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<H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> library provides several functions which let
- an application change way input from the terminal is han-
- dled. Some are global, applying to all windows. Others
- apply only to a specific window. Window-specific settings
- are not automatically applied to new or derived windows.
- An application must apply these to each window, if the
- same behavior is needed.
+ an application change the way input from the terminal is
+ handled. Some are global, applying to all windows. Oth-
+ ers apply only to a specific window. Window-specific set-
+ tings are not automatically applied to new or derived win-
+ dows. An application must apply these to each window, if
+ the same behavior is needed.
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is similar to <STRONG>cbreak</STRONG> mode in that characters typed by the
user are immediately available to the program. However,
after blocking for <EM>tenths</EM> tenths of seconds, ERR is re-
- turned if nothing has been typed. The value of <STRONG>tenths</STRONG>
+ turned if nothing has been typed. The value of <EM>tenths</EM>
must be a number between 1 and 255. Use <STRONG>nocbreak</STRONG> to leave
half-delay mode.
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<H3><a name="h3-intrflush">intrflush</a></H3><PRE>
- If the <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG> option is enabled, (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>), when an
+ If the <STRONG>intrflush</STRONG> option is enabled (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>), and an
interrupt key is pressed on the keyboard (interrupt,
- break, quit) all output in the tty driver queue will be
+ break, quit), all output in the tty driver queue will be
flushed, giving the effect of faster response to the in-
terrupt, but causing <STRONG>curses</STRONG> to have the wrong idea of what
- is on the screen. Disabling (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>), the option
- prevents the flush. The default for the option is inher-
- ited from the tty driver settings. The window argument is
- ignored.
+ is on the screen. Disabling the option (<EM>bf</EM> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>) pre-
+ vents the flush. The default for the option is inherited
+ from the tty driver settings. The window argument is ig-
+ nored.
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