curs_kernel 3x



curs_kernel(3x)                                         curs_kernel(3x)




NAME

       def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode,
       reset_shell_mode, resetty, savetty, getsyx, setsyx,
       ripoffline, curs_set, napms - low-level curses routines


SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int def_prog_mode(void);
       int def_shell_mode(void);
       int reset_prog_mode(void);
       int reset_shell_mode(void);
       int resetty(void);
       int savetty(void);
       void getsyx(int y, int x);
       void setsyx(int y, int x);
       int ripoffline(int line, int (*init)(WINDOW *, int));
       int curs_set(int visibility);
       int napms(int ms);


DESCRIPTION

       The  following  routines  give low-level access to various
       curses capabilities.  These routines  typically  are  used
       inside library routines.

       The  def_prog_mode  and  def_shell_mode  routines save the
       current terminal modes as the  "program"  (in  curses)  or
       "shell"   (not  in  curses)  state  for  use  by  the  re-
       set_prog_mode and reset_shell_mode routines.  This is done
       automatically by initscr.  There is one such save area for
       each screen context allocated by newterm().

       The reset_prog_mode and reset_shell_mode routines  restore
       the  terminal  to "program" (in curses) or "shell" (out of
       curses) state.  These are  done  automatically  by  endwin
       and,  after  an  endwin, by doupdate, so they normally are
       not called.

       The resetty and savetty  routines  save  and  restore  the
       state  of  the  terminal modes.  savetty saves the current
       state in a buffer and resetty restores the state  to  what
       it was at the last call to savetty.

       The  getsyx routine returns the current coordinates of the
       virtual screen cursor in y and x.  If leaveok is currently
       TRUE,  then -1,-1 is returned.  If lines have been removed
       from the top of the screen, using ripoffline, y and x  in-
       clude  these lines; therefore, y and x should be used only
       as arguments for setsyx.

       The setsyx routine sets the virtual screen cursor to y, x.
       If y and x are both -1, then leaveok is set.  The two rou-
       tines getsyx and setsyx are designed to be used by  a  li-
       brary  routine,  which manipulates curses windows but does
       not want to change the current position of  the  program's
       cursor.   The library routine would call getsyx at the be-
       ginning, do its manipulation of  its  own  windows,  do  a
       wnoutrefresh  on  its  windows, call setsyx, and then call
       doupdate.

       The ripoffline routine provides access to the same facili-
       ty  that  slk_init  [see  curs_slk(3x)] uses to reduce the
       size of the screen.   ripoffline  must  be  called  before
       initscr or newterm is called.  If line is positive, a line
       is removed from the top of stdscr; if line is negative,  a
       line is removed from the bottom.  When this is done inside
       initscr, the routine init (supplied by the user) is called
       with  two arguments: a window pointer to the one-line win-
       dow that has been allocated and an integer with the number
       of columns in the window.  Inside this initialization rou-
       tine, the integer variables LINES  and  COLS  (defined  in
       <curses.h>) are not guaranteed to be accurate and wrefresh
       or doupdate must not be called.  It is allowable  to  call
       wnoutrefresh during the initialization routine.

       ripoffline  can  be called up to five times before calling
       initscr or newterm.

       The curs_set routine sets the cursor state  to  invisible,
       normal, or very visible for visibility equal to 0, 1, or 2
       respectively.  If the terminal supports the visibility re-
       quested, the previous cursor state is returned; otherwise,
       ERR is returned.

       The napms routine is used to sleep for ms milliseconds.


RETURN VALUE

       Except for curs_set, these routines always return OK.

       curs_set returns the previous cursor state, or ERR if  the
       requested visibility is not supported.

       X/Open  defines  no error conditions.  In this implementa-
       tion

              def_prog_mode, def_shell_mode, reset_prog_mode, re-
              set_shell_mode
                   return  an  error if the terminal was not ini-
                   tialized, or if the I/O  call  to  obtain  the
                   terminal settings fails.

              ripoffline
                   returns  an  error  if  the  maximum number of
                   ripped-off lines exceeds the maximum (NRIPS  =
                   5).


NOTES

       Note  that getsyx is a macro, so & is not necessary before
       the variables y and x.

       Older SVr4  man  pages  warn  that  the  return  value  of
       curs_set  "is  currently  incorrect".  This implementation
       gets it right, but it may be unwise to count on  the  cor-
       rectness of the return value anywhere else.

       Both  ncurses  and  SVr4  will  call curs_set in endwin if
       curs_set has been called to make  the  cursor  other  than
       normal,  i.e., either invisible or very visible.  There is
       no way for ncurses to determine the initial  cursor  state
       to restore that.


PORTABILITY

       The  functions  setsyx and getsyx are not described in the
       XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  All other functions are  as
       described in XSI Curses.

       The SVr4 documentation describes setsyx and getsyx as hav-
       ing return type int.  This  is  misleading,  as  they  are
       macros with no documented semantics for the return value.


SEE ALSO

       curses(3x),  curs_initscr(3x),  curs_outopts(3x), curs_re-
       fresh(3x),  curs_scr_dump(3x),  curs_slk(3x),   curs_vari-
       ables(3x).



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