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  41 <H1 class="no-header">term_variables 3x</H1>
  42 <PRE>
  43 <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>                                   <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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  49 <H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>SP</STRONG>, <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>,
  51        <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>,
  52        <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG> terminfo global variables
  53
  54
  55 </PRE>
  56 <H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  57        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
  58        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG>
  59
  60        <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>acs_map[];</STRONG>
  61
  62        <STRONG>SCREEN</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>SP;</STRONG>
  63
  64        <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>cur_term;</STRONG>
  65
  66        <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>ttytype[];</STRONG>
  67
  68        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolcodes;</STRONG>
  69        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolfnames;</STRONG>
  70        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolnames;</STRONG>
  71
  72        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numcodes;</STRONG>
  73        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numfnames;</STRONG>
  74        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numnames;</STRONG>
  75
  76        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strcodes;</STRONG>
  77        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strfnames;</STRONG>
  78        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strnames;</STRONG>
  79
  80
  81 </PRE>
  82 <H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  83        This  page summarizes variables provided by the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> li-
  84        brary's low-level terminfo interface.  A more complete de-
  85        scription is given in the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.
  86
  87        Depending  on the configuration, these may be actual vari-
  88        ables, or  macros  (see  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>)  which  provide
  89        read-only  access  to <EM>curses</EM>'s state.  In either case, ap-
  90        plications should treat them as read-only to avoid confus-
  91        ing the library.
  92
  93
  94 </PRE>
  95 <H3><a name="h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></H3><PRE>
  96        After  initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the
  97        <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG> array holds information used  to  translate  cells
  98        with  the  <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG>  video attribute into line-drawing
  99        characters.
 100
 101        The encoding of the information in this array has  changed
 102        periodically.   Application developers need only know that
 103        it is used for the "ACS_" constants in &lt;curses.h&gt;.
 104
 105        The comparable data for the wide-character  library  is  a
 106        private variable.
 107
 108
 109 </PRE>
 110 <H3><a name="h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></H3><PRE>
 111        After  initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the
 112        <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> contains data describing  the  current  terminal.
 113        This variable is also set as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>
 114        and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 115
 116        It is possible to save a value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> for  subsequent
 117        use  as  a  parameter  to  <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, for switching between
 118        screens.  Alternatively, one can  save  the  return  value
 119        from <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> or <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> to reuse in <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>.
 120
 121
 122 </PRE>
 123 <H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
 124        The  <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>  and <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> programs use lookup tables for
 125        the long and short names of terminfo capabilities, as well
 126        as  the  corresponding  names  for  termcap  capabilities.
 127        These are available to other  applications,  although  the
 128        hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap functions are
 129        not available.
 130
 131        The long terminfo capability names  use  a  "l"  (ell)  in
 132        their names: <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>.
 133
 134        These are the short names for terminfo capabilities: <STRONG>bool-</STRONG>
 135        <STRONG>names</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>.
 136
 137        These are the corresponding names  used  for  termcap  de-
 138        scriptions: <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>.
 139
 140
 141 </PRE>
 142 <H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></H3><PRE>
 143        On  initialization  of  the curses or terminfo interfaces,
 144        <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
 145
 146
 147 </PRE>
 148 <H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
 149        In addition to the variables, <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG> also defines a sym-
 150        bol  for each terminfo capability <EM>long</EM> <EM>name</EM>.  These are in
 151        terms of the symbol <STRONG>CUR</STRONG>, which is defined
 152
 153        #define CUR cur_term-&gt;type.
 154
 155        These symbols provide a faster method of accessing termin-
 156        fo capabilities than using <STRONG><A HREF="tigetstr.3x.html">tigetstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, etc.
 157
 158
 159 </PRE>
 160 <H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 161        The  low-level  terminfo  interface  is  initialized using
 162        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>.  The upper-level curses interface uses  the
 163        low-level terminfo interface, internally.
 164
 165
 166 </PRE>
 167 <H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 168        X/Open  Curses  does  not describe any of these except for
 169        <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.  (The inclusion of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>  appears  to  be  an
 170        oversight, since other comparable low-level information is
 171        omitted by X/Open).
 172
 173        Other implementations may have comparable variables.  Some
 174        implementations  provide the variables in their libraries,
 175        but omit them from the header files.
 176
 177        All implementations which provide terminfo interfaces  add
 178        definitions  as  described  in the <STRONG>Terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>Names</STRONG> section.
 179        Most, but not all, base the definition upon  the  <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>
 180        variable.
 181
 182
 183 </PRE>
 184 <H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
 185        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(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>,
 186        <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
 187
 188
 189
 190                                                      <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
 191 </PRE>
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 193 <ul>
 194 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
 195 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
 196 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
 197 <ul>
 198 <li><a href="#h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></li>
 199 <li><a href="#h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></li>
 200 <li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
 201 <li><a href="#h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></li>
 202 <li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
 203 </ul>
 204 </li>
 205 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 206 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
 207 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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