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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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  48 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
  49        <STRONG>SP</STRONG>, <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>,
  50        <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
  51        terminfo global variables
  52
  53
  54 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
  55        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
  56        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG>
  57
  58        <STRONG>chtype</STRONG> <STRONG>acs_map[];</STRONG>
  59
  60        <STRONG>SCREEN</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>SP;</STRONG>
  61
  62        <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>cur_term;</STRONG>
  63
  64        <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>ttytype[];</STRONG>
  65
  66        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolcodes;</STRONG>
  67        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolfnames;</STRONG>
  68        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>boolnames;</STRONG>
  69
  70        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numcodes;</STRONG>
  71        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numfnames;</STRONG>
  72        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>numnames;</STRONG>
  73
  74        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strcodes;</STRONG>
  75        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strfnames;</STRONG>
  76        <STRONG>NCURSES_CONST</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG> <STRONG>strnames;</STRONG>
  77
  78
  79 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
  80        This  page  summarizes  variables provided by the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> library's low-
  81        level terminfo interface.  A more complete description is given in  the
  82        <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.
  83
  84        Depending  on  the  configuration,  these  may  be actual variables, or
  85        macros (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>) which provide read-only access  to  <EM>curs-</EM>
  86        <EM>es</EM>'s state.  In either case, applications should treat them as read-on-
  87        ly to avoid confusing the library.
  88
  89
  90 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></H3><PRE>
  91        After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG> array
  92        holds  information  used to translate cells with the <STRONG>A_ALTCHARSET</STRONG> video
  93        attribute into line-drawing characters.
  94
  95        The encoding of the information in this array has changed periodically.
  96        Application  developers  need  only know that it is used for the "ACS_"
  97        constants in &lt;curses.h&gt;.
  98
  99        The comparable data for the wide-character library is a  private  vari-
 100        able.
 101
 102
 103 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></H3><PRE>
 104        After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> con-
 105        tains data describing the current terminal.  This variable is also  set
 106        as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">set_term(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">delscreen(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 107
 108        It  is possible to save a value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> for subsequent use as a pa-
 109        rameter to <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, for switching between screens.  Alternatively, one
 110        can  save  the  return  value from <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG> to reuse in
 111        <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>.
 112
 113
 114 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
 115        The <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1)</A></STRONG> programs use lookup tables for the  long  and
 116        short  names  of  terminfo  capabilities,  as well as the corresponding
 117        names for termcap capabilities.  These are available to other  applica-
 118        tions,  although the hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap func-
 119        tions are not available.
 120
 121        The long terminfo capability names use a  "l"  (ell)  in  their  names:
 122        <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>.
 123
 124        These  are  the  short names for terminfo capabilities: <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>num-</STRONG>
 125        <STRONG>names</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>.
 126
 127        These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions:  <STRONG>bool-</STRONG>
 128        <STRONG>codes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>.
 129
 130
 131 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></H3><PRE>
 132        A terminal description begins with one or more terminal names separated
 133        by "|" (vertical bars).  On initialization of the  curses  or  terminfo
 134        interfaces,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>  copies the terminal names to the array <STRONG>tty-</STRONG>
 135        <STRONG>type</STRONG>.
 136
 137
 138 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
 139        In addition to the variables, <STRONG>&lt;term.h&gt;</STRONG> also defines a symbol  for  each
 140        terminfo  capability  <EM>long</EM> <EM>name</EM>.  These are in terms of the symbol <STRONG>CUR</STRONG>,
 141        which is defined
 142
 143        #define CUR ((TERMTYPE *)(cur_term))-&gt;
 144
 145        These symbols provide a faster method of accessing  terminfo  capabili-
 146        ties than using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tigetstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, etc.
 147
 148        The  actual definition of <STRONG>CUR</STRONG> depends upon the implementation, but each
 149        terminfo library provides these long names defined to  point  into  the
 150        current terminal description loaded into memory.
 151
 152
 153 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></H2><PRE>
 154        The  low-level  terminfo  interface is initialized using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 155        The upper-level curses interface uses the low-level terminfo interface,
 156        internally.
 157
 158
 159 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
 160        X/Open Curses does not describe any of these except for <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.  (The
 161        inclusion of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> appears to be an oversight, since other  compara-
 162        ble low-level information is omitted by X/Open).
 163
 164        Other  implementations may have comparable variables.  Some implementa-
 165        tions provide the variables in their libraries, but omit them from  the
 166        header files.
 167
 168        All  implementations  which provide terminfo interfaces add definitions
 169        as described in the <STRONG>Terminfo</STRONG> <STRONG>Names</STRONG> section.  Most, but  not  all,  base
 170        the definition upon the <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> variable.
 171
 172
 173 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
 174        <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>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
 175
 176
 177
 178                                                             <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
 179 </PRE>
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 181 <ul>
 182 <li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
 183 <li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
 184 <li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
 185 <ul>
 186 <li><a href="#h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></li>
 187 <li><a href="#h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></li>
 188 <li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
 189 <li><a href="#h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></li>
 190 <li><a href="#h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></li>
 191 </ul>
 192 </li>
 193 <li><a href="#h2-NOTES">NOTES</a></li>
 194 <li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
 195 <li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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