etc., values in that case. .bP parameter values outside the 0 to 255 range. \fBunctrl\fP returns a null pointer. -.RE -.PP -The SVr4 documentation describes the action of \fBfilter\fR only in the vaguest -terms. -The description here is adapted from the XSI Curses standard (which -erroneously fails to describe the disabling of \fBcuu\fR). .PP The strings returned by \fBunctrl\fR in this implementation are determined at compile time, -showing C1 controls from the upper-128 codes with a `~' prefix rather than `^'. +showing C1 controls from the upper-128 codes with a \*(``~\*('' prefix rather than \*(``^\*(''. Other implementations have different conventions. -For example, they may show both sets of control characters with `^', +For example, they may show both sets of control characters with \*(``^\*('', and strip the parameter to 7 bits. Or they may ignore C1 controls and treat all of the upper-128 codes as printable. @@ -299,9 +352,9 @@ locale. The \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP function allows the caller to change the output of \fBunctrl\fP. .PP -Likewise, the \fBmeta\fP function allows the caller to change the +Likewise, the \fBmeta\fP(3X) function allows the caller to change the output of \fBkeyname\fP, i.e., -it determines whether to use the `M\-' prefix +it determines whether to use the \*(``M\-\*('' prefix for \*(``meta\*('' keys (codes in the range 128 to 255). Both \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP and \fBmeta\fP succeed only after curses is initialized. @@ -309,27 +362,21 @@ X/Open Curses does not document the treatment of codes 128 to 159. When treating them as \*(``meta\*('' keys (or if \fBkeyname\fP is called before initializing curses), this implementation returns strings \*(``M\-^@\*('', \*(``M\-^A\*('', etc. +.SS use_env/use_tioctl .PP -The \fBkeyname\fP function may return the names of user-defined -string capabilities which are defined in the terminfo entry via the \fB\-x\fP -option of \fB@TIC@\fP. -This implementation automatically assigns at run-time keycodes to -user-defined strings which begin with "k". -The keycodes start at KEY_MAX, but are not guaranteed to be -the same value for different runs because user-defined codes are -merged from all terminal descriptions which have been loaded. -The \fBuse_extended_names\fP function controls whether this data is -loaded when the terminal description is read by the library. -.PP -The \fBnofilter\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines are specific to ncurses. -They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations. -It is recommended that any code depending on ncurses extensions -be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION. +If \fBncurses\fP is configured to provide the sp-functions extension, +the state of \fBuse_env\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP may be updated before +creating each \fIscreen\fP rather than once only +(\fBcurs_sp_funcs\fR(3X)). +This feature of \fBuse_env\fP +is not provided by other implementation of curses. .SH SEE ALSO \fBlegacy_coding\fR(3X), \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_inopts\fR(3X), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), \fBcurs_scr_dump\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_sp_funcs\fR(3X), \fBcurs_variables\fR(3X), \fBlegacy_coding\fR(3X).