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 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>                                           <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG>, <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>, <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>, <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>, <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>,
        <STRONG>mouse_trafo</STRONG>, <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG>, <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> - mouse interface
        through curses
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;curses.h&gt;</STRONG>
 
        <STRONG>typedef</STRONG> <STRONG>unsigned</STRONG> <STRONG>long</STRONG> <STRONG>mmask_t;</STRONG>
 
-       typedef struct
-       {
-           short id;         <EM>/*</EM> <EM>ID</EM> <EM>to</EM> <EM>distinguish</EM> <EM>multiple</EM> <EM>devices</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
+       <STRONG>typedef</STRONG> <STRONG>struct</STRONG> <STRONG>{</STRONG>
+           <STRONG>short</STRONG> <STRONG>id;</STRONG>         <EM>/*</EM> <EM>ID</EM> <EM>to</EM> <EM>distinguish</EM> <EM>multiple</EM> <EM>devices</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
            <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x,</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>z;</STRONG>      <EM>/*</EM> <EM>event</EM> <EM>coordinates</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
            <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>bstate;</STRONG>   <EM>/*</EM> <EM>button</EM> <EM>state</EM> <EM>bits</EM> <EM>*/</EM>
-       <STRONG>}</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>MEVENT;</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>}</STRONG> <STRONG>MEVENT;</STRONG>
+
        <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>has_mouse(void);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*event);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ungetmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*event);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>mousemask(mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>newmask,</STRONG> <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*oldmask);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wenclose(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>y,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>x);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>mouse_trafo(int*</STRONG> <STRONG>pY,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <STRONG>pX,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>to_screen);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wmouse_trafo(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW*</STRONG> <STRONG>win,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <STRONG>pY,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <STRONG>pX,</STRONG>
-            <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>to_screen);</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mouseinterval(int</STRONG> <STRONG>erval);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>getmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>event</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>ungetmouse(MEVENT</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>event</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>mousemask(mmask_t</STRONG> <EM>newmask</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>mmask_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>oldmask</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wenclose(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>y</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>x</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>mouse_trafo(int*</STRONG> <EM>pY</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pX</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <STRONG>wmouse_trafo(const</STRONG> <STRONG>WINDOW*</STRONG> <EM>win</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pY</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int*</STRONG> <EM>pX</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG>
+            <STRONG>bool</STRONG> <EM>to</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>screen</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mouseinterval(int</STRONG> <EM>erval</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
        These  functions provide an interface to mouse events from
        <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.  Mouse events are  represented  by  <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG>
-       pseudo-key values in the <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> input stream.
+       pseudo-key values in the <STRONG><A HREF="curs_getch.3x.html">wgetch(3x)</A></STRONG> input stream.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mousemask">mousemask</a></H3><PRE>
        To  make mouse events visible, use the <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> function.
        This will set the mouse events to  be  reported.   By  de-
        fault,  no  mouse  events are reported.  The function will
@@ -96,6 +94,8 @@
        the  mouse pointer; setting a nonzero mask may turn it on.
        Whether this happens is device-dependent.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Mouse-events">Mouse events</a></H3><PRE>
        Here are the mouse event type masks which may be defined:
 
