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-.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.24 2003/12/27 18:47:54 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.30 2006/12/30 23:43:34 tom Exp $
.TH curs_mouse 3X ""
+.na
+.hy 0
.SH NAME
\fBgetmouse\fR, \fBungetmouse\fR,
\fBmousemask\fR, \fBwenclose\fR,
\fBmouse_trafo\fR, \fBwmouse_trafo\fR,
\fBmouseinterval\fR - mouse interface through curses
+.ad
+.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include <curses.h>
setting a nonzero mask may turn it on.
Whether this happens is device-dependent.
.PP
-Here are the mouse event type masks:
+Here are the mouse event type masks which may be defined:
.PP
.TS
l l
BUTTON1_CLICKED mouse button 1 clicked
BUTTON1_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 1 double clicked
BUTTON1_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 1 triple clicked
+_
BUTTON2_PRESSED mouse button 2 down
BUTTON2_RELEASED mouse button 2 up
BUTTON2_CLICKED mouse button 2 clicked
BUTTON2_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 2 double clicked
BUTTON2_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 2 triple clicked
+_
BUTTON3_PRESSED mouse button 3 down
BUTTON3_RELEASED mouse button 3 up
BUTTON3_CLICKED mouse button 3 clicked
BUTTON3_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 3 double clicked
BUTTON3_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 3 triple clicked
+_
BUTTON4_PRESSED mouse button 4 down
BUTTON4_RELEASED mouse button 4 up
BUTTON4_CLICKED mouse button 4 clicked
BUTTON4_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 4 double clicked
BUTTON4_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 4 triple clicked
+_
+BUTTON5_PRESSED mouse button 5 down
+BUTTON5_RELEASED mouse button 5 up
+BUTTON5_CLICKED mouse button 5 clicked
+BUTTON5_DOUBLE_CLICKED mouse button 5 double clicked
+BUTTON5_TRIPLE_CLICKED mouse button 5 triple clicked
+_
BUTTON_SHIFT shift was down during button state change
BUTTON_CTRL control was down during button state change
BUTTON_ALT alt was down during button state change
ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS report all button state changes
REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION report mouse movement
+_
.TE
.PP
Once a class of mouse events have been made visible in a window,
It is useful for determining what subset of
the screen windows enclose the location of a mouse event.
.PP
-The \fBwmouse_trafo\fR function transforms a given pair of coordinates from
-stdscr-relative coordinates to screen-relative coordinates or vice versa.
+The \fBwmouse_trafo\fR function transforms a given pair of coordinates
+from stdscr-relative coordinates
+to coordinates relative to the given window or vice versa.
Please remember, that stdscr-relative coordinates are not always identical
-to screen-relative coordinates due to the mechanism to reserve lines on top
-or bottom of the screen for other purposes (ripoff() call, see also slk_...
-functions).
+to window-relative coordinates due to the mechanism to reserve lines on top
+or bottom of the screen for other purposes
+(see the \fBripoffline()\fP and \fBslk_init\fR calls, for example).
If the parameter \fBto_screen\fR is \fBTRUE\fR, the pointers
-\fBpY, pX\fR must reference the coordinates of a location inside the window
-\fBwin\fR.
-They are converted to screen-relative coordinates and returned
+\fBpY, pX\fR must reference the coordinates of a location
+inside the window \fBwin\fR.
+They are converted to window-relative coordinates and returned
through the pointers.
If the conversion was successful, the function returns \fBTRUE\fR.
If one of the parameters was NULL or the location is
not inside the window, \fBFALSE\fR is returned.
If \fBto_screen\fR is
-\fBFALSE\fR, the pointers \fBpY, pX\fR must reference screen-relative
+\fBFALSE\fR, the pointers \fBpY, pX\fR must reference window-relative
coordinates.
They are converted to stdscr-relative coordinates if the
window \fBwin\fR encloses this point.
are only replaced by the converted coordinates if the transformation was
successful.
.PP
+The \fBmouse_trafo\fR function performs the same translation
+as \fBwmouse_trafo\fR,
+using stdscr for \fBwin\fR.
+.PP
The \fBmouseinterval\fR function sets the maximum time (in thousands of a
second) that can elapse between press and release events for them to
be recognized as a click.
-Use \fBmouseinterval(-1)\fR to disable click resolution.
+Use \fBmouseinterval(0)\fR to disable click resolution.
This function returns the previous interval value.
+Use \fBmouseinterval(-1)\fR to obtain the interval without altering it.
The default is one sixth of a second.
.PP
Note that mouse events will be ignored when input is in cooked mode, and will
function such as \fBgetstr\fR that expects a linefeed for input-loop
termination.
.SH RETURN VALUE
-\fBgetmouse\fR, \fBungetmouse\fR and \fBmouseinterval\fR
+\fBgetmouse\fR and \fBungetmouse\fR
return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure or \fBOK\fR
upon successful completion.
-\fBmousemask\fR returns the
-mask of reportable events.
+.RS
+.TP 5
+\fBgetmouse\fP
+returns an error.
+If no mouse driver was initialized, or
+if the mask parameter is zero,
+.TP 5
+\fBungetmouse\fP
+returns an error if the FIFO is full.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fBmousemask\fR
+returns the mask of reportable events.
+.PP
+\fBmouseinterval\fR
+returns the previous interval value, unless
+the terminal was not initialized.
+In that case, it returns the maximum interval value (166).
+.PP
\fBwenclose\fR and \fBwmouse_trafo\fR
are boolean functions returning \fBTRUE\fR or \fBFALSE\fR depending
on their test result.
curses, 4.4BSD curses, or any other previous version of curses.
.PP
The feature macro \fBNCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION\fR is provided so the preprocessor
-can be used to test whether these features are present (its value is 1).
+can be used to test whether these features are present.
If the interface is changed, the value of \fBNCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION\fR will be
incremented.
+These values for \fBNCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION\fR may be
+specified when configuring ncurses:
+.RS
+.TP 3
+1
+has definitions for reserved events.
+The mask uses 28 bits.
+.TP 3
+2
+adds definitions for button 5,
+removes the definitions for reserved events.
+The mask uses 29 bits.
+.RE
.PP
The order of the \fBMEVENT\fR structure members is not guaranteed.
Additional fields may be added to the structure in the future.
.RE
If you are using an unsupported configuration,
mouse events will not be visible to
-\fBncurses\fR(3X) (and the \fBwmousemask\fR function will always
+\fBncurses\fR(3X) (and the \fBmousemask\fR function will always
return \fB0\fR).
.PP
If the terminfo entry contains a \fBXM\fR string,
3D-mice/trackballs/power gloves.
.SH BUGS
Mouse events under xterm will not in fact be ignored during cooked mode,
-if they have been enabled by \fBwmousemask\fR.
+if they have been enabled by \fBmousemask\fR.
Instead, the xterm mouse
report sequence will appear in the string read.
.PP
Mouse events under xterm will not be detected correctly in a window with
its keypad bit off, since they are interpreted as a variety of function key.
-Your terminfo description must have \fBkmous\fR set to "\\E[M" (the beginning
-of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
+Your terminfo description should have \fBkmous\fR set to "\\E[M"
+(the beginning of the response from xterm for mouse clicks).
+Other values for \fBkmous\fR are permitted,
+but under the same assumption,
+i.e., it is the beginning of the response.
.PP
Because there are no standard terminal responses that would serve to identify
terminals which support the xterm mouse protocol, \fBncurses\fR assumes that
or \fBkmous\fR is defined in
the terminal description, then the terminal may send mouse events.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X).
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_slk\fR(3X).
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