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<STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG> Library calls <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>SP</STRONG>, <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>,
- <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG> - <STRONG>curses</STRONG>
- terminfo global variables
+ <STRONG>SP</STRONG>, <STRONG>acs_map</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG> - <EM>terminfo</EM>
+ global variables
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG> manual page.
Depending on the configuration, these may be actual variables, or
- macros (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>) which provide read-only access to <EM>curs-</EM>
- <EM>es</EM>'s state. In either case, applications should treat them as read-on-
- ly to avoid confusing the library.
+ macros (see <STRONG><A HREF="curs_threads.3x.html">curs_threads(3x)</A></STRONG>) which provide read-only access to
+ <EM>curses</EM>'s state. In either case, applications should treat them as
+ read-only to avoid confusing the library.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Alternate-Character-Set-Mapping">Alternate Character Set Mapping</a></H3><PRE>
Application developers need only know that it is used for the "ACS_"
constants in <curses.h>.
- The comparable data for the wide-character library is a private vari-
- able.
+ The comparable data for the wide-character library is a private
+ variable.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Current-Terminal-Data">Current Terminal Data</a></H3><PRE>
- After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> con-
- tains data describing the current terminal. This variable is also set
- as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">set_term(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">delscreen(3x)</A></STRONG>.
+ After initializing the curses or terminfo interfaces, the <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG>
+ contains data describing the current terminal. This variable is also
+ set as a side-effect of <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">set_term(3x)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="curs_initscr.3x.html">delscreen(3x)</A></STRONG>.
- It is possible to save a value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> for subsequent use as a pa-
- rameter to <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, for switching between screens. Alternatively, one
- can save the return value from <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG> to reuse in
+ It is possible to save a value of <STRONG>cur_term</STRONG> for subsequent use as a
+ parameter to <STRONG>set_term</STRONG>, for switching between screens. Alternatively,
+ one can save the return value from <STRONG>newterm</STRONG> or <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG> to reuse in
<STRONG>set_term</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Lookup-Tables">Terminfo Lookup Tables</a></H3><PRE>
The <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1)</A></STRONG> and <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1)</A></STRONG> programs use lookup tables for the long and
short names of terminfo capabilities, as well as the corresponding
- names for termcap capabilities. These are available to other applica-
- tions, although the hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap func-
- tions are not available.
+ names for termcap capabilities. These are available to other
+ applications, although the hash-tables used by the terminfo and termcap
+ functions are not available.
The long terminfo capability names use a "f" (eff) in their names:
<STRONG>boolfnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>numfnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strfnames</STRONG>.
- These are the short names for terminfo capabilities: <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>, <STRONG>num-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>names</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>.
+ These are the short names for terminfo capabilities: <STRONG>boolnames</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>numnames</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strnames</STRONG>.
- These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions: <STRONG>bool-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>codes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>.
+ These are the corresponding names used for termcap descriptions:
+ <STRONG>boolcodes</STRONG>, <STRONG>numcodes</STRONG>, and <STRONG>strcodes</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminal-Type">Terminal Type</a></H3><PRE>
A terminal description begins with one or more terminal names separated
by "|" (vertical bars). On initialization of the curses or terminfo
- interfaces, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG> copies the terminal names to the array <STRONG>tty-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>type</STRONG>.
+ interfaces, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">setupterm(3x)</A></STRONG> copies the terminal names to the array
+ <STRONG>ttytype</STRONG>.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-Terminfo-Names">Terminfo Names</a></H3><PRE>
#define CUR ((TERMTYPE *)(cur_term))->
- These symbols provide a faster method of accessing terminfo capabili-
- ties than using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tigetstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, etc.
+ These symbols provide a faster method of accessing terminfo
+ capabilities than using <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">tigetstr(3x)</A></STRONG>, etc.
The actual definition of <STRONG>CUR</STRONG> depends upon the implementation, but each
terminfo library provides these long names defined to point into the
-ncurses 6.4 2023-09-09 <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-09-16 <STRONG><A HREF="term_variables.3x.html">term_variables(3x)</A></STRONG>
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