        <EM>Name</EM>                     <EM>Description</EM>
        BUTTON2_RELEASED         mouse button 2 up
        BUTTON2_CLICKED          mouse button 2 clicked
        BUTTON2_DOUBLE_CLICKED   mouse button 2 double clicked
+
+
        BUTTON2_TRIPLE_CLICKED   mouse button 2 triple clicked
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
        BUTTON3_PRESSED          mouse button 3 down
        BUTTON3_RELEASED         mouse button 3 up
        BUTTON3_CLICKED          mouse button 3 clicked
        REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION    report mouse movement
        ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-       Once a class of mouse events have been made visible  in  a
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-getmouse">getmouse</a></H3><PRE>
+       Once a class of mouse events has been made  visible  in  a
        window, calling the <STRONG>wgetch</STRONG> function on that window may re-
        turn <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> as an indicator that a mouse event has been
        queued.   To read the event data and pop the event off the
        invalid.   A subsequent call to <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG> will retrieve the
        next older item from the queue.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ungetmouse">ungetmouse</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG> function behaves  analogously  to  <STRONG>ungetch</STRONG>.
        It  pushes a <STRONG>KEY_MOUSE</STRONG> event onto the input queue, and as-
        sociates with that event the given state data and  screen-
        relative character-cell coordinates.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wenclose">wenclose</a></H3><PRE>
        The  <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>  function  tests  whether  a  given  pair of
        screen-relative character-cell coordinates is enclosed  by
-       a  given  window, returning TRUE if it is and FALSE other-
+       a  given  window, returning <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if it is and <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> other-
        wise.  It is useful for determining  what  subset  of  the
        screen windows enclose the location of a mouse event.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-wmouse_trafo">wmouse_trafo</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG> function transforms a given pair of coor-
        dinates from stdscr-relative  coordinates  to  coordinates
-       relative to the given window or vice versa.  Please remem-
-       ber, that stdscr-relative coordinates are not always iden-
-       tical  to window-relative coordinates due to the mechanism
-       to reserve lines on top or bottom of the screen for  other
-       purposes (see the <STRONG>ripoffline()</STRONG> and <STRONG>slk_init</STRONG> calls, for ex-
-       ample).  If the parameter <STRONG>to_screen</STRONG> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, the  pointers
-       <STRONG>pY,</STRONG> <STRONG>pX</STRONG> must reference the coordinates of a location inside
-       the window <STRONG>win</STRONG>.  They are converted to window-relative co-
-       ordinates  and returned through the pointers.  If the con-
-       version was successful, the function returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.  If one
-       of  the  parameters was NULL or the location is not inside
-       the window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.  If <STRONG>to_screen</STRONG> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>, the
-       pointers  <STRONG>pY,</STRONG>  <STRONG>pX</STRONG>  must  reference window-relative coordi-
-       nates.  They are converted to stdscr-relative  coordinates
-       if  the  window <STRONG>win</STRONG> encloses this point.  In this case the
-       function returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.  If one of the parameters  is  NULL
-       or  the point is not inside the window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.
-       Please notice, that the referenced  coordinates  are  only
-       replaced  by  the converted coordinates if the transforma-
-       tion was successful.
-
+       relative to the given window or vice versa.  The resulting
+       stdscr-relative coordinates are not  always  identical  to
+       window-relative  coordinates  due  to the mechanism to re-
+       serve lines on top or bottom of the screen for other  pur-
+       poses  (see the <STRONG>ripoffline</STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">slk_init(3x)</A></STRONG> calls, for ex-
+       ample).
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If the parameter <STRONG>to_screen</STRONG> is <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>, the  pointers  <STRONG>pY,</STRONG>
+           <STRONG>pX</STRONG> must reference the coordinates of a location inside
+           the window <STRONG>win</STRONG>.  They are converted to window-relative
+           coordinates and returned through the pointers.  If the
+           conversion was successful, the function returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If one of the parameters was NULL or the  location  is
+           not inside the window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If <STRONG>to_screen</STRONG> is <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG>, the pointers <STRONG>pY,</STRONG> <STRONG>pX</STRONG> must refer-
+           ence window-relative coordinates.  They are  converted
+           to  stdscr-relative  coordinates if the window <STRONG>win</STRONG> en-
+           closes this point.  In this case the function  returns
+           <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG>.
+
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If  one  of the parameters is NULL or the point is not
+           inside the window, <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> is returned.  The  referenced
+           coordinates are only replaced by the converted coordi-
+           nates if the transformation was successful.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mouse_trafo">mouse_trafo</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>mouse_trafo</STRONG> function performs the same translation  as
        <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG>, using stdscr for <STRONG>win</STRONG>.
 
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-mouseinterval">mouseinterval</a></H3><PRE>
        The <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> function sets the maximum time (in thou-
        sands of a second) that can elapse between press  and  re-
        lease  events  for  them to be recognized as a click.  Use
        <STRONG>val(-1)</STRONG> to obtain the interval without altering  it.   The
        default is one sixth of a second.
 
-       The  <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG>  function  returns TRUE if the mouse driver
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-has_mouse">has_mouse</a></H3><PRE>
+       The  <STRONG>has_mouse</STRONG>  function  returns <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> if the mouse driver
        has been successfully initialized.
 
        Note that mouse events will be ignored when  input  is  in
        <STRONG>str</STRONG> that expects a linefeed for input-loop termination.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>  and <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG> return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon fail-
-       ure or <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful completion.
+       ure or <STRONG>OK</STRONG> upon successful completion:
+
+          <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>
+               returns an error.
+
+          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   If no mouse driver was initialized, or if the  mask
+              parameter is zero,
 
-              <STRONG>getmouse</STRONG>
-                   returns an error.  If no mouse driver was ini-
-                   tialized, or if the mask parameter is zero, it
-                   also returns an error if no more events remain
-                   in the queue.
+          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   It  also  returns an error if no more events remain
+              in the queue.
 
