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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_outopts 3x 2023-11-25 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.
- From the outset, ncurses used <STRONG>nl</STRONG>/<STRONG>nonl</STRONG> to control the conversion of
+ From the outset, <EM>ncurses</EM> used <STRONG>nl</STRONG>/<STRONG>nonl</STRONG> to control the conversion of
newlines to carriage return/line-feed on output as well as input. XSI
Curses documents only the use of these functions for input. This
difference arose from converting the <EM>pcurses</EM> source (which used <STRONG>ioctl</STRONG>
interface). In the former, both input and output were controlled via a
single option <STRONG>CRMOD</STRONG>, while the latter separates these features.
Because that conversion interferes with output optimization, <STRONG>nl</STRONG>/<STRONG>nonl</STRONG>
- were amended after ncurses 6.2 to eliminate their effect on output.
+ were amended after <EM>ncurses</EM> 6.2 to eliminate their effect on output.
Some historic curses implementations had, as an undocumented feature,
the ability to do the equivalent of <STRONG>clearok(...,</STRONG> <STRONG>1)</STRONG> by saying
- <STRONG>touchwin(stdscr)</STRONG> or <STRONG>clear(stdscr)</STRONG>. This will not work under ncurses.
+ <STRONG>touchwin(stdscr)</STRONG> or <STRONG>clear(stdscr)</STRONG>. This will not work under <EM>ncurses</EM>.
Earlier System V curses implementations specified that with <STRONG>scrollok</STRONG>
enabled, any window modification triggering a scroll also forced a
- physical refresh. XSI Curses does not require this, and <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> avoids
+ physical refresh. XSI Curses does not require this, and <EM>ncurses</EM> avoids
doing it to perform better vertical-motion optimization at <STRONG>wrefresh</STRONG>
time.
-ncurses 6.4 2023-11-25 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-12-16 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_outopts.3x.html">curs_outopts(3x)</A></STRONG>
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