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  43 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>                                         <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  49 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>,     <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>,    <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>,    <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>,
  51        <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>,  <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>,
  52        <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>,   <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>,   <STRONG>slk_attr_on</STRONG>,   <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>,
  53        <STRONG>slk_attr_off</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> soft label rou-
  54        tines
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  57 </PRE>
  58 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
  59        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
  60
  61        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_init(int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG>
  62        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_set(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*label,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>fmt);</STRONG>
  63        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_refresh(void);</STRONG>
  64        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh(void);</STRONG>
  65        <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*slk_label(int</STRONG> <STRONG>labnum);</STRONG>
  66        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_clear(void);</STRONG>
  67        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_restore(void);</STRONG>
  68        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_touch(void);</STRONG>
  69        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attron(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  70        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attroff(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  71        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attrset(const</STRONG> <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs);</STRONG>
  72        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_on(attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  73        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_off(const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  74        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr_set(const</STRONG> <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>attrs,</STRONG>
  75             <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number,</STRONG> <STRONG>void*</STRONG> <STRONG>opts);</STRONG>
  76        <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_attr(void);</STRONG>
  77        <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>slk_color(short</STRONG> <STRONG>color_pair_number);</STRONG>
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  80 </PRE>
  81 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
  82        The slk* functions manipulate the set of soft function-key
  83        labels that exist on many terminals.  For those  terminals
  84        that do not have soft labels, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> takes over the bottom
  85        line of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG>, reducing the size of <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> and the  vari-
  86        able  <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>.  <STRONG>curses</STRONG> standardizes on eight labels of up to
  87        eight characters each. In addition to  this,  the  ncurses
  88        implementation  supports  a  mode  where  it  simulates 12
  89        labels of up to five characters each. This is most  common
  90        for  todays  PC  like  enduser  devices.  Please note that
  91        ncurses simulates this mode by taking over up to two lines
  92        at  the  bottom  of  the screen, it doesn't try to use any
  93        hardware support for this mode.
  94
  95        The <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> routine must  be  called  before  <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>  or
  96        <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> is called.  If <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> eventually uses a line from
  97        <STRONG>stdscr</STRONG> to emulate the soft labels, then <EM>fmt</EM> determines how
  98        the  labels  are arranged on the screen.  Setting <EM>fmt</EM> to <STRONG>0</STRONG>
  99        indicates a 3-2-3 arrangement of the labels, <STRONG>1</STRONG> indicates a
 100        4-4 arrangement and <STRONG>2</STRONG> indicates the PC like 4-4-4 mode. If
 101        <STRONG>fmt</STRONG> is set to <STRONG>3</STRONG>, it is again the PC like 4-4-4  mode,  but
 102        in  addition  an index line is generated, helping the user
 103        to identify the key numbers easily.
 104
 105        The <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG> routine requires <EM>labnum</EM> to be a label  number,
 106        from <STRONG>1</STRONG> to <STRONG>8</STRONG> (resp. <STRONG>12</STRONG>); <EM>label</EM> must be the string to be put
 107        on the label, up  to  eight  (resp.  five)  characters  in
 108        length.   A  null string or a null pointer sets up a blank
 109        label. <EM>fmt</EM> is either <STRONG>0</STRONG>, <STRONG>1</STRONG>, or <STRONG>2</STRONG>,  indicating  whether  the
 110        label  is  to be left-justified, centered, or right-justi-
 111        fied, respectively, within the label.
 112
 113        The <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> routines correspond to
 114        the <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG> and <STRONG>wnoutrefresh</STRONG> routines.
 115
 116        The  <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG> routine returns the current label for label
 117        number <EM>labnum</EM>, with leading and trailing blanks  stripped.
 118
 119        The  <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>  routine  clears  the  soft labels from the
 120        screen.
 121
 122        The <STRONG>slk_restore</STRONG> routine restores the soft  labels  to  the
 123        screen after a <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG> has been performed.
 124
 125        The  <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>  routine  forces  all the soft labels to be
 126        output the next time a <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> is performed.
 127
 128        The <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> rou-
 129        tines correspond to <STRONG>attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>, <STRONG>attroff</STRONG> and <STRONG>attr_get</STRONG>.
 130        They have an effect only if soft labels are  simulated  on
 131        the  bottom line of the screen.  The default highlight for
 132        soft keys is A_STANDOUT (as in System V curses, which does
 133        not document this fact).
 134
 135        The  <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG> routine corresponds to <STRONG>color_set</STRONG>. It has an
 136        effect only if soft labels are  simulated  on  the  bottom
 137        line of the screen.
 138
 139
 140
 141 </PRE>
 142 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
 143        These routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and OK (SVr4 speci-
 144        fies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon success-
 145        ful  completion.  <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>  returns the attribute used for
 146        the soft keys.
 147
 148        <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
 149
 150
 151 </PRE>
 152 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
 153        Most applications would use <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> because a <STRONG>wre-</STRONG>
 154        <STRONG>fresh</STRONG> is likely to follow soon.
 155
 156
 157 </PRE>
 158 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
 159        The  XSI  Curses  standard, Issue 4, describes these func-
 160        tions.  It changes the argument  type  of  the  attribute-
 161        manipulation     functions     <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>,    <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>,
 162        <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG> to be <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, and adds <STRONG>const</STRONG>  qualifiers.  The
 163        format  codes  <STRONG>2</STRONG>  and  <STRONG>3</STRONG>  for  <STRONG>slk_init()</STRONG> and the function
 164        <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are specific to ncurses.
 165
 166
 167 </PRE>
 168 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
 169        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_attr.3x.html">curs_attr(3x)</A></STRONG>,        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>,
 170        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">curs_refresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
 171
 172
 173
 174                                                      <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
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