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-<H1 class="no-header">curs_util 3x 2023-10-14 ncurses 6.4 Library calls</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
successful, it overrides the values from the terminal database.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Finally (unless <STRONG>use_env</STRONG> was called with <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> parameter), <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG>
- examines the <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> environment variables, using a value
+ examines the <EM>LINES</EM> or <EM>COLUMNS</EM> environment variables, using a value
in those to override the results from the operating system or
terminal database.
<STRONG>Ncurses</STRONG> also updates the screen size in response to <STRONG>SIGWINCH</STRONG>,
- unless overridden by the <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> environment variables,
+ unless overridden by the <EM>LINES</EM> or <EM>COLUMNS</EM> environment variables,
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-use_tioctl">use_tioctl</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>use_tioctl</STRONG> is called with <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> as an argument, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> modifies the
last step in its computation of screen size as follows:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> checks if the <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> environment variables are set to a
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> checks if the <EM>LINES</EM> and <EM>COLUMNS</EM> environment variables are set to a
number greater than zero.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> for each, <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> updates the corresponding environment variable
-----------------------------------------------------------------
<STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> This is the default behavior. <EM>ncurses</EM>
uses operating system calls unless
- overridden by <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> or <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG>
+ overridden by <EM>LINES</EM> or <EM>COLUMNS</EM>
environment variables; default.
- <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> updates <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> based
+ <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> updates <EM>LINES</EM> and <EM>COLUMNS</EM> based
on operating system calls.
- <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> ignores <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG>, using
+ <STRONG>FALSE</STRONG> <STRONG>TRUE</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> ignores <EM>LINES</EM> and <EM>COLUMNS</EM>, using
operating system calls to obtain size.
-ncurses 6.4 2023-10-14 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-12-02 <STRONG><A HREF="curs_util.3x.html">curs_util(3x)</A></STRONG>
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