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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
NAME
del_curterm, mvcur, putp, restartterm, set_curterm,
- setterm, setupterm, tigetflag, tigetnum, tigetstr, tparm,
- tputs, vid_attr, vid_puts, vidattr, vidputs - curses
- interfaces to terminfo database
+ setterm, setupterm, tigetflag, tigetnum, tigetstr, tiparm,
+ tparm, tputs, vid_attr, vid_puts, vidattr, vidputs -
+ curses interfaces to terminfo database
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
int tigetflag(char *capname);
int tigetnum(char *capname);
char *tigetstr(char *capname);
+ char *tiparm(const char *str, ...);
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@
ters pi. A pointer is returned to the result of str with
the parameters applied.
+ tiparm is a newer form of tparm which uses <stdarg.h>
+ rather than a fixed-parameter list. Its numeric parame-
+ ters are integers (int) rather than longs.
+
The tputs routine applies padding information to the
string str and outputs it. The str must be a terminfo
string variable or the return value from tparm, tgetstr,
@@ -253,11 +258,11 @@
Routines that return pointers always return NULL on error.
- X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
+ X/Open defines no error conditions. In this implementa-
tion
del_curterm
- returns an error if its terminal parameter is
+ returns an error if its terminal parameter is
null.
putp calls tputs, returning the same error-codes.
@@ -267,23 +272,23 @@
tupterm returns an error.
setupterm
- returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
+ returns an error if it cannot allocate enough
memory, or create the initial windows (stdscr,
- curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
+ curscr, newscr). Other error conditions are
documented above.
tputs
- returns an error if the string parameter is
- null. It does not detect I/O errors: X/Open
- states that tputs ignores the return value of
+ returns an error if the string parameter is
+ null. It does not detect I/O errors: X/Open
+ states that tputs ignores the return value of
the output function putc.
NOTES
- The setupterm routine should be used in place of setterm.
- It may be useful when you want to test for terminal capa-
- bilities without committing to the allocation of storage
+ The setupterm routine should be used in place of setterm.
+ It may be useful when you want to test for terminal capa-
+ bilities without committing to the allocation of storage
involved in initscr.
Note that vidattr and vidputs may be macros.
@@ -291,53 +296,57 @@
PORTABILITY
- The function setterm is not described by X/Open and must
- be considered non-portable. All other functions are as
+ The function setterm is not described by X/Open and must
+ be considered non-portable. All other functions are as
described by X/Open.
- setupterm copies the terminal name to the array ttytype.
- This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
+ setupterm copies the terminal name to the array ttytype.
+ This is not part of X/Open Curses, but is assumed by some
applications.
- In System V Release 4, set_curterm has an int return type
- and returns OK or ERR. We have chosen to implement the
+ In System V Release 4, set_curterm has an int return type
+ and returns OK or ERR. We have chosen to implement the
X/Open Curses semantics.
In System V Release 4, the third argument of tputs has the
type int (*putc)(char).
At least one implementation of X/Open Curses (Solaris) re-
- turns a value other than OK/ERR from tputs. That returns
+ turns a value other than OK/ERR from tputs. That returns
the length of the string, and does no error-checking.
- X/Open Curses prototypes tparm with a fixed number of pa-
- rameters, rather than a variable argument list. This im-
- plementation uses a variable argument list. Portable ap-
+ X/Open Curses prototypes tparm with a fixed number of pa-
+ rameters, rather than a variable argument list. This im-
+ plementation uses a variable argument list, but can be
+ configured to use the fixed-parameter list. Portable ap-
plications should provide 9 parameters after the format;
zeroes are fine for this purpose.
- X/Open notes that after calling mvcur, the curses state
- may not match the actual terminal state, and that an ap-
- plication should touch and refresh the window before re-
+ In response to comments by Thomas E. Dickey, X/Open Curses
+ Issue 7 proposed the tiparam function in mid-2009.
+
+ X/Open notes that after calling mvcur, the curses state
+ may not match the actual terminal state, and that an ap-
+ plication should touch and refresh the window before re-
suming normal curses calls. Both ncurses and System V Re-
lease 4 curses implement mvcur using the SCREEN data allo-
cated in either initscr or newterm. So though it is docu-
- mented as a terminfo function, mvcur is really a curses
+ mented as a terminfo function, mvcur is really a curses
function which is not well specified.
- X/Open states that the old location must be given for
- mvcur. This implementation allows the caller to use -1's
- for the old ordinates. In that case, the old location is
+ X/Open states that the old location must be given for
+ mvcur. This implementation allows the caller to use -1's
+ for the old ordinates. In that case, the old location is
unknown.
- Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by
- tic -x, are not stored in the arrays described in this
+ Extended terminal capability names, e.g., as defined by
+ tic -x, are not stored in the arrays described in this
section.
SEE ALSO
- curses(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_kernel(3x), curs_term-
+ curses(3x), curs_initscr(3x), curs_kernel(3x), curs_term-
cap(3x), putc(3), terminfo(5)