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-</PRE>
-<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, <STRONG>putp</STRONG>, <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>setterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>, <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG>, <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG>, <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG>, <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
- interfaces to terminfo database
+ <STRONG>setterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG>, <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>, <STRONG>vid_attr</STRONG>, <STRONG>vid_puts</STRONG>, <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG>, <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> -
+ <STRONG>curses</STRONG> interfaces to terminfo database
-</PRE>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><curses.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG><term.h></STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>putp(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vidputs(chtype</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*</STRONG><EM>putc</EM><STRONG>)(int));</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vidattr(chtype</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
- <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vid_puts(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*</STRONG><EM>putc</EM><STRONG>)(char));</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vid_puts(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*</STRONG><EM>putc</EM><STRONG>)(int));</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>vid_attr(attr_t</STRONG> <EM>attrs</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>short</STRONG> <EM>pair</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>void</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>opts</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>mvcur(int</STRONG> <EM>oldrow</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>oldcol</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>int</STRONG> <EM>newrow</EM>, int <EM>newcol</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>tigetflag(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>capname</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>tigetnum(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>capname</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
<STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*tigetstr(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>capname</EM><STRONG>);</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*tiparm(const</STRONG> <STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>str</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>...);</STRONG>
-</PRE>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
These low-level routines must be called by programs that
have to deal directly with the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database to handle
certain terminal capabilities, such as programming func-
tion keys. For all other functionality, <STRONG>curses</STRONG> routines
are more suitable and their use is recommended.
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Initialization">Initialization</a></H3><PRE>
Initially, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> should be called. Note that <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
<STRONG>tupterm</STRONG> is automatically called by <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> and <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>.
This defines the set of terminal-dependent variables
- [listed in <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>]. The <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> variables <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>columns</STRONG> are initialized by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> as follows:
-
- If <STRONG>use_env(FALSE)</STRONG> has been called, values for <STRONG>lines</STRONG>
- and <STRONG>columns</STRONG> specified in <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> are used.
-
- Otherwise, if the environment variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> exist, their values are used. If these en-
- vironment variables do not exist and the program is
- running in a window, the current window size is
- used. Otherwise, if the environment variables do
- not exist, the values for <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and <STRONG>columns</STRONG> speci-
- fied in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database are used.
-
- The header files <STRONG>curses.h</STRONG> and <STRONG>term.h</STRONG> should be included
- (in this order) to get the definitions for these strings,
- numbers, and flags. Parameterized strings should be
- passed through <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> to instantiate them. All <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
- strings [including the output of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>] should be printed
- with <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> or <STRONG>putp</STRONG>. Call the <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> to restore
- the tty modes before exiting [see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>]. Pro-
- grams which use cursor addressing should output <STRONG>en-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>ter_ca_mode</STRONG> upon startup and should output <STRONG>exit_ca_mode</STRONG>
- before exiting. Programs desiring shell escapes should
- call
-
- <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> and output <STRONG>exit_ca_mode</STRONG> before the shell
- is called and should output <STRONG>enter_ca_mode</STRONG> and call <STRONG>re-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>set_prog_mode</STRONG> after returning from the shell.
+ [listed in <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>].
+
+ Each initialization routine provides applications with the
+ terminal capabilities either directly (via header defini-
+ tions), or by special functions. The header files <STRONG>curs-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>es.h</STRONG> and <STRONG>term.h</STRONG> should be included (in this order) to get
+ the definitions for these strings, numbers, and flags.
+
+ The <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> variables <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and <STRONG>columns</STRONG> are initialized
+ by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> as follows:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <STRONG>use_env(FALSE)</STRONG> has been called, values for <STRONG>lines</STRONG>
+ and <STRONG>columns</STRONG> specified in <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> are used.
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Otherwise, if the environment variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>UMNS</STRONG> exist, their values are used. If these environ-
+ ment variables do not exist and the program is running
+ in a window, the current window size is used. Other-
+ wise, if the environment variables do not exist, the
+ values for <STRONG>lines</STRONG> and <STRONG>columns</STRONG> specified in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
+ database are used.
+
+ Parameterized strings should be passed through <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> to
+ instantiate them. All <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> strings [including the
+ output of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>] should be printed with <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> or <STRONG>putp</STRONG>.
+ Call <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> to restore the tty modes before ex-
+ iting [see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>].
+
+ Programs which use cursor addressing should
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> output <STRONG>enter_ca_mode</STRONG> upon startup and
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> output <STRONG>exit_ca_mode</STRONG> before exiting.
