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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG> - read (write) a
+ <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>, <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG> - read (write) a
<STRONG>curses</STRONG> screen from (to) a file
The <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> routine reads in the contents of <EM>filename</EM> and
uses them to initialize the <STRONG>curses</STRONG> data structures about
- what the terminal currently has on its screen. If the
- data is determined to be valid, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> bases its next
- update of the screen on this information rather than
- clearing the screen and starting from scratch. <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>
- is used after <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or a <STRONG>system</STRONG> call to share the screen
- with another process which has done a <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> after its
- <STRONG>endwin</STRONG> call. The data is declared invalid if the terminfo
- capabilities <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG> exist; also if the terminal
- has been written to since the preceding <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> call.
+ what the terminal currently has on its screen. If the da-
+ ta is determined to be valid, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> bases its next update
+ of the screen on this information rather than clearing the
+ screen and starting from scratch. <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> is used after
+ <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or a <STRONG>system</STRONG> call to share the screen with another
+ process which has done a <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> after its <STRONG>endwin</STRONG> call.
+ The data is declared invalid if the terminfo capabilities
+ <STRONG>rmcup</STRONG> and <STRONG>nrrmc</STRONG> exist; also if the terminal has been writ-
+ ten to since the preceding <STRONG>scr_dump</STRONG> call.
The <STRONG>scr_set</STRONG> routine is a combination of <STRONG>scr_restore</STRONG> and
<STRONG>scr_init</STRONG>. It tells the program that the information in
All routines return the integer <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure and <STRONG>OK</STRONG>
upon success.
+ X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
+ tion, each will return an error if the file cannot be
+ opened.
+
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<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
The SVr4 docs merely say under <STRONG>scr_init</STRONG> that the dump data
is also considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty
- is old" but don't define "old".
+ is old" but do not define "old".
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