X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fcurs_scr_dump.3x;h=229acefd39d951270ed0b33cd318df352a9aec4a;hp=a925ea56d9414e01d1f260dd3d0ee1f77ec69207;hb=a28e782d7794ddeec23e7cb212dc455f0d93dc22;hpb=a8987e73ec254703634802b4f7ee30d3a485524d diff --git a/man/curs_scr_dump.3x b/man/curs_scr_dump.3x index a925ea56..229acefd 100644 --- a/man/curs_scr_dump.3x +++ b/man/curs_scr_dump.3x @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey * +.\" Copyright 1998-2010,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,69 +27,89 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_scr_dump.3x,v 1.3 2003/10/25 20:34:06 tom Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_scr_dump.3x,v 1.16 2020/10/24 09:44:43 tom Exp $ .TH curs_scr_dump 3X "" +.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq +.el .ds `` `` +.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq +.el .ds '' '' +.de bP +.ie n .IP \(bu 4 +.el .IP \(bu 2 +.. +.na +.hy 0 .SH NAME \fBscr_dump\fR, \fBscr_restore\fR, \fBscr_init\fR, -\fBscr_set\fR - read (write) a \fBcurses\fR screen from (to) a file +\fBscr_set\fR \- read (write) a \fBcurses\fR screen from (to) a file +.ad +.hy .SH SYNOPSIS \fB#include \fR - -\fBint scr_dump(const char *filename);\fR +.sp +\fBint scr_dump(const char *\fP\fIfilename\fP\fB);\fR .br -\fBint scr_restore(const char *filename);\fR +\fBint scr_restore(const char *\fP\fIfilename\fP\fB);\fR .br -\fBint scr_init(const char *filename);\fR +\fBint scr_init(const char *\fP\fIfilename\fP\fB);\fR .br -\fBint scr_set(const char *filename);\fR +\fBint scr_set(const char *\fP\fIfilename\fP\fB);\fR .br .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBscr_dump\fR routine dumps the current contents of the virtual screen +The \fBscr_dump\fR routine dumps the current contents +of the \fIvirtual screen\fP to the file \fIfilename\fR. - -The \fBscr_restore\fR routine sets the virtual screen to the contents -of \fIfilename\fR, which must have been written using \fBscr_dump\fR. The next -call to \fBdoupdate\fR restores the screen to the way it looked in the dump -file. - +.PP +The \fBscr_restore\fR routine sets the \fIvirtual screen\fP to the contents +of \fIfilename\fR, which must have been written using \fBscr_dump\fR. +The next call to \fBdoupdate\fR restores +the \fIphysical screen\fP to the way it looked in the dump file. +.PP The \fBscr_init\fR routine reads in the contents of \fIfilename\fR and uses them to initialize the \fBcurses\fR data structures about what the terminal -currently has on its screen. If the data is determined to be valid, +currently has on its screen. +If the data is determined to be valid, \fBcurses\fR bases its next update of the screen on this information rather -than clearing the screen and starting from scratch. \fBscr_init\fR is used +than clearing the screen and starting from scratch. +\fBscr_init\fR is used after \fBinitscr\fR or a \fBsystem\fR call to share the screen with another process which has done a \fBscr_dump\fR after its -\fBendwin\fR call. The data is declared invalid if the terminfo capabilities -\fBrmcup\fR and \fBnrrmc\fR exist; also if the terminal has been written to -since the preceding \fBscr_dump\fR call. - +\fBendwin\fR(3X) call. +The data is declared invalid +.bP +if the terminfo capabilities \fBrmcup\fR and \fBnrrmc\fR exist, also +.bP +if the terminal has been written to since the preceding \fBscr_dump\fR call. +.PP The \fBscr_set\fR routine is a combination of \fBscr_restore\fR and \fBscr_init\fR. It tells the program that the information in \fIfilename\fR is what is currently on the screen, and also what the program wants on the screen. This can be thought of as a screen inheritance function. - +.PP To read (write) a window from (to) a file, use the \fBgetwin\fR and \fBputwin\fR routines [see \fBcurs_util\fR(3X)]. .SH RETURN VALUE All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and \fBOK\fR upon success. +.PP +X/Open defines no error conditions. +In this implementation, +each will return an error if the file cannot be opened. .SH NOTES Note that \fBscr_init\fR, \fBscr_set\fR, and \fBscr_restore\fR may be macros. .SH PORTABILITY The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4, describes these functions (adding the const qualifiers). - +.PP The SVr4 docs merely say under \fBscr_init\fR that the dump data is also -considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty is old" but don't define -"old". +considered invalid "if the time-stamp of the tty is old" but do not define +\*(``old\*(''. .SH SEE ALSO -\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), -\fBcurs_util\fR(3X), \fBsystem\fR(3S) -.\"# -.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -.\"# Local Variables: -.\"# mode:nroff -.\"# fill-column:79 -.\"# End: +\fBcurses\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_initscr\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), +\fBcurs_util\fR(3X), +\fBscr_dump\fR(5), +\fBsystem\fR(3)