+
+ Programs which execute shell subprocesses should
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> call <STRONG>reset_shell_mode</STRONG> and output <STRONG>exit_ca_mode</STRONG> before
+ the shell is called and
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> output <STRONG>enter_ca_mode</STRONG> and call <STRONG>reset_prog_mode</STRONG> after
+ returning from the shell.
The <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> routine reads in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database, ini-
tializing the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> structures, but does not set up the
<EM>rret</EM>. A return value of <STRONG>OK</STRONG> combined with status of <STRONG>1</STRONG> in
<EM>errret</EM> is normal. If <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> is returned, examine <EM>errret</EM>:
- <STRONG>1</STRONG> means that the terminal is hardcopy, cannot be
- used for curses applications.
+ <STRONG>1</STRONG> means that the terminal is hardcopy, cannot be used
+ for curses applications.
+
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> determines if the entry is a hardcopy type
+ by checking the <EM>hc</EM> (<EM>hardcopy</EM>) capability.
- <STRONG>0</STRONG> means that the terminal could not be found, or
- that it is a generic type, having too little
- information for curses applications to run.
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> means that the terminal could not be found, or that
+ it is a generic type, having too little information
+ for curses applications to run.
- <STRONG>-1</STRONG> means that the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database could not be
- found.
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> determines if the entry is a generic type
+ by checking the <EM>gn</EM> (<EM>generic</EM>) capability.
- If <EM>errret</EM> is null, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> prints an error message upon
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> means that the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database could not be found.
+
+ If <EM>errret</EM> is null, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> prints an error message upon
finding an error and exits. Thus, the simplest call is:
<STRONG>setupterm((char</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0,</STRONG> <STRONG>1,</STRONG> <STRONG>(int</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0);</STRONG>,
- which uses all the defaults and sends the output to <STRONG>std-</STRONG>
+ which uses all the defaults and sends the output to <STRONG>std-</STRONG>
<STRONG>out</STRONG>.
- The <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> routine is being replaced by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>. The
- call:
+ The <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> routine was replaced by <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>. The call:
<STRONG>setupterm(</STRONG><EM>term</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>1,</STRONG> <STRONG>(int</STRONG> <STRONG>*)0)</STRONG>
provides the same functionality as <STRONG>setterm(</STRONG><EM>term</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>. The
- <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> routine is included here for BSD compatibility,
- and is not recommended for new programs.
-
- The <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG> routine sets the variable <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> to
- <EM>nterm</EM>, and makes all of the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> boolean, numeric, and
- string variables use the values from <EM>nterm</EM>. It returns
- the old value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.
-
- The <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG> routine frees the space pointed to by
+ <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> routine is provided for BSD compatibility, and is
+ not recommended for new programs.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-The-Terminal-State">The Terminal State</a></H3><PRE>
+ The <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> routine stores its information about the
+ terminal in a <STRONG>TERMINAL</STRONG> structure pointed to by the global
+ variable <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>. If it detects an error, or decides
+ that the terminal is unsuitable (hardcopy or generic), it
+ discards this information, making it not available to ap-
+ plications.
+
+ If <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> is called repeatedly for the same terminal
+ type, it will reuse the information. It maintains only
+ one copy of a given terminal's capabilities in memory. If
+ it is called for different terminal types, <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> allo-
+ cates new storage for each set of terminal capabilities.
+
+ The <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG> routine sets <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> to <EM>nterm</EM>, and makes
+ all of the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> boolean, numeric, and string variables
+ use the values from <EM>nterm</EM>. It returns the old value of
+ <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>.
+
+ The <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG> routine frees the space pointed to by
<EM>oterm</EM> and makes it available for further use. If <EM>oterm</EM> is
- the same as <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, references to any of the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
- boolean, numeric, and string variables thereafter may re-
- fer to invalid memory locations until another <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
+ the same as <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, references to any of the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG>
+ boolean, numeric, and string variables thereafter may re-
+ fer to invalid memory locations until another <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
has been called.
The <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG> routine is similar to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> and
- <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>, except that it is called after restoring memory
- to a previous state (for example, when reloading a game
- saved as a core image dump). It assumes that the windows
- and the input and output options are the same as when mem-
- ory was saved, but the terminal type and baud rate may be
- different. Accordingly, it saves various tty state bits,
- calls <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>, and then restores the bits.
+ <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>, except that it is called after restoring memory
+ to a previous state (for example, when reloading a game
+ saved as a core image dump). <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG> assumes that the
+ windows and the input and output options are the same as
+ when memory was saved, but the terminal type and baud rate
+ may be different. Accordingly, <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG> saves various
+ tty state bits, calls <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>, and then restores the
+ bits.
