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-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.28 2007/05/26 20:09:06 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.32 2010/07/31 14:43:29 tom Exp $
.TH curs_terminfo 3X ""
.ds n 5
.na
\fBtigetflag\fR,
\fBtigetnum\fR,
\fBtigetstr\fR,
+\fBtiparm\fR,
\fBtparm\fR,
\fBtputs\fR,
\fBvid_attr\fR,
\fBvid_puts\fR,
\fBvidattr\fR,
-\fBvidputs\fR - \fBcurses\fR interfaces to terminfo database
+\fBvidputs\fR \- \fBcurses\fR interfaces to terminfo database
.ad
.hy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.br
\fBchar *tigetstr(char *\fR\fIcapname\fR\fB);\fR
.br
+\fBchar *tiparm(const char *\fR\fIstr\fR\fB, ...);\fR
+.br
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
These low-level routines must be called by programs that have to deal
or that it is a generic type,
having too little information for curses applications to run.
.TP 5
-.B -1
+.B \-1
means that the \fBterminfo\fR database could not be found.
.RE
.PP
parameters \fIpi\fR. A pointer is returned to the result of \fIstr\fR
with the parameters applied.
.PP
+\fBtiparm\fP is a newer form of \fBtparm\fP which uses \fI<stdarg.h>\fP
+rather than a fixed-parameter list.
+Its numeric parameters are integers (int) rather than longs.
+.PP
The \fBtputs\fR routine applies padding information to the string
\fIstr\fR and outputs it. The \fIstr\fR must be a terminfo string
variable or the return value from \fBtparm\fR, \fBtgetstr\fR, or
the value of the capability corresponding to the \fBterminfo\fR
\fIcapname\fR passed to them, such as \fBxenl\fR.
.PP
-The \fBtigetflag\fR routine returns the value \fB-1\fR if
+The \fBtigetflag\fR routine returns the value \fB\-1\fR if
\fIcapname\fR is not a boolean capability,
or \fB0\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
.PP
-The \fBtigetnum\fR routine returns the value \fB-2\fR if
+The \fBtigetnum\fR routine returns the value \fB\-2\fR if
\fIcapname\fR is not a numeric capability,
-or \fB-1\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
+or \fB\-1\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
.PP
-The \fBtigetstr\fR routine returns the value \fB(char *)-1\fR
+The \fBtigetstr\fR routine returns the value \fB(char *)\-1\fR
if \fIcapname\fR is not a string capability,
or \fB0\fR if it is canceled or absent from the terminal description.
.PP
returns an error
if its terminal parameter is null.
.TP 5
+\fBputp\fP
+calls \fBtputs\fP, returning the same error-codes.
+.TP 5
\fBrestartterm\fP
returns an error
if the associated call to \fBsetupterm\fP returns an error.
if it cannot allocate enough memory, or
create the initial windows (stdscr, curscr, newscr).
Other error conditions are documented above.
+.TP 5
+\fBtputs\fP
+returns an error if the string parameter is null.
+It does not detect I/O errors:
+X/Open states that \fBtputs\fP ignores the return value
+of the output function \fIputc\fP.
.RE
.SH NOTES
The \fBsetupterm\fR routine should be used in place of \fBsetterm\fR.
.PP
Note that \fBvidattr\fR and \fBvidputs\fR may be macros.
.SH PORTABILITY
-The function \fBsetterm\fR 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 \fBsetterm\fR is not described by X/Open and must
+be considered non-portable. All other functions are as described by X/Open.
.PP
\fBsetupterm\fP copies the terminal name to the array \fBttytype\fP.
This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some applications.
.PP
In System V Release 4, \fBset_curterm\fR has an \fBint\fR return type and
-returns \fBOK\fR or \fBERR\fR. We have chosen to implement the XSI Curses
+returns \fBOK\fR or \fBERR\fR. We have chosen to implement the X/Open Curses
semantics.
.PP
In System V Release 4, the third argument of \fBtputs\fR has the type
\fBint (*putc)(char)\fR.
.PP
-The XSI Curses standard prototypes \fBtparm\fR with a fixed number of parameters,
+At least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris) returns a value
+other than OK/ERR from \fBtputs\fP.
+That returns the length of the string, and does no error-checking.
+.PP
+X/Open Curses prototypes \fBtparm\fR with a fixed number of parameters,
rather than a variable argument list.
-This implementation uses a variable argument list.
+This implementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
+configured to use the fixed-parameter list.
Portable applications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
zeroes are fine for this purpose.
.PP
-XSI notes that after calling \fBmvcur\fR, the curses state may not match the
+In response to comments by Thomas E. Dickey,
+X/Open Curses Issue 7 proposed the \fBtiparam\fP function in mid-2009.
+.PP
+X/Open notes that after calling \fBmvcur\fR, the curses state may not match the
actual terminal state, and that an application should touch and refresh
the window before resuming normal curses calls.
Both ncurses and System V Release 4 curses implement \fBmvcur\fR using
So though it is documented as a terminfo function,
\fBmvcur\fR is really a curses function which is not well specified.
.PP
-XSI states that the old location must be given for \fBmvcur\fP.
-This implementation allows the caller to use -1's for the old ordinates.
+X/Open states that the old location must be given for \fBmvcur\fP.
+This implementation allows the caller to use \-1's for the old ordinates.
In that case, the old location is unknown.
.PP
-Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by \fBtic\ -x\fP,
+Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by \fBtic\ \-x\fP,
are not stored in the arrays described in this section.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), \fBcurs_termcap\fR(3X),
-\fBputc\fR(3), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
+\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_termcap\fR(3X),
+\fBputc\fR(3),
+\fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
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