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39 <H1>curs_slk 3x</H1>
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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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45
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48 </PRE>
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
54        routines
55
56
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>
78
79
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 la-
89        bels 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 </PRE>
141 <H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
142        These routines return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and OK (SVr4 speci-
143        fies only "an integer value other than <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon success-
144        ful completion.
145
146        X/Open  defines  no error conditions.  In this implementa-
147        tion
148
149               <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG>
150                    returns the attribute used for the soft  keys.
151
152               <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_clear</STRONG>,
153               <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_refresh</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_touch</STRONG>
154                    return  an  error if the terminal or the soft-
155                    keys were not initialized.
156
157               <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>
158                    returns an error if the terminal or the  soft-
159                    keys were not initialized.
160
161               <STRONG>slk_attr_set</STRONG>
162                    returns  an error if the terminal or the soft-
163                    keys were not initialized, or the  color  pair
164                    is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1, or opts
165                    is not null.
166
167               <STRONG>slk_color</STRONG>
168                    returns an error if the terminal or the  soft-
169                    keys  were  not initialized, or the color pair
170                    is outside the range 0..COLOR_PAIRS-1.
171
172               <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG>
173                    returns an error if the  format  parameter  is
174                    outside the range 0..3.
175
176               <STRONG>slk_label</STRONG>
177                    returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
178
179               <STRONG>slk_set</STRONG>
180                    returns  an error if the terminal or the soft-
181                    keys were not initialized, or the  <EM>labnum</EM>  pa-
182                    rameter  is outside the range of label counts,
183                    or if the  format  parameter  is  outside  the
184                    range 0..2, or if memory for the labels cannot
185                    be allocated.
186
187
188 </PRE>
189 <H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
190        Most applications would use <STRONG>slk_noutrefresh</STRONG> because a <STRONG>wre-</STRONG>
191        <STRONG>fresh</STRONG> is likely to follow soon.
192
193
194 </PRE>
195 <H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
196        The  XSI  Curses  standard, Issue 4, describes these func-
197        tions.  It changes the argument type of the  attribute-ma-
198        nipulation  functions <STRONG>slk_attron</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attroff</STRONG>, <STRONG>slk_attrset</STRONG>
199        to be <STRONG>attr_t</STRONG>, and adds <STRONG>const</STRONG> qualifiers. The format  codes
200        <STRONG>2</STRONG>  and <STRONG>3</STRONG> for <STRONG>slk_init()</STRONG> and the function <STRONG>slk_attr</STRONG> are spe-
201        cific to ncurses.
202
203
204 </PRE>
205 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
206        <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>,   <STRONG>curs_re-</STRONG>
207        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_refresh.3x.html">fresh(3x)</A></STRONG>
208
209
210
211                                                            <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>
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