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Formatting-Output">Formatting Output</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> routine instantiates the string <EM>str</EM> with parame-
ters <EM>pi</EM>. A pointer is returned to the result of <EM>str</EM> with
the parameters applied.
+ <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> is a newer form of <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> which uses <EM><stdarg.h></EM>
+ rather than a fixed-parameter list. Its numeric parame-
+ ters are integers (int) rather than longs.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Output-Functions">Output Functions</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> routine applies padding information to the
string <EM>str</EM> and outputs it. The <EM>str</EM> must be a terminfo
string variable or the return value from <STRONG>tparm</STRONG>, <STRONG>tgetstr</STRONG>,
takes effect immediately (rather than at the next re-
fresh).
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Capability-Functions">Terminal Capability Functions</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG>, <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> and <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routines return the
value of the capability corresponding to the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> <EM>cap-</EM>
- <EM>name</EM> passed to them, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>.
+ <EM>name</EM> passed to them, such as <STRONG>xenl</STRONG>. The <EM>capname</EM> for each
+ capability is given in the table column entitled <EM>capname</EM>
+ code in the capabilities section of <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+
+ These routines return special values to denote errors.
+
+ The <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG> routine returns
+
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is not a boolean capability, or
+
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ scription.
- The <STRONG>tigetflag</STRONG> routine returns the value <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is
- not a boolean capability, or <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent
- from the terminal description.
+ The <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> routine returns
- The <STRONG>tigetnum</STRONG> routine returns the value <STRONG>-2</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is
- not a numeric capability, or <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if it is canceled or ab-
- sent from the terminal description.
+ <STRONG>-2</STRONG> if <EM>capname</EM> is not a numeric capability, or
- The <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routine returns the value <STRONG>(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*)-1</STRONG> if <EM>cap-</EM>
- <EM>name</EM> is not a string capability, or <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or
- absent from the terminal description.
+ <STRONG>-1</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ scription.
- The <EM>capname</EM> for each capability is given in the table col-
- umn entitled <EM>capname</EM> code in the capabilities section of
- <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ The <STRONG>tigetstr</STRONG> routine returns
+ <STRONG>(char</STRONG> <STRONG>*)-1</STRONG>
+ if <EM>capname</EM> is not a string capability, or
+
+ <STRONG>0</STRONG> if it is canceled or absent from the terminal de-
+ scription.
+
+
+</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Capability-Names">Terminal Capability Names</a></H3><PRE>
+ These null-terminated arrays contain the short terminfo
+ names ("codes"), the <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> names, and the long terminfo
+ names ("fnames") for each of the predefined <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> vari-
+ ables:
<STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*boolnames[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*boolcodes[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*boolfnames[]</STRONG>
<STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*numnames[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*numcodes[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*numfnames[]</STRONG>
<STRONG>char</STRONG> <STRONG>*strnames[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*strcodes[]</STRONG>, <STRONG>*strfnames[]</STRONG>
- These null-terminated arrays contain the <EM>capnames</EM>, the
- <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> codes, and the full C names, for each of the <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>minfo</STRONG> variables.
-
-</PRE>
-<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2><PRE>
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
Routines that return an integer return <STRONG>ERR</STRONG> upon failure
and <STRONG>OK</STRONG> (SVr4 only specifies "an integer value other than
<STRONG>ERR</STRONG>") upon successful completion, unless otherwise noted
Routines that return pointers always return <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error.
- X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
+ X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
tion
- <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if its terminal parameter is
- null.
+ <STRONG>del_curterm</STRONG>
+ returns an error if its terminal parameter is
+ null.
- <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>tupterm</STRONG> returns an error.
+ <STRONG>putp</STRONG> calls <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>, returning the same error-codes.
- <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
- returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
- memory, or create the initial windows (stdscr,
- curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
- documented above.
+ <STRONG>restartterm</STRONG>
+ returns an error if the associated call to <STRONG>se-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>tupterm</STRONG> returns an error.
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG>
+ returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
+ memory, or create the initial windows (stdscr,
+ curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
+ documented above.
-</PRE>
-<H2>NOTES</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> routine should be used in place of <STRONG>setterm</STRONG>.
- It may be useful when you want to test for terminal capa-
- bilities without committing to the allocation of storage
- involved in <STRONG>initscr</STRONG>.
+ <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>
+ returns an error if the string parameter is
+ null. It does not detect I/O errors: X/Open
+ states that <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> ignores the return value of
+ the output function <EM>putc</EM>.
- Note that <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> may be macros.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ X/Open notes that <STRONG>vidattr</STRONG> and <STRONG>vidputs</STRONG> may be macros.
