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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2015,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.43 2015/06/06 23:36:27 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.46 2017/01/07 19:35:54 tom Exp $
.TH curs_util 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.bP
Values above 128 are either meta characters
(if the screen has not been initialized,
-or if \fBmeta\fP has been called with a \fBTRUE\fP parameter),
+or if \fBmeta\fP(3X) has been called with a \fBTRUE\fP parameter),
shown in the \fBM\-\fR\fIX\fR notation,
or are displayed as themselves.
In the latter case, the values may not be printable;
It modifies the way \fBncurses\fP treats environment variables
when determining the screen size.
.bP
-Normally ncurses looks first at the terminal database for the screen size.
+Normally \fBncurses\fP looks first at the terminal database for the screen size.
.IP
If \fBuse_env\fP was called with \fBFALSE\fP for parameter,
it stops here unless
it overrides the values from the terminal database.
.bP
Finally (unless \fBuse_env\fP was called with \fBFALSE\fP parameter),
-ncurses examines the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables,
+\fBncurses\fP examines the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables,
using a value in those to override the results
from the operating system or terminal database.
.IP
-Ncurses also updates the screen size in response to SIGWINCH,
+\fBNcurses\fP also updates the screen size in response to SIGWINCH,
unless overridden by the \fBLINES\fR or \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables,
.SS use_tioctl
.PP
should be called before \fBinitscr\fR or \fBnewterm\fR are called
(because those compute the screen size).
After \fBuse_tioctl\fR is called with \fBTRUE\fR as an argument,
-ncurses modifies the last step in its computation of screen size as follows:
+\fBncurses\fP modifies the last step in its computation of screen size as follows:
.bP
checks if the \fBLINES\fR and \fBCOLUMNS\fR environment variables
are set to a number greater than zero.
.bP
-for each, ncurses updates the corresponding environment variable
+for each, \fBncurses\fP updates the corresponding environment variable
with the value that it has obtained via operating system call
or from the terminal database.
.bP
-ncurses re-fetches the value of the environment variables so that
+\fBncurses\fP re-fetches the value of the environment variables so that
it is still the environment variables which set the screen size.
.PP
The \fBuse_env\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines combine as
\fIuse_env\fR/\fIuse_tioctl\fR/\fISummary\fR
TRUE/FALSE/T{
This is the default behavior.
-ncurses uses operating system calls
+\fBncurses\fP uses operating system calls
unless overridden by $LINES or $COLUMNS environment variables.
T}
TRUE/TRUE/T{
-ncurses updates $LINES and $COLUMNS based on operating system calls.
+\fBncurses\fP updates $LINES and $COLUMNS based on operating system calls.
T}
FALSE/TRUE/T{
-ncurses ignores $LINES and $COLUMNS, uses operating system calls to obtain size.
+\fBncurses\fP ignores $LINES and $COLUMNS, uses operating system calls to obtain size.
T}
FALSE/FALSE/T{
-ncurses relies on the terminal database to determine size.
+\fBncurses\fP relies on the terminal database to determine size.
T}
.TE
.SS putwin/getwin
\fBflushinp\fR
returns an error if the terminal was not initialized.
.TP 5
-\fBmeta\fR
-returns an error if the terminal was not initialized.
-.TP 5
\fBputwin\fP
returns an error if the associated \fBfwrite\fP calls return an error.
.RE
loaded when the terminal description is read by the library.
.SS nofilter/use_tioctl
.PP
-The \fBnofilter\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines are specific to ncurses.
+The \fBnofilter\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP routines are specific to \fBncurses\fP.
They were not supported on Version 7, BSD or System V implementations.
-It is recommended that any code depending on ncurses extensions
+It is recommended that any code depending on \fBncurses\fP extensions
be conditioned using NCURSES_VERSION.
.SS putwin/getwin
.PP
Oddly, there are no such functions in the 4.3BSD curses sources.
.bP
Most implementations simply dump the binary \fBWINDOW\fP structure to the file.
-These include SVr4 curses, NetBSD and PDCurses, as well as older ncurses versions.
+These include SVr4 curses, NetBSD and PDCurses, as well as older \fBncurses\fP versions.
This implementation (as well as the X/Open variant of Solaris curses, dated 1995)
uses textual dumps.
.IP
The \fBuse_legacy_coding\fP function allows the caller to
change the output of \fBunctrl\fP.
.PP
-Likewise, the \fBmeta\fP function allows the caller to change the
+Likewise, the \fBmeta\fP(3X) function allows the caller to change the
output of \fBkeyname\fP, i.e.,
it determines whether to use the `M\-' prefix
for \*(``meta\*('' keys (codes in the range 128 to 255).
When treating them as \*(``meta\*('' keys
(or if \fBkeyname\fP is called before initializing curses),
this implementation returns strings \*(``M\-^@\*('', \*(``M\-^A\*('', etc.
+.SS use_env/use_tioctl
+.PP
+If \fBncurses\fP is configured to provide the sp-functions extension,
+the state of \fBuse_env\fP and \fBuse_tioctl\fP may be updated before
+creating each \fIscreen\fP rather than once only
+(\fBcurs_sp_funcs\fR(3X)).
+This feature of \fBuse_env\fP
+is not provided by other implementation of curses.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBlegacy_coding\fR(3X),
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_inopts\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_scr_dump\fR(3X),
+\fBcurs_sp_funcs\fR(3X),
\fBcurs_variables\fR(3X),
\fBlegacy_coding\fR(3X).
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