-              <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>
-                   returns an error if the FIFO is full.
+          <STRONG>ungetmouse</STRONG>
+               returns an error if the FIFO is full.
 
        <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG> returns the mask of reportable events.
 
-       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG>  returns the previous interval value, unless
-       the terminal was not initialized.  In that  case,  it  re-
+       <STRONG>mouseinterval</STRONG> returns the previous interval value,  unless
+       the  terminal  was  not initialized.  In that case, it re-
        turns the maximum interval value (166).
 
-       <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG>  and <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG> are boolean functions returning
+       <STRONG>wenclose</STRONG> and <STRONG>wmouse_trafo</STRONG> are boolean functions  returning
        <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> or <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> depending on their test result.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
-       These calls were designed for  <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>,  and  are  not
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+       These  calls  were  designed  for <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, and are not
        found in SVr4 curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous
        version of curses.
 
        The feature macro <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> is provided so the
-       preprocessor  can  be  used to test whether these features
-       are present.  If the interface is changed,  the  value  of
-       <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG>  will  be incremented.  These values
-       for <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> may be specified when  configur-
+       preprocessor can be used to test  whether  these  features
+       are  present.   If  the interface is changed, the value of
+       <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> will be incremented.   These  values
+       for  <STRONG>NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION</STRONG> may be specified when configur-
        ing ncurses:
 
-              1  has  definitions  for reserved events.  The mask
-                 uses 28 bits.
+          1  has definitions for reserved events.  The mask  uses
+             28 bits.
 
-              2  adds definitions for button 5, removes the defi-
-                 nitions  for  reserved events.  The mask uses 29
-                 bits.
+          2  adds  definitions  for button 5, removes the defini-
+             tions for reserved events.  The mask uses 29 bits.
 
        The order of the <STRONG>MEVENT</STRONG> structure members is  not  guaran-
        teed.   Additional fields may be added to the structure in
        Under <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>, these calls are implemented  using  ei-
        ther  xterm's built-in mouse-tracking API or platform-spe-
        cific drivers including
-              Alessandro Rubini's gpm server
-              FreeBSD sysmouse
-              OS/2 EMX
+
+          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Alessandro Rubini's gpm server
+
+          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   FreeBSD sysmouse
+
+          <STRONG>o</STRONG>   OS/2 EMX
+
        If you  are  using  an  unsupported  configuration,  mouse
        events  will not be visible to <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG> (and the <STRONG>mouse-</STRONG>
        <STRONG>mask</STRONG> function will always return <STRONG>0</STRONG>).
        in  the xterm mouse driver to control the way the terminal
        is initialized for mouse operation.  The default, if <STRONG>XM</STRONG> is
        not found, corresponds to private mode 1000 of xterm:
-              \E[?1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
-       The z member in the event structure is not presently used.
+
+          \E[?1000%?%p1%{1}%=%th%el%;
+
+       The <EM>z</EM> member in the event structure is not presently used.
        It is intended for use with touch screens  (which  may  be
        pressure-sensitive)   or   with   3D-mice/trackballs/power
        gloves.
 
+       The  <STRONG>ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS</STRONG>   class   does   not   include   <STRONG>RE-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>PORT_MOUSE_POSITION</STRONG>.   They are distinct.  For example, in
+       xterm, wheel/scrolling mice send position reports as a se-
+       quence  of presses of buttons 4 or 5 without matching but-
+       ton-releases.
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></H2><PRE>
        Mouse events under xterm will not in fact be ignored  dur-
        ing  cooked  mode, if they have been enabled by <STRONG>mousemask</STRONG>.
        Instead, the xterm mouse report sequence  will  appear  in
        events.
 
 
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
-       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,  <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="curs_slk.3x.html">curs_slk(3x)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG>curs_vari-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">ables(3x)</A></STRONG>.
 
 
 
                                                          <STRONG><A HREF="curs_mouse.3x.html">curs_mouse(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<div class="nav">
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h2-NAME">NAME</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a>
+<ul>
+<li><a href="#h3-mousemask">mousemask</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Mouse-events">Mouse events</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-getmouse">getmouse</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-ungetmouse">ungetmouse</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wenclose">wenclose</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-wmouse_trafo">wmouse_trafo</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-mouse_trafo">mouse_trafo</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-mouseinterval">mouseinterval</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-has_mouse">has_mouse</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-BUGS">BUGS</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
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