-</PRE>
-<H2>PORTABILITY</H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> is not described in the XSI Curses
- standard and must be considered non-portable. All other
- functions are as described in the XSI curses standard.
+ The function <STRONG>setterm</STRONG> is not described by X/Open and must
+ be considered non-portable. All other functions are as
+ described by X/Open.
- <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
- This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
+ <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> copies the terminal name to the array <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
+ This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
applications.
+ If configured to use the terminal-driver, e.g., for the
+ MinGW port,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> interprets a missing/empty TERM variable as
+ the special value "unknown".
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> allows explicit use of the the windows con-
+ sole driver by checking if $TERM is set to "#win32con"
+ or an abbreviation of that string.
+
+ Older versions of <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> assumed that the file descriptor
+ passed to <STRONG>setupterm</STRONG> from <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> uses buffered
+ I/O, and would write to the corresponding stream. In ad-
+ dition to the limitation that the terminal was left in
+ block-buffered mode on exit (like System V curses), it was
+ problematic because <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> did not allow a reliable way
+ to cleanup on receiving SIGTSTP. The current version uses
+ output buffers managed directly by <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>. Some of the
+ low-level functions described in this manual page write to
+ the standard output. They are not signal-safe. The high-
+ level functions in <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> use alternate versions of these
+ functions using the more reliable buffering scheme.
+
In System V Release 4, <STRONG>set_curterm</STRONG> has an <STRONG>int</STRONG> return type
and returns <STRONG>OK</STRONG> or <STRONG>ERR</STRONG>. We have chosen to implement the
- XSI Curses semantics.
+ X/Open Curses semantics.
In System V Release 4, the third argument of <STRONG>tputs</STRONG> has the
type <STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>(*putc)(char)</STRONG>.
- The XSI Curses standard prototypes <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> with a fixed num-
- ber of parameters, rather than a variable argument list.
- This implementation uses a variable argument list.
- Portable applications should provide 9 parameters after
- the format; zeroes are fine for this purpose.
-
- XSI notes that after calling <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, the curses state may
- not match the actual terminal state, and that an applica-
- tion should touch and refresh the window before resuming
- normal curses calls. Both ncurses and System V Release 4
- curses implement <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> using the SCREEN data allocated in
- either <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>. So though it is documented as
- a terminfo function, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> is really a curses function
- which is not well specified.
-
- XSI states that the old location must be given for <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>.
- This implementation allows the caller to use -1's for the
- old ordinates. In that case, the old location is unknown.
+ At least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris) re-
+ turns a value other than OK/ERR from <STRONG>tputs</STRONG>. That returns
+ the length of the string, and does no error-checking.
+
+ X/Open Curses prototypes <STRONG>tparm</STRONG> with a fixed number of pa-
+ rameters, rather than a variable argument list. This im-
+ plementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
+ configured to use the fixed-parameter list. Portable ap-
+ plications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
+ zeroes are fine for this purpose.
+
+ In response to comments by Thomas E. Dickey, X/Open Curses
+ Issue 7 proposed the <STRONG>tiparm</STRONG> function in mid-2009.
+
+ X/Open notes that after calling <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>, the curses state
+ may not match the actual terminal state, and that an ap-
+ plication should touch and refresh the window before re-
+ suming normal curses calls. Both <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> and System V Re-
+ lease 4 curses implement <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> using the SCREEN data allo-
+ cated in either <STRONG>initscr</STRONG> or <STRONG>newterm</STRONG>. So though it is docu-
+ mented as a terminfo function, <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG> is really a curses
+ function which is not well specified.
+
+ X/Open states that the old location must be given for
+ <STRONG>mvcur</STRONG>. This implementation allows the caller to use -1's
+ for the old ordinates. In that case, the old location is
+ unknown.
+
+ Other implementions may not declare the capability name
+ arrays. Some provide them without declaring them. X/Open
+ does not specify them.
Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by
- <STRONG>tic</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>, are not stored in the arrays described in this
- section.
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>, are not stored in the arrays described here.
-</PRE>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_term-</STRONG>
- <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">cap(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="putc.3.html">putc(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</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_initscr.3x.html">curs_initscr(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_kernel.3x.html">curs_kernel(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>curs_term-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="curs_termcap.3x.html">cap(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_variables.3x.html">curs_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG>putc(3)</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>
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+<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-Initialization">Initialization</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-The-Terminal-State">The Terminal State</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Formatting-Output">Formatting Output</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Output-Functions">Output Functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Terminal-Capability-Functions">Terminal Capability Functions</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h3-Terminal-Capability-Names">Terminal Capability Names</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li><a href="#h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></li>
+<li><a href="#h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></li>
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